the new york times best selling book that takes you inside seal team six the covert squad that killed osama bin laden seal team six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism hostage rescue and counterinsurgency in this dramatic behindthescenes chronicle howard wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of navy seals and special forces snipers beginning with the grueling selection process of basic underwater demolitionseal budsthe toughest and longest military training in the worldafter graduating wasdin faced new challenges first there was combat in operation desert storm as a member of seal team two then the green course the selection process to join the legendary seal team six with a curriculum that included practiced land warfare to unarmed combat more than learning how to pick a lock they learned how to blow the door off its hinges finally as a member of seal team six he graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper program in the country the marines scout sniper school eventually of the 18 snipers in seal team six wasdin became the bestwhich meant one of the best snipers on the planetless than half a year after sniper school he was fighting for his life the mission capture or kill somalian warlord mohamed farrah aidid from rooftops helicopters and alleys wasdin hunted aidid and killed his men whenever possible but everything went quickly to hell when his small band of soldiers found themselves fighting for their lives cut off from help and desperately trying to rescue downed comrades during a routine mission the battle of mogadishu as it become known left 18 american soldiers dead and 73 wounded howard wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while engaging the enemy his dramatic combat tales combined with inside details of becoming one of the worlds deadliest snipers make this one of the most explosive military memoirs in years