The Sheriff of Ramadi by Dick Couch

The Sheriff of Ramadi by Dick Couch

The Sheriff of Ramadi is first book written about the courage and success of the Navy SEALs in Ramadi. The Battle of Ramadi was the most sustained and vicious engagement fought by Navy SEALs since their inception in 1962. Never has a conventional commander fought a battle using Special Operations Forces as an intricate part of his battle plan.

Dick Couch was born in Mississippi and raised in Southern Indiana. He is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. While a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970, he led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War. On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer. He retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain. Dick has been a guest on “The O’Reilly Factor with Bill O’Reilly,” on “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and on the MS/NBC nightly news with Brian Williams. He is frequently heard on National Public Radio and numerous other radio talk shows, including the Jim Bohannon Show and the G. Gordon Liddy Show. He served as an analyst for Fox TV, MS/NBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Iraq. Dick lectures at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the JFK Special Forces Center and School, the FBI Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, The Joint Special Operations University and The Academy Leadership Forum on issues of character development, the Warrior Ethic, and counterinsurgency. He is a sought-after corporate and motivational speaker.

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ISBN 13	9781591141389
ISBN 10	1591141389
Title	The Sheriff of Ramadi
Author	Dick Couch
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Naval Institute Press
Year published	2008-10-30
Number of pages	288
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