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Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever... read more
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- Beckwith: Add a description of this character.
- Andres
- Charlie Beckwith
- Donny
- Eric
- Fort Bragg
- John
- Pete
- Bill
- Shumate
- Haney: Author
- Meyer
- Mustafa
- Larry
- Charlie
- Steve
- Larry Freedman
- Ron
- Marvin
- Allen
- Mike
- Bob
- Dan
- Grimes
- Don Feeney
- J.t.
- Carlos
- Jimmy
- Chris
- Harold
- Dave
- Jim Day
- Otto
- Branislav
- Rick
- Gerhard
- Maher
- Altmann
- Gritz
- Smiley
- Keekee Saenz
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“"Because the reality was, in order to become experts at counterterrorism, we had to first become expert terrorists."”
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“"Because when it gets right down to it, a Delta operator is an extremely skilled killer."”
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“Well, you boys just got a little taste of what we are all about ha, we aren't selling shoes or making cornflakes around here. Its series business we are talking about and you have to kill and you have be damn good at it.”
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“We are going to drop them dead on the ground and make martyrs out of them. That’s the best way going about it.”
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“So, you have to be good and you have to be smart – I will take care of the luck”
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“So you all pay attention to what Bill and his team is teaching you, this phase of training it going to get danagerous and I can't afford to lose non of you yet.”
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“You better crap your asses, cuss I am going to keep you busy. I tell you things are going to be so good. We are going to such great things, it will be like picking up diamonds from right off the ground, yes sir... diamonds as big as mule turds.”
Beckwith
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nothing is impossible for those who don’t actually have to do it.
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Inherited wealth may be something easily squandered, but inherited poverty is a legacy almost impossible to lose.
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But it is important to realize that we have the ability to manufacture our own fate when we want to. We can summon up intestinal fortitude and proceed when things look bad, or we can find plenty of reasons to quit if we don’t want to go forward.
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War has also taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave men, thieves and honest men, selfish and selfless men, malingerers and champions, weasels and lions. The only question is how much of each attribute we allow—or force—to dominate our being.
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There is no better way for an organization to improve itself and move forward in a professional manner. But it is a process that must be fundamentally rooted in trust and mutual respect. The very instant it becomes a weapon rather than a lens for diagnostic analysis, the process is dead.
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In combat, there are no winners. The victors just happen to lose less than the vanquished.
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A combat plan is an animal in a constant state of metamorphosis and is under continual revision right up until the first shot is fired—at which time it usually ceases to have relevance.
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What was the lesson here? Simple. Don’t quit. Never quit no matter what. Keep going until someone tells you to sit down. Keep going as long as you’re able to move, no matter how poorly you think you may be doing. Just don’t quit.
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Speed, surprise, and violence of action. Those were the keys to success and survival, those and the ability to shoot what we intended to shoot and nothing else. We were not just going to go in harm’s way. We were going to charge down harm’s throat, grab a handful of his guts, and turn him inside out.
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As Mao says, “The guerrilla swims in the sea of the people.” And in Delta Force, we operated like guerrillas. Or terrorists. Because the reality was, in order to become experts at counterterrorism, we had to first become expert terrorists.
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First Sentence edit
During the 1970s, the United States became the favorite whipping boy for any terrorist group worthy of the name.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eric L. Haney (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0385336039
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0385336039
Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 356.1670973
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