Fearless

by Blehm, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780307730695
• ISBN10: 0307730697
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-22
• Publisher: WaterBrook

Summary

Fearlesstakes you deep into SEAL Team Six, straight to the heart of one of it's most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn't know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan-but he was ready: In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he had written, "I'm not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this Earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me." But long before Adam Brown became a member of the elite SEAL Team Six-the counterterrorism unit that took down Osama bin Laden-there was a fun-loving country boy from Arkansas whose greatest goal had been to wear his high school's football jersey. An undersized daredevil, prone to jumping off roofs into trees and off bridges into lakes, Adam was a kid who broke his own bones but would never break a promise to his parents … until he grew older, and his family watched that appetite for risk draw him into a downward spiral that eventually landed him in jail. Fearlessis the story of a man of extremes, whose determination was fueled by faith, family, and the love of a woman. It's about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses and persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. military. Always the first to volunteer for the most dangerous assignments, Adam's final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice. Fearlessis the intimate story of a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as just that- fearless.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xi
Prologue	p. 1
Foundations	p. 3
Something Special	p. 10
The Wolf Pack	p. 21
Slipping	p. 29
The Dark Time	p. 37
In God's Hands	p. 47
Kelley	p. 61
Rising Up	p. 78
Pays to Be a Winner	p. 88
A SEAL Is Born	p. 97
The Calling	p. 109
War	p. 123
Something Important	p. 138
Green Team	p. 152
Top Secret	p. 166
Heart of a Warrior	p. 185
Objective Lake James	p. 199
I Got It!	p. 214
Unconquerable Soul	p. 226
Epilogue	p. 241
Afterword	p. 251
Acknowledgments	p. 254
In Memoriam	p. 256
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Author’s Note

Adam Brown’s civilian and military life has been recounted to me by his family, friends, and teammates—all eyewitnesses to each event portrayed in this book, including what Adam told them directly about his history and spiritual testimony. I also used official documents, statements, military records and reports, criminal records, family archives, letters, e-mails, and journal and diary entries. Some dates, locations, times, distances, and names (including those of some civilians) have been changed; faces in photographs obscured; and military tactics, techniques, and procedures altered in order to maintain operational security for the safety of the U.S. Navy SEALs
and those who work alongside them.

All information about the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, the SEALs, and individuals (including the use of real names) has already been published widely by the media and is deemed common knowledge. Nearly a dozen active-duty SEAL operators—including those in leadership roles—have unofficially, but no less meticulously, reviewed this manuscript for factuality and to point out any issues that might endanger lives in future operations. I have removed or rewritten sections to their approval, and in the few cases of discrepancy among the operators, I went with
the majority. Any vagueness in the manuscript is intentional, to protect these men and their allies.

All quotes, slang, inner thoughts, dialogue, and descriptions have been conveyed to me by those intimately involved in the story to the best of their ability and individual memories. Nothing has been contrived, dramatized, or fabricated.
What you are about to read is the account of an American hero who bravely gave permission in his final written requests to share his journey, from small-town America to the gutter to jail to Jesus to war to the top tier of the U.S. military: SEAL Team SIX.