Service: A Navy SEAL at War

Marcus Luttrell

May 2012 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

Marcus Luttrell, author of the #1 bestseller Lone Survivor, share war stories about true American heroism from himself and other soldiers who bravely fought alongside him.
Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him -- and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything-including themselves-for the sake of family, nation, and freedom.

In Service, we follow Marcus Luttrell to Iraq, where he returns to the battlefield as a member of SEAL Team 5 to help take on the most dangerous city in the world: Ramadi, the capital of war-torn Al Anbar Province. There, in six months of high-intensity urban combat, he would be part of what has been called the greatest victory in the history of U.S. Special Operations forces. We also return to Afghanistan and Operation Redwing, where Luttrell offers powerful new details about his miraculous rescue. Throughout, he reflects on what it really means to take on a higher calling, about the men he's seen lose their lives for their country, and the legacy of those who came and bled before.

A thrilling war story, Service is also a profoundly moving tribute to the warrior brotherhood, to the belief that nobody goes it alone, and no one will be left behind.

Ratings and reviews

This is an excellent sequel to Lone Survivor and what Marcus went through to recover from his wounds from Afghanistan and deployment to Iraq. Through his leaving the Navy, to writing the best selling book and filming the movie about the events that transpired that day in June 2005. If you liked the book and or movie this book helps fill in what happened after the rescue and what he went through during his redeployment and leaving the teams. Its very informative on what it was like as a Navy Seal to go through the events from Operation Redwings and the eventual return to combat and the loss of his friends and teammates. If you are a fan of military history and or battlefield memoirs you will love this book. So check it out.

Marcus has done it again. He brings us right into the action and the down time and real struggles of the realities of combat. Quick to give the Warriors that aren't spec ops the respect they deserve by acknowledging what they helped accomplish on the battle field. Service is about every soldier doing his and her part to defend our great country, of course he is partial to his seal brethren, he should be! Great read!

I especially appreciated his inclusion of his rescue from his rescuers perspective. As a CSAR pilot for 21 years I'm delighted to know that the Sandy/Jolly tactics live on.

About the author

Marcus Luttrell became a combat-trained Navy SEAL in 2002 and served in many dangerous Special Operations assignments around the world. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor and is a popular corporate and organizational speaker. He lives near Houston, Texas.

James D. Hornfischer is the author of the New York Times bestseller Neptune's Inferno, as well as Ship of Ghosts and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, which won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and was a Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He lives in Austin, Texas.