01-20-2006, 22:54
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Roughneck Nine One
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A powerful look inside a Special Forces A-Team and its dramatic and controversial battle against a huge opposing force in Iraq.
On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant First Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), led a battle against a vastly superior force at a remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq. The enemy unit had battle tanks and 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers. The Green Berets stopped the enemy advance, then fought them until only a handful of Iraqi survivors finally fled the battlefield.
In the process, Nine One encountered hordes of news media and at the peak of the fight, a US Navy F-14 dropped a 500-pound bomb into the middle of a group of supporting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, killing and wounding dozens. This is the never-before-told, unsanitized, unedited story of the fight for the crossroads at Debecka, Iraq, and a unique inside look at a Special Forces A-Team as it recruits and organizes, trains for combat, and eventually fights a battle against a huge opposing force in Iraq.
SFC FRANK ANTENORI, U.S. Army (Ret.) joined the Special Forces in 1988. Since then, he has participated in numerous operations in over thirty-four countries and has been awarded numerous decorations and citations, with seven received for combat actions.
HANS HALBERSTADT has authored or co-authored more than fifty books, most on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces, armor, and artillery. He served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam.
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01-20-2006, 23:05
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Thanks Guy,
Ordering the book tomorrow.
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01-21-2006, 01:53
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Scratching my head...........I recently read of Sgt. Antenori at Debecka.....but don't remember in what book.
Will be getting this book, thanks Guy.
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01-21-2006, 08:18
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In the process, Nine One encountered hordes of news media...
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Glad they got out of THAT enounter safe and sound.
So is that a new evolution at the Q-course...."How to face hordes of News Media and not kill them right away" ??
Thanks for the Heads up Guy....looks like a Great read.
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01-21-2006, 19:47
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My delicate wife went to town today and ordered the book, Barnes and Noble told her it wouldn't be available until 30 May 2006. She pre-ordered anyway.
Any of you guys or gals know different?
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01-21-2006, 20:00
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Mr. H, even Amazon has it listed to releasel 30 May. Looks like their list price is 16.47.
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01-22-2006, 19:13
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Just pre-ordered from Amazon.com with May 30 release, can't wait 
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01-23-2006, 23:08
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Thanks
Guy,
Thanks for the plug on the book.
Frank A
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01-23-2006, 23:20
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Originally Posted by Roughneck 91
Guy,
Thanks for the plug on the book.
Frank A
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Frank:
Welcome aboard.
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01-24-2006, 09:41
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Originally Posted by Roughneck 91
Guy,
Thanks for the plug on the book.
Frank A
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Welcome aboard Sir.
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01-24-2006, 12:32
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Another Pre-order.
In the book biz, pre-orders can entice the big distributors to push a book to the brick and morter stores.
-Seth
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01-24-2006, 12:38
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Good intel Seth,
I'll swing into town and pre-order a couple more just to irritate the liberals at the sales desk.
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01-24-2006, 14:50
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Originally Posted by Roughneck 91
Guy,
Thanks for the plug on the book.
Frank A
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Welcome aboard.
Pre-ordered my copy as well.
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01-25-2006, 23:10
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Thanks again guys. Were donating a protion of the procedes to the SF Association's Tribute Fund. For those of you that don't know what that is, the SF Associations provides immediate cash to families that receive notification that a Special Forces Soldier has been KIA. It's not much, but it helps the family with immediate expenses such as airfare for relatives and other "pop-up" incidentals.
More to follow.
I appreciate you guys spreading the word about the book, maybe Oprah will let me join her book club.
Frank
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01-26-2006, 00:15
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I know how my Borders Holiday gift card is going to be spent.....will pre-order tomorrow.
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