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The killing school : inside the world's deadliest sniper program

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 09:12 hrs
    Narrator: Al Melnyk
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 19:21 hrs
    Narrator: Al Melnyk
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023

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    2017
    Summary:

    As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) scout/sniper school, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills of even the best warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes readers through every aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each dimension of their art. Each SEAL's endurance, stealth, and mental and physical stamina are tested and pushed to the breaking point. During Webb's sniper school tenure, the course graduated some of the deadliest and most skilled snipers of this generation, including Marcus Luttrell (Lone Survivor), Adam Brown (Fearless), and Chris Kyle (American Sniper). From recon and stalk, to complex last-minute adjustments, to that final moment of taking the shot, The Killing School demonstrates how today's sniper is trained to function as an entire military operation rilled into a single individual -- an army of one.

    Contents:
    • Prologue: living with death
    • I. The mission:
    • Warrior, assassin, spy
    • Born to shoot
    • Hell
    • II. The craft:
    • Sniper school
    • The platinum standard
    • Zen mind, lethal mind
    • The reality of war
    • The art and science of the shot
    • III. The stalk;
    • Welcome to the jungle
    • Outside the box
    • The long night
    • IV. The shot:
    • Ambush
    • Impact
    • Deliverance
    • V. The kill:
    • Taking life
    • Epilogue: Alive
    • Afterword: A spec ops sniper in civilian life.
    Original Publisher: London, Quercus
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781786487520, 1786487527