Mark Owen: No Easy Day

CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL

SO1

CALEB A. NELSON

SO1

BRIAN BILL

SOC

AARON VAUGHN

SO1

TYLER STIMSON

SO1

RONALD WOODLE

SO2

DENIS CHRISTOPHER MIRANDA

SO3

DAVID BLAKE MCLENDON

CTRCS

COLLIN THOMAS

SOC

BRENDAN JOHN LOONEY

LT

ADAM OLIN SMITH

SO2

ADAM BROWN

SOC

TYLER J. TRAHAN

EOD2

RYAN JOB

SO2

ERIC F. SHELLENBERGER

SOC

ANDREW J. LIGHTNER

PR1

THOMAS J. VALENTINE

SOCS

SHAPOOR “ALEX” GHANE

SO2

NATHAN HARDY

SOC

MICHAEL KOCH

SOC

LUIS SOUFFRONT

EOD1

LANCE M. VACCARO

SOC

JOSHUA THOMAS HARRIS

SO1

JOHN W. MARCUM

SOCS

JASON R. FREIWALD

SOC (Select)

STEVEN P. DAUGHERTY

CTT1

ROBERT R. MCRILL

MC1

MARK T. CARTER

SOC

JOSEPH CLARK SCHWEDLER

SO2

JASON D. LEWIS

SO1

FREDDIE PORTER

SN

MICHAEL A. MONSOOR

MA2 (SEAL)

MARC A. LEE

AO2 (SEAL)

SHANE E. PATTON

MM2 (SEAL)

MICHAEL P. MURPHY

LT (SEAL)

MICHAEL M. MCGREEVY, JR.

LT (SEAL)

MATTHEW G. AXELSON

STG2 (SEAL)

JEFFREY S. TAYLOR

HM1 (SEAL)

JEFFREY A. LUCAS

ET1 (SEAL)

JAMES SUH

QM2 (SEAL)

JACQUES J. FONTAN

FCC (SEAL)

ERIK S. KRISTENSEN

LCDR (SEAL)

DANNY P. DIETZ

GM2 (SEAL)

DANIEL R. HEALY

ITCS (SEAL)

THEODORE D. FITZHENRY

HMCS (SEAL)

ROBERT P. VETTER

BM1 (SWCC)

BRIAN OUELLETTE

BM1 (SEAL)

THOMAS E. RETZER

IC1 (SEAL)

MARIO MAESTAS

IT2 (SEAL)

DAVID M. TAPPER

PH1 (SEAL)

PETER G. OSWALD

CDR (SEAL)

NEIL C. ROBERTS

ABH1 (SEAL)

MATTHEW J. BOURGEOIS

HMC (SEAL)

JERRY “BUCK” POPE

ENS (SEAL)

*List courtesy Navy SEAL Foundation

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Mark Owenis a former member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six. In his many years as a Navy SEAL, he has participated in hundreds of missions around the globe, including the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009. Owen was a team leader on Operation Neptune Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Owen was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist mastermind’s hideout, where he witnessed Bin Laden’s death. Mark Owen’s name and the names of the other SEALs mentioned in No Easy Day have been changed for their security.

Kevin Maurerhas covered special operations forces for nine years. He has been embedded with the Special Forces in Afghanistan six times, spent a month in 2006 with special operations units in east Africa, and has embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq and Haiti. He is the author of four books, including several about special operations.