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03505aam a2200397 i 4500 001 415444C0051A11EAB58899FF96128E48 003 SILO 005 20191112010111 007 n 008 190328s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2019010481 020 $a 125015152X 020 $a 9781250151520 035 $a (OCoLC)1103537042 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Sparks, Roger, $d 1973- 245 1 $a Warrior's Creed : $b a Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible / $c Roger Sparks ; with Don Rearden. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiii, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 22 cm. 505 $a Prologue: on the other side -- Warriors of a diferent cloth -- Feminine beauty -- Over come -- Create your reality -- The contemplation of intentions -- Nine-sixteenths smaller -- Snake killing days -- The spirit world -- Turning wrenches -- Tea leaves and chicken bones -- Breaking back -- Saving Oz -- The Alaska factor. 520 $a T"he riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman. "Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem written by an unknown Japanese Samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an instructor where he trained future Reconnaissance Marines with unorthodox and ancient indigenous warrior techniques. A decade later, the same methods would keep him and others alive, when he hoisted into a maelstrom of violence to rescue an embattled platoon in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Introduced to a tough code of honor, family, and brotherhood from birth, Roger Sparks rose to become a distinguished instructor in Marine Reconnaissance and a Silver Star recipient as an Alaska Pararescueman. A raw and exhilarating tale of guts, grit, and heart, Warrior's Creed recounts the hidden side of special operations training, heroic and heartbreaking Alaskan wilderness rescues, and the surreal and deadly rescues during Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan's Watapur Valley. This powerful and inspirational story is as much of a self-help book as it is an edge of your seat military memoir. Warrior's Creed reveals a motivating and mindful approach to over coming the odds, facing the impossible, and finding mercy and grace in the aftermath."-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20190824. 600 1 $a Sparks, Roger, $d 1973- 610 1 $a Alaska $b Rescue Squadron, 212th $b Rescue Squadron, 212th $v Biography. 610 1 $a United States $b Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd $b Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd $v Biography. 650 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Aerial operations, American. 650 $a Afghan War, 2001- $v Personal narratives, American. 651 $a United States $x Parachute troops $x Parachute troops $v Biography. 651 $a United States $x Commando troops $x Commando troops $v Biography. 700 $a Rearden, Don, $e author. 941 $a 3 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054825.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20200722013245.0 952 $l XGPC697 $d 20191112011606.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=415444C0051A11EAB58899FF96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search