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02758aam a22004218i 4500 001 BB81C18816E511E49144FDF1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140729010103 008 140318s2014 nyua 001 0beng 010 $a 2014006176 020 $a 0425268594 020 $a 9780425268599 035 $a (OCoLC)876140453 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d UOK $d ZS3 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a VE23 $b .C745 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Couch, Dick, $d 1943- 245 10 $a Always faithful, always forward : $b the forging of a Special Operations Marine / $c Dick Couch. 246 30 $a Forging of a Special Operations Marine. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1406. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berkley Caliber, $c 2014. 300 $a xxxii, 320 pages, [16] pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Always Faithful, Always Forward follows the journey of a class of Marine candidates from their recruitment, through assessment and selection, to their qualification as Marines Special Operators. The assessment, selection, and training regimes are a combination of psychological testing and intense military training as well as being a physical and professional rite of passage. MARSOC Marines must be efficient, agile, independent, and prepared to live hard in the field. They are warriors trained in the full range of military skills, as well as teachers who can train locals to defend their communities and lead them in battle. But above all, they are Marines. Their ability to leverage their numbers by embedding with the locals and to live in remote locations has, in their short history, made them a valuable force and one with great utility in remote reaches of the world. Retired Navy Captain Dick Couch has been given unprecedented access to this new command and to the individual Marines of this exceptional special-operations unit, allowing him to chronicle the history and development of the Marine Special Operations Command and how they find, recruit, and train their special operators. 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Special Operations Command $x History $y 21st century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $x Training of. $x Training of. 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $x Physical training. 650 0 $a Commando troops $x Training of $z United States. 650 0 $a Special operations (Military science) $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 4 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20150715010213.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20141210011032.0 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20141023010342.0 952 $l TRPE062 $d 20140904011950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB81C18816E511E49144FDF1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search