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No Easy Day
''No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden'' (2012) is a military memoir by a former member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) who participated in the mission that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. The book was written by Matt Bissonnette under the pen name Mark Owen. It details Owen's career with DEVGRU, including several combat missions in which he participated with the unit. At least half of the book focuses on Owen's participation in the mission that killed bin Laden. Owen and his publisher's decision to release the book without first submitting it for United States Department of Defense (DoD) review generated controversy. The DoD claims that the book contains classified information, which the book's publisher denies. In late August 2012, advance publicity increased the initial print run from 300,000 copies to 575,000. This ultimately led the publisher to release the book on September 4, a week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Bissonnette (author)
Matt Bissonette is a former United States Navy SEAL and author of ''No Easy Day'', a book which he wrote using the pen name Mark Owen. The book chronicles his life and military service, but mostly is about his involvement with Operation Neptune Spear. Bissonnette writes that he was present on the third floor of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad when the terrorist leader was killed. Military career Bissonnette grew up hunting and fishing in a remote Alaskan town called Aniak. After graduating high school in 1994, he attended Biola University and earned his Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1998. He then enlisted in the Navy, graduating with BUD/S class 226 as the Honor-man (top of the class) in 1999 and served with SEAL Team Five. Marcus Luttrell was briefly in class 226, but due to injury later graduated class 228. During Bissonnette's first deployment 9/11 happened and he was among the first to be deployed in support of the War on terror, GWOT. In 2004 he completed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
