SEAL Team Six: Battling Terrorism Worldwide

By John Micklos, Jr.

SEAL Team 6 was formed in 1980 to help combat the growing threat of global terrorism and to better handle situations such as the failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran earlier that year. They've played an important part in many U.S. special ops  missions. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes bring the experiences of these brave military men to life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496664952

John Micklos, Jr.

John Micklos, Jr. has written more than 50 children’s books spanning a wide range of ages and genres. His work includes picture books, poetry books, and numerous nonfiction books. Popular titles include One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me! (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017), which was chosen for inclusion in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program for multiple years. John’s other top-selling books include 125 True Stories of Amazing Pets (contributor) and 125 Cute Animals (contributor), both published by National Geographic Kids. He also has written dozens of biographies, history books, and social studies books for educational publishers such as Capstone and Cavendish Square. Biographies include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amelia Earhart, Alexander Graham Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Muhammad Ali, Sequoyah, Geronimo, and others. History topics include the Revolutionary War (six-book series), Civil War, Challenger tragedy, Gold Rush, Lewis and Clark Expedition, and many others. A resident of Newark, Delaware, John enjoys visiting schools (in person or via Zoom) and conducting writing workshops with students of all ages. His presentations and workshops center on writing poetry, nonfiction, and persuasive pieces, as well as the art of research and revision, to name just a few. Learn more about John’s work at www.JohnMicklosWriter.com.

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Military Heroes: Seal Team Six by John Micklos

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE PAGE

CHAPTER 1:ORIGINS OF THE SEALS

CHAPTER 2:SEAL TEAM SIX

CHAPTER 3:ELITE OF THE ELITE

CHAPTER 4:MAJOR MISSIONS

CHAPTER 5:GETTING BIN LADEN

CHAPTER 6:CONTINUING OPERATIONS

SEAL TIMELINE

GLOSSARY

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CRITICAL THINKING USING THE COMMON CORE

INDEX

COPYRIGHT

BACK COVER

CHAPTER 1

ORIGINS OF THE SEALS

Conducting top secret missions. Slipping behind enemy lines. Rescuing heads of state and kidnap victims. Killing terrorist leaders. Sounds like a James Bond movie, right? Think again. Those are routine days for the U.S. Navy’s highly trained SEAL Team Six special operations force.

SEAL Team Six members have been involved in some of the world’s most spectacular missions in recent decades. They include the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in 2011 and the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama from Somali pirates in 2009.

The operations and the publicity that followed have brought increased attention to a unit that prides itself on working in secrecy. But what exactly is SEAL Team Six, and how did it begin?

The concept for the SEALs began during World War II as the United States fought against Germany and