Summary of Matthew A. Cole's Code Over Country

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview:#1 On May 24, 2018, retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Donald Trump.

#2 The Medal of Honor is the highest award for military service. It was initially established by the Navy during the Civil War, and has been awarded to soldiers who fought for the Union.

#3 On March 4, 2002, Slabinski led a team of six SEALs up Takur Ghar, an Afghan mountain. They were ambushed by al Qaeda fighters, and one of their teammates, Neil Roberts, fell off the open ramp and tumbled ten feet into the snow. The team continued their ascent.

#4 The battle continued for another fourteen hours. By the time Slabinski and his team landed back at the SEAL Team 6 headquarters at Bagram Air Base, outside the Afghan capital of Kabul, several hours later, a fuller picture of what had occurred on the top of Takur Ghar emerged.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669357674

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On May 24, 2018, retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Donald Trump.

#2

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for military service. It was initially established by the Navy during the Civil War, and has been awarded to soldiers who fought for the Union.

#3

On March 4, 2002, Slabinski led a team of six SEALs up Takur Ghar, an Afghan mountain. They were ambushed by al Qaeda fighters, and one of their teammates, Neil Roberts, fell off the open ramp and tumbled ten feet into the snow. The team continued their ascent.

#4

The battle continued for another fourteen hours. By the time Slabinski and his team landed back at the SEAL Team 6 headquarters at Bagram Air Base, outside the Afghan capital of Kabul, several hours later, a fuller picture of what had occurred on the top of Takur Ghar emerged.

#5

The Battle of Roberts Ridge, as it became known, had a devastating effect on SEAL Team 6. It set off a cascade of extraordinary violence that still exists today.

#6

The legend of SEAL Team 6 grew as the War on Terror expanded beyond Afghanistan to Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen. The unit’s rogue culture continued to spread, operating outside the Navy’s established mechanisms for command and investigation.

#7

The book focuses on the stories that the SEALs have not been willing to share, such as the bravery and singular capabilities of these men, but also identifies failings and the consequences that follow from them.

#8

As time passes, more people will come forward with more facts about these events, and new details will emerge. All of history is a work in progress.

#9

The American military has been built on its dominant Navy, which grew to reflect America’s geographic reality: two oceans necessitated two stand-alone fleets capable of fighting at least two wars across the globe simultaneously.

#10

The Navy needed men who could slip off a small boat a mile or two from land, swim to the shoreline, and examine up close the depth of coral and inspect enemy defenses and even the quality of the sand on the beach, all while facing enemy fire if they were spotted.

#11

The training of the frogmen created a bond between them and their partners, which would stay with them throughout their careers. They were used for every major amphibious landing during the war,