Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-team at War - Softcover

Antenori, Frank; Halberstadt, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312544146 ISBN 13: 9780312544140

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-team (call sign Roughneck Nine-One), confronted a vastly superior force―one that included battle tanks and more than 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers―at a remote crossroads near the small village of Debecka, Iraq. The rest is history...

Along the way, they endured a U.S .Navy F-14 dropping a 500-pound bomb on supporting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the ever-present threat of WMDs, and countless other deadly obstacles.

This is the never-before-told, unsanitized story of how one Special Forces A-team recruited and organized, trained and eventually fought―and won―a legendary conflict that will influence American military doctrine for years to come.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-team (call sign Roughneck Nine-One), confronted a vastly superior force―one that included battle tanks and more than 150 well-trained, well-equipped, and well-commanded soldiers―at a remote crossroads near the small village of Debecka, Iraq. The rest is history...

"A rare and unexpectedly personal look into the elite world of a Special Forces A-Team."―Jack Coughlin, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, and New York Times bestselling author of Shooter

Along the way, they endured a U.S .Navy F-14 dropping a 500-pound bomb on supporting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the ever-present threat of WMDs, and countless other deadly obstacles.

"Thoroughly detailed and carefully documented...a valuable addition to the growing list of Iraq war stories."―Army Times

This is the never-before-told, unsanitized story of how one Special Forces A-team recruited and organized, trained and eventually fought―and won―a legendary conflict that will influence American military doctrine for years to come.

"A warts-and-all report that is strong in realistic detail and in paying tribute to the courage and endurance of the U.S. forces."―Booklist

About the Author:

SFC Frank Antenori, US Army (Retired) joined the Special Forces in 1988. Since then, he has participated in numerous operations in over thirty-four countries and has been awarded numerous decorations and citations, with seven received for combat actions.

Hans Halberstadt has authored or coauthored more than fifty books, most on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces, armor, and artillery. He served in the US Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312544146
• ISBN 13: 9780312544140
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352