No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

STIMSON
    SO1

    RONALD WOODLE
    SO2

    DENIS CHRISTOPHER MIRANDA
    SO3

    DAVID BLAKE MCLENDON
    CTRCS

    COLLIN THOMAS
    SOC

    BRENDAN JOHN LOONEY
    LT

    ADAM OLIN SMITH
    SO2

    ADAM BROWN
    SOC

    TYLER J. TRAHAN
    EOD2

    RYAN JOB
    SO2

    ERIC F. SHELLENBERGER
    SOC

    ANDREW J. LIGHTNER
    PR1

    THOMAS J. VALENTINE
    SOCS

    SHAPOOR “ALEX” GHANE
    SO2

    NATHAN HARDY
    SOC

    MICHAEL KOCH
    SOC

    LUIS SOUFFRONT
    EOD1

    LANCE M. VACCARO
    SOC

    JOSHUA THOMAS HARRIS
    SO1

    JOHN W. MARCUM
    SOCS

    JASON R. FREIWALD
    SOC (Select)

    STEVEN P. DAUGHERTY
    CTT1

    ROBERT R. MCRILL
    MC1

    MARK T. CARTER
    SOC

    JOSEPH CLARK SCHWEDLER
    SO2

    JASON D. LEWIS
    SO1

    FREDDIE PORTER
    SN

    MICHAEL A. MONSOOR
    MA2 (SEAL)

    MARC A. LEE
    AO2 (SEAL)

    SHANE E. PATTON
    MM2 (SEAL)

    MICHAEL P. MURPHY
    LT (SEAL)

    MICHAEL M. MCGREEVY, JR.
    LT (SEAL)

    MATTHEW G. AXELSON
    STG2 (SEAL)

    JEFFREY S. TAYLOR
    HM1 (SEAL)

    JEFFREY A. LUCAS
    ET1 (SEAL)

    JAMES SUH
    QM2 (SEAL)

    JACQUES J. FONTAN
    FCC (SEAL)

    ERIK S. KRISTENSEN
    LCDR (SEAL)

    DANNY P. DIETZ
    GM2 (SEAL)

    DANIEL R. HEALY
    ITCS (SEAL)

    THEODORE D. FITZHENRY
    HMCS (SEAL)

    ROBERT P. VETTER
    BM1 (SWCC)

    BRIAN OUELLETTE
    BM1 (SEAL)

    THOMAS E. RETZER
    IC1 (SEAL)

    MARIO MAESTAS
    IT2 (SEAL)

    DAVID M. TAPPER
    PH1 (SEAL)

    PETER G. OSWALD
    CDR (SEAL)

    NEIL C. ROBERTS
    ABH1 (SEAL)

    MATTHEW J. BOURGEOIS
    HMC (SEAL)

    JERRY “BUCK” POPE
    ENS (SEAL)

     
    *List courtesy Navy SEAL Foundation

 
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    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    Mark Owen is a former member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six. In his many years as a Navy SEAL, he has participated in hundreds of missions around the globe, including the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009. Owen was a team leader on Operation Neptune Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Owen was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist mastermind’s hideout, where he witnessed Bin Laden’s death. Mark Owen’s name and the names of the other SEALs mentioned in
No Easy Day
have been changed for their security.
    Kevin Maurer has covered special operations forces for nine years. He has been embedded with the Special