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Relentless strike : the secret history of Joint Special Operations Command / by Naylor, Sean.(CARDINAL)635127;

Machine generated contents note: -- Author's Note -- Glossary -- Prologue -- Part I -- The Ferrari in the Garage -- Part II -- A New Era Dawns -- Part III -- Building the Machine -- Part IV -- A Global Campaign -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments."Since the attacks of September 11, one organization has been at the forefront of America's military response. Its efforts turned the tide against al-Qaida in Iraq, killed Bin Laden and Zarqawi, rescued Captain Phillips and captured Saddam Hussein. Its commander can direct cruise missile strikes from nuclear submarines and conduct special operations raids anywhere in the world. Relentless Strike tells the inside story of Joint Special Operations Command, the secret military organization that during the past decade has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct famous and infamous missions. Because JSOC includes the military's most storied special operations units--Delta Force, SEAL Team 6, the 75th Ranger Regiment--as well as America's most secret aviation and intelligence units, this is their story, too.For the very first time, Relentless Strike reveals tension-drenched meetings in war rooms from the Pentagon to Iraq and special operations battles from the cabin of an MH-60 Black Hawk to the driver's seat of Delta Force's Pinzgauer as they approach their targets. Through exclusive interviews, reporter Sean Naylor uses his unique access to reveal how an organization designed in the 1980s for a very limited mission set transformed itself after 9/11 to become the military's premier weapon in the war against terrorism and how it continues to evolve today"--

Subjects: United States. Joint Special Operations Command; Special operations (Military science); Terrorism;

Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10

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Without hesitation : the odyssey of an American warrior / by Shelton, Henry H.; Levinson, Ronald.; McConnell, Malcolm.;

A memoir by a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff traces the story of his lengthy military career, from his contributions as a special forces soldier to his roles as a general, Special Operations commander, and the chief architect of the U.S. military response to 9/11.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Shelton, Henry H.; United States. Army; U.S. Special Operations Command; United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Generals;

Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 20

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Team of teams : new rules of engagement for a complex world / by McChrystal, Stanley A.,author.(CARDINAL)564895; Collins, Tantum,author.(CARDINAL)411149; Silverman, David,author.(CARDINAL)712727; Fussell, Chris,author.(CARDINAL)621102;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and index.Introduction -- The Proteus problem. Sons of Proteus ; Clockwork ; From complicated to complex ; Doing the right thing -- From many, one. From command to team ; Team of teams -- Sharing. Seeing the system ; Brains out of the footlocker ; Beating the prisoner's dilemma -- Letting go. Hands off ; Leading like a gardener -- Looking ahead. Symmetries.As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the conventional, top-down hierarchy of the U.S. military. Al Qaeda had seen the future: a decentralized network that could move quickly and strike ruthlessly. To defeat such an enemy, JSOC would have to discard a century of management wisdom, and pivot from a pursuit of mechanical efficiency to organic adaptability. Under McChrystal's leadership, JSOC remade itself, in the midst of a grueling war, into something entirely new: a network that combined robust centralized communication with decentralized managerial authority. As a result, they beat back Al Qaeda. In this book, McChrystal shows not only how the military made that transition, but also how similar shifts are possible in all organizations, from large companies to startups to charities to governments. In a turbulent world, the best organizations think and act like a team of teams, embracing small groups that combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share what they've learned. Drawing on a wealth of evidence from his military career, the private sector, and sources as diverse as hospital emergency rooms and NASA's space program, McChrystal frames the existential challenge facing today's organizations, and proposes a compelling, effective solution.

Subjects: Biographies.; McChrystal, Stanley A.; United States. Joint Special Operations Command; Organizational effectiveness.; Decentralization in management.; Organizational behavior.; Teams in the workplace.; Military administration;

Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11

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Dirty wars [videorecording] / by Arnove, Anthony,1969-film producer.(CARDINAL)275437; Coughlin, Brenda,film producer.; Riker, David,1963-screenwriter.; Rowley, Rick,film director.; Scahill, Jeremy,narrator,screenwriter,film producer.(CARDINAL)283282; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Scahill, Jeremy.Dirty wars.; Big Noise Films,production company.; Civic Bakery (Firm),production company.; MPI Media Group,film distributor.; Sundance Selects (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)340706;

A secret army -- A war without end -- A journalist determined to uncover the truth.Original music, Davide Harrington ; performed by Kronos Quartet ; editors, Richard Rowley, David Riker.Narrated by Jeremy Scahill.It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids, and U.S. government targeted killings occur in corners across the globe, killing untold numbers of civilians. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret fighting force in U.S. history, exposing operations carried out by men who do not exist on paper and will never appear before Congress. No target is off-limits for the JSOC "kill list," not even U.S. citizens.Not rated.DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Scahill, Jeremy; United States. Joint Special Operations Command.; Intelligence service; Military intelligence; Special operations (Military science); Targeted killing; Terrorism; Terrorism;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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The most fun I ever had with my clothes on : a march from private to colonel : a memoir / by Davis, Thomas Hoyt,III,author.;

In his memoir the author relates his experiences during the thirty-one years spent in the US Army, rising through the ranks from private to full colonel. Twenty of those years he served with US Army Special Forces (Green Berets). This book chronicles his time in three combat zones: Vietnam, Bosnia, and Iraq/Turkey. Included are his experiences commanding Special Forces Operational A Detachments which specialized in Underwater Operations, High Altitude Low Opening Parachuting, Mountaineering, and Small Atomic Demolitions Munitions as well as two Special Forces Battalions and a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Each chapter covers his duties and responsibilities at the Army Installation where he served. Some times funny. Some times sad. Always interesting

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Davis, Thomas Hoyt, III.; United States. Army. Special Forces; Special forces (Military science);

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Bush at war / by Woodward, Bob,1943-(CARDINAL)121126;

Subjects: Interviews.; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.; National security;

Available copies: 48 / Total copies: 52

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SEAL target Geronimo : the inside story of the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden / by Pfarrer, Chuck.(CARDINAL)381183;

Neptune's spear: the bigger picture -- Abbottabad: May 1, 2011: late that night -- The SEAL road to Abbottabad -- Men with green faces -- An invisible empire: the birth of the Joint Special Operations Command -- Team Jedi -- Going solo -- Maersk Alabama -- Bin Laden's road to Abbottabad -- The day the world changed: September 11, 2001 -- Rich kid -- Learning to hate -- The making of a jihadi -- Hero of the lion's den -- The Emir -- Weapons of mass denial -- Neptune's spear -- Continue to plan, plan to continue -- The man without a country -- Neptune's spear -- Thirty-eight minutes -- What came after -- How this book was written.On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011; Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011; United States. Navy. SEALs.; United States. Navy. SEALs; Qaida (Organization); Islamic fundamentalism.; Jihad.; Terrorism.; Terrorists.; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.;

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SEAL target Geronimo : the inside story of the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden / by Pfarrer, Chuck.(CARDINAL)381183;

Neptune's spear: the bigger picture -- Abbottabad: May 1, 2011: late that night -- The SEAL road to Abbottabad -- Men with green faces -- An invisible empire: the birth of the Joint Special Operations Command -- Team Jedi -- Going solo -- Maersk Alabama -- Bin Laden's road to Abbottabad -- The day the world changed: September 11, 2001 -- Rich kid -- Learning to hate -- The making of a jihadi -- Hero of the lion's den -- The Emir -- Weapons of mass denial -- Neptune's spear -- Continue to plan, plan to continue -- The man without a country -- Neptune's spear -- Thirty-eight minutes -- What came after -- How this book was written.On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011; United States. Navy. SEALs.; Qaida (Organization); Jihad.; Terrorists.; Terrorism.; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.; Islamic fundamentalism.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Tom Clancy's Op-center : scorched earth / by Galdorisi, George,1948-author.(CARDINAL)342189; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.(CARDINAL)293728; Pieczenik, Steve R.,creator.(CARDINAL)342190;

"ISIS reigns supreme in huge swathes of Iraq and Syria and poses a threat to stability in the Middle East. When an American airstrike kills the ISIS leader's only son, he vows revenge. He discovers that a U.S. Navy admiral, now on duty in the Pentagon, led the strike. The ISIS leader has him kidnapped by American home-grown ISIS sympathizers. Their orders: smuggle him out of the United States and bring him to Mosul for execution.When the normal levers of U.S. domestic security can't move quickly enough tolocate the hostage, the President calls on the National Crisis Management Center-Op-Center to find the admiral and rescue him. But as the crisis drags on and it appears the admiral is hidden in a cargo shipment, already on a flight out of the country enroute to Mosul, his son, a Navy SEAL, embarks on a lone-wolf mission to rescue his father.Op-Center must muster both its domestic strike force, an elite component of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group Hostage Rescue Team, as well as its international intervention force built around a seasoned squad operating out of the secretive unit that captured Osama bin Laden: the Joint Special Operations Command. As in previous crises, Op-Center's group of twenty- and thirty-something operatives, its "Geek Tank," uses data collation programs, anticipatory intelligence algorithms, and outright hacking to stay one step ahead of a ruthless enemy"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); IS (Organization); Kidnapping;

Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15

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The rucksack war : U.S. Army operational logistics in Grenada, 1983 / by Raines, Edgar F.(CARDINAL)182652; Center of Military History.(CARDINAL)162684;

1: Behind The Scenes -- On the island -- Grenadian Armed Forces and Cuban workers -- Eastern Caribbean neighbors -- U S policy shifts -- Chain of command complexities -- Caribbean concept plan -- XVIII Airborne Corps -- Corps logistic system -- Contingency forces -- 82d Airborne Division -- 2: Policy And Initial Planning, 13-24 October 1983 -- Washington and Norfolk, 13-19 October -- Death by revolution, 19-20 October -- Reaction in the United States, 19-20 October -- Washington, Norfolk, and the Caribbean, 21-22 October -- XVIII Airborne Corps and 82d Airborne Division, 19-20 October -- 75-percent decision -- Atlantic command and army planning, 22 October -- Presidential party, afternoon/evening, 22 October -- Concept of operations -- Special operations forces and ranger planning, 21-24 October -- Ranger logistical plans and preparations, 22 October -- Washington and the Caribbean, 23 October -- 3: Final Planning, 22-25 October 1983 -- Mackmull and the Corps weigh in, 23-24 October -- Atlantic command final preparations, 23-24 October -- Division support command, 23-24 October -- Engineers, 22-24 October -- Division artillery, 22-25 October -- Division Aviation, 22-24 October -- Communications, 22-24 October -- Medical, 22-24 October -- Service support annex -- Corps support command, 23-25 October -- President Reagan decides, 24 October -- Intelligence problem -- Cuba and Grenada, 23-25 October -- 4: Loading The Force, N-Hour to N+3:30 -- Ranger battalions -- 82d Airborne Division, N-hour to N+2 -- N + 2 briefing and concerns -- Brigade/battalion staffs, N + 2:30 to N + 3:30 -- 82d Airborne division, N + 2:30 to 3:30 -- 5: Force Sorties, N + 3:30 To Liftoff -- 82d Airborne Division, N + 3:30 to N + 8 -- Aviation task force -- Communications preparations -- Medical planning -- Decision to airdrop -- Corps liaison -- Green ramp operations -- 6: Area Of Operations, 25-26 October 1983 -- Initial assaults -- Point Salines airhead -- Division arrives -- General Trobaugh take charge -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airfield operations -- Evacuees, detainees, and refugees -- Medical reinforcements -- 7: Division-Rear Support -- Division control and security -- Managing the airflow -- Green ramp congestion -- Yellow ramp activities -- 3d Brigade deploys -- Green ramp solutions -- Hunter Army Airfield -- 8: Area Of Operations, 26-27 October 1983 -- General Trobaugh's plan -- Point Salines Combat and support, 26 October -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Processing Americans and third-country nationals -- Processing detainees and refugees -- Processing casualties -- Engineer operations -- Point Salines Airhead, 26 October -- Division G-4 oversight, 26-27 October -- 9: Corps Support -- Managing the airflow -- Augmenting the division -- Augmenting Army Communications -- Airflow requirements shift -- Sea line of communications -- Medical dilemmas -- Supply system management -- Green ramp hand-off -- 10: Area Of Operations, 27 October 1983 -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airhead, morning -- Combat and support -- Point Salines Airhead, afternoon/evening -- Processing casualties -- Processing Americans and third-country nationals -- Processing detainees and refugees -- Maintenance issues -- 11: Period Of Transition -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airfield and Pearls Airport -- Final operations and departures -- New phase -- Evolving policies in Washington -- Soviet and Cuban Embassy personnel -- Refugees and detainees -- Graves registration -- Transition to Corps control -- Medical support -- Removing captured equipment -- General Farris takes command -- Shift to peacekeeping -- Nation building and peacekeeping -- 12: Grenada In Perspective -- Military and policy consequences -- Historical overview -- Institutional refinements -- Operational logistics -- Military success, logistical excess -- Bibliography -- Guide to abbreviations -- Map symbols -- Index.Overview: The Rucksack War: U.S. Army Operational Logistics in Grenada, 1983, is the second volume in the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Contingency Operations Series, provides an account of how Army logistics affected ground operations during the Grenada intervention and, in turn, how combat influenced logistical performance. Noteworthy is the book's emphasis on the role of individuals and of the decisions they made based on the necessarily incomplete and sometimes misleading information available at the time. The narrative ranges through all levels of war - from the meetings of the National Security Council, where the president grappled with the question of whether to intervene in the wake of a bloody coup, to the jungles of Grenada, where a sergeant in combat coped successfully with a Cuban ambush despite a lack of hand grenades. Raines is careful to place Army logistical planning and operations in a joint context as well as grounding them in the Army's post-Vietnam reform of logistical organization and doctrine. In addition to furnishing a fascinating account of a complex operation, The Rucksack War identifies many issues that may well influence the conduct of U.S. forces in future short-notice contingency operations.Includes bibliographical references (pages [549]-606) and index.

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