It is a grim life interspersed with adrenaline
pumping action for the Navy SEALs whereas for normal mortals like me it is a
grim life interspersed with adrenaline pumping action when I try to cross the
Outer ring road in Bangalore on foot. Facts apartJ, Hunting down the most wanted guy
in the world is no easy job and the book gives a first-hand account from the
SEAL who shot him down or rather pumped bullets into an already dying fellow (I
wouldn't grudge it though, some guys are better dead than alive). If you have
seen the movie “Zero dark thirty “then you have seen it all. In fact the movie
manages to give a good account of the whole tracking process of Osama bin
laden, whereas this book laps over the five year tracking process in a single
paragraph.
The
first half of the book tries a hand at giving an erudite description of the
hard and lonely struggle that a Navy SEAL would have to put himself through.
This part has more personal anecdotes than any significant information about
the training process. Maybe Hrithik in the movie Lakshya managed more sighs in
this aspect from the viewers. However, some parts do manage to shed some light
on how the rigorous process takes a toll on the personal life of the SEAL’s.
DEVGURU is the group comprised of the best of
the best SEAL’s. The author being part
of it is suddenly called back from his vacation to take part in an important
mission (In my line of work, it can mean only one thing, the firing squad is
ready). Detailed description of the three weeks training process with a mock
setup of the target building to the actual mission is well elucidated. The
mission ends with Osama reduced to a body bag and flown back to the base with
the tired SEAL’s seating on him for comfort. Being a high profile target, the
tension experienced in the mission even for SEALs who had undertaken tens of
such missions before is understandable.
Finally, it is every nation’s dream to have a
military force that can undertake such an operation in the enemy territory. But
after reading the book, I got a glimpse of the human side of such a military
force. Maybe the movie failed to capture this facet while the book managed it
well (But still go for the movie J)
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