None Braver

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism

By: Michael Hirsh

Narrated by: Corey Snow

From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary headquarters at a secret location in Central Asia.

Unparalleled access to the pararescue jumpers - or PJs - as well as to the courageous men and women who fly them where they have to go, often under enemy fire, allowed Michael Hirsh to uncover incredible stories of courage. Among them: the drama of a plane crash at 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush mountains, where PJs climb with 100-pound packs through chest-deep snow to rescue the crew; the tension of an unprecedented nighttime combat parachute jump into the middle of an Afghan minefield; and the heartbreak during Operation Anaconda, when seven American fighting men die, including the first PJ killed in combat since Vietnam.

©2003 Michael Hirsh (P)2013 Tantor

love it.

A great book to tell the story's of the nobel job Pararescue. Glad I read it

Rescue Rangers

After listening to this book, I have a much better understanding of why people are afraid of helicopters. Most of the stories in this book involve helicopter rescues, helicopter crashes, and general helicopter consternation. Of course, that’s not the point of the book, but it was remarkable to me. The book is about the heroes (PJs) that the US Air Force trains for rescue missions in the most extreme situations and conditions imaginable. They are trained to operate anywhere in the world from mountains to deserts, to sea, to war. They study cutting-edge battlefield medicine techniques so that they can stabilize and extract injured soldiers. When the call comes in about injuries on the battlefield (or anywhere else in the world, I think), they are dispatched with their gear to save lives. Carrying gear for survival, combat, communications, and medicine, their kits can weigh over 100 lbs. To be a PJ, you have to be extremely calm under stress. PJs can adjust and adapt to complete the mission no matter what obstacles get thrown at them. The book also covers some of the fallout that happens when rescues are not successful by telling a true story of a PJ who dies during a rescue mission. The PJs don’t get a lot of press. They don’t like the spotlight. They want to do their job, save lives, and disappear into the shadows. I have a better appreciation for their skill, training, and mission after listening to this book. Thanks for the recommendation Aleksandr.

This is for readers of history, military, rescue, and real-life adventures.

Great

great book plenty of detail. many stories compiled together to tell about the pj's does bounce around a little

Amazing, and informative.

This book was an amazing listen fir me as one who is striving to become a PJ myself, the stories, the humor, and the fellow comradely is something I feel everyone wishes to have but few find ay this level. Reading this book is a must.

AWESOME

I want more great story and really good info. easy to follow and keeps you wanting more