Full Battle Rattle

My Story as the Longest-Serving Special Forces A-Team Soldier in American History

By: Ralph Pezzullo, Changiz Lahidji

Narrated by: Eric Pollins

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

With over 100 combat missions and 24 years as a Green Beret, Changiz Lahidji is an expert in military operations. Full Battle Rattle is the legendary audiobook memoir of a soldier who served America in every war after Vietnam.

Master Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A-teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret.

Changiz served this country starting with Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, when he entered Tehran on a one-man mission to spy on Iranian soldiers guarding the US embassy where 52 US diplomats were being held hostage. Three years later he was in Beirut, Lebanon, when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the US embassy, killing 83 people. Weeks after that he was shot by Hezbollah terrorists on a night mission.

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, he led a convoy that was ambushed on its way to Fallujah. He was clearing houses in Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 1993 when a US Black Hawk helicopter was shot down 50 feet away from him in the incident that inspired Black Hawk Down. In 2002 he dressed as a farmer and snuck into eastern Afghanistan and located Osama bin Laden for the CIA. Along the way, Changiz earned numerous commendations, including the Special Forces Legion of Merit, Purple Hearts, and many others. Last year he was nominated for induction in Military Intelligence Hall of Fame and cited as "the finest noncommissioned officer to ever serve in Special Forces".

Written with Ralph Pezzullo, Changiz's story is an amazing audiobook of perseverance and courage, of combat and one man's love for his adopted country.

©2018 Changiz Lahidji and Ralph Pezzullo (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Awesome book with a lot of great lessons

Great book, written very well performed very well lot of great lessons. As an immigrant myself who joined the US military I really connected with a lot of this book. I found it thoroughly enjoyful everything was laid out well and there's a lot of knowledge to absorb from his stories. I will say that one part that was hilarious as an infantry man what's when they talked about a 240 caliber machine gun which I'm sure was a misread from a 240 bravo.

Remarkable

Changiz Lahidji's service to America is one of the most remarkable sagas of any era in our military's vast and varied history. Highly recommend the story. The performance, I must report, was workmanlike but, sadly, not worthy of the tale. Still, this Ranger's unfailing loyalty to the mission, to his brothers in arms, and to all our flag represents remains undiminished in the telling. Get ya some.

Amazing Story!

I have met Changiz and he is as cool in real life as he is in his autobiography!

30 yrs of American Combat Insight

A truly incredible personal journey that gives an amazing perspective on the true American Dream. Anyone who's ever made it to America should be inspired by this story, and native born Americans should be taking notes on what an hardships an immigrant undertakes.

Great read thought provoking.

This was a great read from an American hero. Changis gave a unique outlook on the War on Terror, and provided the only way to actually win it.

Great American Hero

Changiz is a true American. He has see more struggles than most but always maintains a smile.

The Forrest Gump of Special Forces

If you’re an SF history buff like I am you’ll love this book. Changiz is one sharp character, and although he bears no similarity to Forrest Gump in that respect, the fact that he’s been involved in most SF operations from Eagle Claw (Iran) up to Iraq and hunting Bin Laden in Afghanistan makes this a veritable “blow by blow” of SF since the 70’s. amazing. Thank God our nation has people like him.

great read

A very well written story. I am grateful for men like this. God bless him.

WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!

1st thank you for your years of service and sacrifice sir. This is an outstanding book. The things this dude has seen and done is unreal. If a person does 1/4 of the things he's done then they have led a full life. Wonderful narration to top it off! EXCELLENT READ

Excellent book. Horrible narration

Need I say more? Great story but the narrator has NO. Familiarity with the military.