Kevin Dockery

With an Earth research outpost on Mars ominously silent after sending out a disturbing distress call, the U.S. military sends an elite team of Navy SEALs, led by Lieutenant Thomas Stonewall Jackson, to investigate, but the team finds itself kidnapped by hostile aliens and forced to steal an alien aircraft, battle impossible odds, and take out a high-tech planetary defense system to escape.

"Snipers have a rich history. This book follows their tasks and techniques from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, through both World Wars, to the Korean War and Vietnam - the genesis of modern sniping - and the current conflicts in the Middle East. Also, readers will see how sniping has evolved on the civilian side in law enforcement." "A sniper is nothing without his gun. Here, in close detail, you will find the tools of the trade - the guns, ammunition, camouflage, and materials a sniper uses to get the job done." "Most important, you will learn about sniping from the experts themselves: military snipers from all branches of the service, as well as civilian police and SWAT snipers. Capturing the suspense and action of the hunt, the words of these men will draw you into the close-knit, little-known world of one of the most lethal weapons the battlefield has ever seen."--BOOK JACKET.

Fully illustrated with photos (many never before seen) this comprehensive volume continues the saga of the Navy SEALs during the Vietnam years, with firsthand accounts as well as rarely known facts about the men, their weapons, and their missions.

On the battlefield, a soldier's best friends are his gun and his gear-because his life depends on them. But what will it take to fight and survive on the battlefields of tomorrow? What will those combat arenas consist of, and where will they be? And what will our nation's fighting men and women carry with them into battle?This is a compendium of the weapons of war that may accompany our soldiers in the near and far future, as well as an insightful look at the soldier, sailor, and airman of today and tomorrow. All manner of military hardware is covered, as well as information about cutting-edge technology that will become standard in weapons to come, the possibility of robotic soldiers, vehicles, protective armor, and the prospects of fighting a war in both space and cyberspace.

For the first time with the full cooperation of the UDT/SEAL Museum Association in Florida, author Kevin Dockery has compiled the most in-depth and revealing history of the U.S. Navy SEALs from their roughshod origins as the daring Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts, and Raiders of World War II, to the formation of the modern fighting force known as Navy SEALs. Illustrated with archival photos throughout, and supplemented with in-depth interviews with veteran UDT divers and SEAL personnel, this book chronicles the formation of an elite fighting force unsurpassed in combat on land, air, or sea-and captures the spirit of those rare men who make up the finest fighting force in the world. - Publisher.