Saving Bravo Quotes

“In the late sixties, some Army soldiers had bought long-haired wigs to cover up their military haircuts. Not all that much had changed since then.”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

“Three out of every four recruits never made it through the course, and trainers were”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

“In Iowa, locals kidnapped a judge and threatened to hang him unless he agreed not to force any more families off their land.”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

“which no other failed applicant had even thought of trying to do, because most people don’t regard seeing as a skill you can get better at. And when it came to”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

“fifteen thousand airmen—as many men as made up an infantry division—would die in training before they left the continental United States.”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History

“dexterity and problem solving but also a rigorous psychological examination, which included a Rorschach test. Many aviators would later say that passing the exam was the toughest thing they’d ever faced in the Air Corps.”
― Stephan Talty, Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History