Reddit Reddit reviews Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan

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2 Reddit comments about Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan:

u/FeastOfChildren · 38 pointsr/Military

The book on Operation Red Wings is a real eye-opener into the hubris and arrogance displayed by the SEAL team.

The original plan called for a Marine battalion, used in conjunction with navspecwar aviation (primarily for delivery IIRC)...though Navy said naw, we got these four dudes that can handle it.

After which a book was written by the lone survivor blaming the liberal media for the failure of the operation.

u/geordiesvisor · 6 pointsr/Military

There were a few articles written about it, and a journalist that was embedded with the Marine unit they were supposedly "saving" wrote a book on an entire operation that was happening at the time of which Red Wings was only a small part. He definitely lays out a bigger picture than Lone Survivor which shows how reckless the SEALs were being. I'll see if i can find those links for you.

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001V6P16U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o06?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Take this article with a grain of salt, it sounds like the guy has a bone to pick with Luttrell
https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/20/mohammad-gulab-marcus-luttrell-navy-seal-lone-survivor-operation-red-wings-458139.html