No ordinary dog : : my partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden raid

Title No ordinary dog : : my partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden raid
Names Chesney, Will.
Layden, Joseph. Author
Layden, Joseph, 1959- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96100901
Chesney, Will, 1984- narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019043368
Book Number DB132996
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation "The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will was introduced to the DEVGRU canine program, he and Cairo worked side by side, depending on each other for survival on hundreds of critical operations in the war on terrorism. But their bond transcended their service. Then, in 2011, the call came: Pick up your dog and get back to Virginia. Now. What followed were several weeks of training for a secret mission. It soon became clear that this was no ordinary operation. Cairo was among the first members of the U.S. military on the ground in Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear, which resulted in the successful elimination of bin Laden. As Cairo settled into a role as a reliable "spare dog," Will went back to his job as a DEVGRU operator, until a grenade blast in 2013 left him with a brain injury and PTSD. Unable to participate in further missions, he suffered from crippling migraines, chronic pain, memory issues, and depression. Modern medicine provided only modest relief. Instead, it was up to Cairo to save Will's life once more -- and then up to Will to be there when Cairo needed him the most." -- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Local Subject Unrated - UR
Male Narrator - MN
LC Subject Dogs - War use
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Veterans - Mental health - United States
Service dogs - United States - Biography
Human-animal relationships - United States
Disabled veterans - Rehabilitation - United States
Nonfiction
Autobiographies
Notes ENG
Unrated. NLS/BPD
Call Number 958.104740929 ANF
Language English
Released 2020
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2020
Original Publication Reissue of: New York : Macmillan, 2020. 9781250240019
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