Marcus Luttrell at the NRA Convention

[Pugs]

Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL whose story of heroism in Afghanistan is told in his book "Lone Survivor," shared his world view at the National Rifle Association event in Louisville on May 16.

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2507

 

[HeyJoe]

Worth a watch. His book is worth a read.

 

[Zissou]

Evidently the evening prior to his speech he was arrested for beating up a hippie in the hotel bar. Some dude saw the Texas flag on his shirt and thought he would tell Marcus what he thinks of President Bush. Of the 40,000 people in town for the NRA Convention this dude found Marcus. Said dude gets an UNSAT in the SA column.

The victim, stated that he was "slapped repeatedly"

 

[Schnugg]

That's the story he relates in the linked video. Good stuff.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Nice. I hate Al Jazeera.

 

[Flash]

Nice. I hate Al Jazeera.

Great source of info on the third world though.

 

[nittany03]

Line of the entire video:

"I didn't hit him with a closed fist because he was the prettiest guy I'd ever met."

 

[PigzFly]

Hell of a book. Im not much of a reader, but it was awesome. Really intense. I saw an interview on 60 Mins last summer about it and gave it a try. Dick Couch, the co-author and former seal, has written some other awesome SEAL based books. Worth a read for sure.

 

[FMRAM]

Hell of a book. Im not much of a reader, but it was awesome. Really intense. I saw an interview on 60 Mins last summer about it and gave it a try. Dick Couch, the co-author and former seal, has written some other awesome SEAL based books. Worth a read for sure.

Concur, awesome read.

 

[clonei09]

Great book. I picked it up last year at the Norfolk NEX for cortramid and by the end of the month the book had made through the hands of a bunch of the other mids in my company

 

[Bird85]

I picked up a copy at the airport bookstore last week and finished it Monday. A quick read and quite good. Two snaps-up!!