Book titled "Rogue Warrior".

This is going to be a long long long long post... Bear with it... Lolx...

Last week, I finally purchase a book. It took me years to search (inactively) for it. Finally found it at West mall sometime last year, and finally bought it a year later.

My first contact with the book was during my poly days. I was at the National Library, looking for some books to borrow to spend my time. (I was always at the same asle, looking at the books that i am interested in).

Then i came across it. Over the years, i had borrow it lots and lots times. I dunno if the National Library keeps records of the books that a borrower had borrowed, but i am interested to find out how many times had i borrowed that book.

In case you are wondering what is that book, its "Rogue Warrior" by Richard Marcinko. That book is his autobiography, his life.

Richard Marcinko was a US Navy Man. From an enlisted man, he graduated from UDT (Underwater Demolition Team), went on to OCS (Officer Candidate School), commissioned as an officer, and he pass his quals and became a SEAL (SEa, Air, Land, the most elites of the US Navy), became a platoon commander, besides other appointments, he became the CO (Commanding Officer) of SEAL Team 2. He created SEAL Team 6 (doing counter-terrorism work), and become the first CO of SEAL 6. He also created the Ultra-Secret, (now declassified), Red Cell (doing terrorist work on US Navy bases). Finally, the US Navy threw him into jail.

From that book, i learnt lots of things. Good and bad, but nevertheless, its all interesting.

Lets talk about the good things first.

I learn about his style of leadership. How he stress about UNIT INTEGRITY. He expects his men to back him up, and he BACKS HIS MEN UP. Or how he gets things done, his way, overriding his immediate superior.

Or how he enforce his rules, and stick to it. Friends and foes alike. He treats them all the same. Just like shit.

How he passes his knowledge around, when he learned new things. He dares to do things differently, especially when fighting a battle.

Okie... i admit, the most interesting part is the "bad" things that i had learned.

His experience with lauguage was fantestic. let me quote you some examples. If you feel uncomfortable reading it half-way, please do stop. Kids, do not copy this at home. I had "directly-quoted" the passage from the book.

You had been warned.

1) Barrett to Marcinko: "Marcinko, you bleeping motherblanker, get your blankety-blanking scrawny ass over here.",

2) Try reading this aloud.

Barrett to Marcinko: "You will blankety-blank have that blankety-blank blanking radio blankety-blankety-blank bleeping blanking fixed by the time we bleeping climb into the blanking boat tomorrow, or i will bleeping kick your blankety-blank-blank-bleeping blankety ass into blanking next blanking week.

3) Barrett:" Just bleeping do it and shut the bleep up!"

4) The best of all This contains some vagularies. If you think you cannot take it, stop here now... If not, please continue.

Barrett to himself, when during HALO (High Attitude, Low Opening) parachute jump, and Marcinko decided to pull very very low (super high risk stuff): "You asshole, you fucking asshole, you fucking dipshit asshole. Pull the fucking goddamm cord. Marcinko, you motherfucking cocksucking cuntbreath shit-eating turd-faced dipshit pencil-dicked pus-nuts shit-for-brains asshole geek. PULL THE FUCKING CORD!!!"

Interesting right? This is the blankety first blankety-blanking time that i see some blankety-scrawny-blanker asshole use those blanking-blankety words.

Cool.