I was screwing up. The pressure I was putting on myself was worse than anything I’d hear from the instructor.
-- Mark Owen (Chapter 2 paragraph Page 31)

Importance: During the nine-month Green Screen training, Owen was under pressure the entire time fearing that after the screening was over he wouldn’t be selected for Seal Team Six.

Before the attacks on September 11, Delta and DEVGRU were rivals. We were the two kids at the top of the block, and there was a raging debate over which unit was the best. With the war, there was no more time for rivalry and all that B-S had gone away. They treated me like a brother during the deployment.
-- Mark Owen (Chapter 4 paragraph Page 70)

Importance: After he made SEAL Team Six, Owen was deployed from Afghanistan to Iraq to help the battered Delta team. The above quote captures how the attack on 9/11 had changed lives including those of top military combat specialists in the nation.

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-- Mark Owen (Chapter 5 paragraph Page 73)