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Nothing like it ever. 9.5 inches by 13.5 inches. 403 pages from the earliest days of the OSS Maritime, UDT, all the way through the years and development of Naval Special Warfare and the US Navy SEALs. But not just the SEALs, all of Naval Special Warfare. Entire chapters on, the Special Boat Teams (SWCC). SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs), Special Equipment, Support Units, The Global War on Terror. From the White House Situation Room to the front lines and into the future. The most comprehensive book every put together and with the unprecedented help of the U.S. Navy, the White House, WARCOM, USSOCOM and others. Some 931 photos, many never seen before. Documents declassified just for this project. And as current as September 2012, when President Obama quietly visited the graves of SEALs in Arlington on the anniversary of 9/11, which was never in the news.An opening letter by President George W. Bush, a Foreword by former SECNAV John Lehman Jr. who served on the 9/11 Commission and the closing Chapter on the Future of NSW by SECNAV Donald Winter. It weights 9 pounds and has a 4 inch bronze medallion on the cover with a life size SEAL Trident embedded in 3D.