The Road to Unafraid: How the Army's Top Ranger Faced Fear And Found Courage Through "Black Hawk Down" And Beyond

Jeff Struecker, a "Black Hawk Down" hero, the Army's Top Ranger, now an Army Chaplain, relates his own tales from the frontlines of every U.S. initiative since Panama, and tells how God taught him faith from the front in fear-soaked times. As readers go on-mission with Struecker through his harrowing tales, they will learn how to face their own fears with faith in a mighty God. Just as he told one of his charges in Mogadishu: "The difference between being a coward and a hero is not whether you're scared, it's what you do while you're scared." The author recounts his journey from growing up in Iowa to his experiences as a top U.S. soldier sent on a dangerous U.N. peacekeeping operation in Somalia, as well as to the frontlines of other combat situations, and eventually to his career as an Army chaplain The author, a "Black Hawk Down" hero, the army's Top Ranger, and now an army chaplain, brings to life his experiences at the frontlines of every U.S. initiative since Panama, and shares how his faith in God sustained him in the darkest of times. Jeff Struecker With Dean Merrill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 209-210).