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All Secure

A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront

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 One of the most highly regarded special operations soldiers in American military history shares his war stories and personal battle with PTSD.
As a senior non-commissioned officer of the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Over the course of twenty years and thousands of missions, he's fought desperately for his life, rescued hostages, killed and captured terrorist leaders, and seen his friends maimed and killed around him. All Secure is in part Tom's journey into a world so dark and dangerous that most Americans can't contemplate its existence. It recounts what it is like to be on the front lines with one of America's most highly trained warriors. As action-packed as any fiction thriller, All Secure is an insider's view of "The Unit." Tom is a legend even among other Tier One special operators. Yet the enemy that cost him three marriages, and ruined his health physically and psychologically, existed in his brain. It nearly led him to kill himself in 2014; but for the lifeline thrown to him by an extraordinary woman it might have ended there. Instead, they took on Satterly's most important mission-saving the lives of his brothers and sisters in arms who are killing themselves at a rate of more than twenty a day. Told through Satterly's firsthand experiences, it also weaves in the reasons-the bloodshed, the deaths, the intense moments of sheer terror, the survivor's guilt, depression, and substance abuse-for his career-long battle against the most insidious enemy of all: Post Traumatic Stress. With the help of his wife, he learned that by admitting his weaknesses and faults he sets an example for other combat veterans struggling to come home. Mental Health Military Military & War Personal Development Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences Health War Marriage Inspiring Scary Thought-Provoking
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A very powerful true story, with everything you would want in a military story.
Get it you WILL NOT regret it...

A must read/listem

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A gripping account from a true American hero. Had this in my book wish list but saw it on Audible and decided to get it. Once I started listening, I couldn't switch it off. Finished the whole audio in 2 days.

Brilliant

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This was an incredible story. Listening to Tom tell the horrors of what he went through, but so factually and dispassionately, it really brings home how surreal the ask is on warriors. But the real learning, and one I had experience with, was the lack of after-care, or how badly mental health is understood, by the military. I really hope Tom's foundation makes real improvements in this regard.

A story that all veterans need to hear

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Great book, great recount of Tom’s life. So many things people don’t realise what actually happens in war and out of war just protecting their own day to day existence. And of course the unfortunate toll that the soldiers pay to keep us in our comfortable lives, a toll that cannot ever be rewarded. We owe it to them to listen at the very bare minimum.

The book is well read by Tom at a good pace and keeps you gripped until the end.

He is very honest in himself.

More surprisingly I found myself adjusting some views I had taken on various actions taken around the world! Everyone can condemn actions until they see the reality of the situation, and nobody ever really wants to see that!!! People just love to take the moral high ground from the top down view - when the problem starts at the bottom going up.

Thanks Tom,

And good luck with the All secure foundation, I for one will be supporting you and wishing you the best.

Great book from a real Hero

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Brilliant well written, hard to put it down ! Thank you Tom for sharing your story, hope it helps many people with PTS :) Keep up the amazing work you are doing!!!

Brilliant - what a story

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