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Rorke Denver: Training Today's Navy SEALs

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Lt. Commander Rorke Denver has spent 13 years as a platoon commander and training leader with the Navy SEALs, the country’s top special operations force. He has led hostage rescue, counterinsurgency and counter-narcotics operations all over the world, and starred as a Navy SEAL in the film “Act of Valor.” He joins us to discuss his new book, “Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior,” and what it takes to make it through SEAL boot camp and on top secret missions.

Damn Few by Rorke Denver by Hyperion Books

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Lt. Commander Rorke Denver, former Navy SEAL, author of "Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior," and actor in "Act of Valor"

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