No Easy Day Summary

3. The book “No Easy Day” was written in 2011

4. Early in the morning on September 11, 2001 the Twin Towers in New York City were deliberately attacked by plane hijackers. The attacks were coordinated by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Following these attacks the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to dismantle Al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power. The U.S. was aided by the UK who helped up through the entire war. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Bin Laden but they would not unless we could give them evidence of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Without anyway to prove that he was guilty of the attacks he disappeared into the middle east. Since 2001 there were always new leads of info about the whereabouts of Bin Laden but they had always come up empty.

The U.S established military bases throughout Afghanistan and were in constant battle with Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. Enemy fighters used their knowledge of the land to
The main character is Mark Owen whose real name is Matt Bissonnette. He is a former navy seal who was apart of the mission to assassinate Osama Bin Laden. He grew up in Alaska and learned to shoot at a very young age. Owen didn’t always want to be a SEAL but became interested in his junior year of highschool when he read a book by another former SEAL. Mark Owen was never the best or top of his class but he was able to hold his own through BUD/S and Green Team. The SEALs chosen for Operation Neptune Spear weren’t the best of the best. Owen said that any SEAL he knew was capable of completing the mission but his squad was in the right place at the right time when they were called for the mission. Before Neptune Spear, Mark Owen was apart of the team that saved Captain Phillips in the middle of the Indian ocean. Owen was never married but had multiple siblings. He loved his teammates and he always completed the mission. He mostly ran point because of his sharpshooting ability and knowledge of tactical