Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division
Written by Jimmy Blackmon
Narrated by Jimmy Blackmon and Brian Troxell
5/5
()
About this audiobook
The preface is read by the author, Jimmy Blackmon.
Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there.
Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived, and where ten Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again.
Jimmy F. Blackmon writes with a power and hard-hitting honesty that leaps off the page. He has the respect of the men and women of his brigade, and a command of the narrative to tell their story. From pilots of lethal Apache attack helicopters who strike fear in their enemies to the medevac soldiers who risk their lives daily, these are warriors from a variety of backgrounds who learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew through the crucible of war.
Pale Horse both honors and commemorates the service of this elite task force from the unique vantage point of the commander who led them in battle.
Jimmy Blackmon
JIMMY BLACKMON has served in various command and staff positions throughout the army in the two plus decades since he started out as a second lieutenant in army aviation. He has commanded soldiers at every level from platoon through brigade, including commanding soldiers in combat at the squadron and brigade level in the famed 101st Airborne Division. He has served two tours in the Balkans, two tours in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. He is married with four children, and lives in Virginia.
Related to Pale Horse
Related audiobooks
We Were Warriors: One Soldier's Story of Brutal Combat Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In The Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We are Soldiers Still Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swords of Lightning: Green Beret Horse Soldiers and America's Response to 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Hawk Down Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/519 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Night Stalkers: Top Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Full Battle Rattle: My Story as the Longest-Serving Special Forces A-Team Soldier in American History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Gunsight View of Flying with SOG Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Hallowed Ground: The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Brave Ones: A Memoir of Hope, Pride and Military Service Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Headhunter: 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Quell the Korengal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Navy Seals: Their Untold Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God in the Foxhole: Inspiring True Stories of Miracles on the Battlefield Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Wars & Military For You
Strategy Masters: The Prince, The Art of War, and The Gallic Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kill Anything That Moves Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Five Rings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Korean War: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of Anne Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Summary: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead And Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Pale Horse
2 ratings0 reviews