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| 35 book SEAL Team Series Author: Chuck Dixon SEAL Team Six 3 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (Jul, 2012) Pages: 272 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Inc. Price: €2.99 (Kindle Edition) ISBN: B008KPH50K Ranked #27 in the Top 100 Fiction/War List, on Amazon Kindle Store's 'Best Sellers list'. In SEAL Team Six #3, we follow Manny, Flame, Heath and the rest of the team to Mexico and a brand new terror threat to the US homeland. The South American drug cartels have made a new friend with international terrorist know only as El Aribe, who has shown the cartels a new way into the US to exact their anarchy. Seal Team Six search for a submarine pen along the Mexican coastline. If they don't find the narco mini sub that could - if successful deliver an attack on the US that will shock the world and wipe 9/11 from the history books. SEAL Team Six 4 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (Oct, 2012) Pages: 181 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Inc. Price: €2.99 (Kindle Edition) ISBN: B009ZLE5ZG Continuing the story in SEAL Team Six #4, Flame is recovering in hospital from a pharma-induced coma due to injuries sustained in Mexico. While Manny and Heath are on a vengeance fuelled personal vendetta across the US. They end up taking on a narcotics gang known as 'Pecadores Diez' or Sinners Ten from the Sinaloa cartel. Will this off-the-record private war be over before their leave ends? Meanwhile in the South American jungles of the Philippines, Priest leads the rest of team in a race against time; they are outnumbered and outgunned in a hostile land. Their mission is to retrieve sensitive intelligence from a downed drone. Get all four books for €8.00 (amazon. com): SEAL Team Six Max Edition Vol. 1 (Books 1-4)(Kindle Edition) ASIN: B00A2ATA6S New York Times Best-Selling Author Chuck Dixon is considered one of the most prolific writers in the history of the comics' medium, he's perhaps best known for his decade-long run on multiple Batman titles. He is the co-author of the best-selling Robert Jordan New Spring and Wheel of Time Graphic Novels. He is the co-creator of the Batman villain Bane and currently writes GI Joe. Books #1 & 2 were reviewed in June 2012. dvd MEMORIAL DAY Director: Samuel Fischer Staring: Jonathan Bennett, James Cromwell, John Cromwell, Charles Hubbell, Emily Fradenburgh, Jackson Bond and Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding Certification: 15 Runtime: 1hr 48mins Cinema Release: 15 March 2013 (US, April 2012) A really enjoyable war film, that brings home the meaning of how war affects us. Memorial Day is a dual tale of War, starting with WWII veteran Bud Vogel (James Cromwell) who tells his grandson in flashback scenes about of the trials and tribulations of War. These flashback scenes feature Lt Bud Vogel played by John Cromwell the real life son of James - which adds to the realism of the tales. Filmed in a similar style to 'Saving Private Ryan', these action scenes are well made and scripted. Where for every item young Kyle takes from his grandfather's footlocker a tale begins. Move forward to Bud's grandson Kyle (Jonathan Bennett) now serving in the second Iraq war as Staff Sgt Kyle Vogel. Kyle is wounded from an IED, and while he recovers in hospital recalls the tales to his medical practitioner under duress. Where he realises he has similar war experiences to that of his grandfather. game Aliens Colonial Marines Based on James Cameron's 1986 best selling movie 'Aliens' comes Aliens Colonial Marines. Were you play as part of a United States Colonial Marine squad and must prepare to face an alien assault more intense and horrific than ever before. Driven by a new and original story back on LV-426 and penned by renowned writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. Aliens Colonial Marines still retains the atmospheric look and feel of the original films. Creating an entirely new interactive Aliens experience. Packing classic Aliens weaponry ranging from pulse rifles to flamethrowers as well as brand-new equipment and skills all within a squad-based combat system, players will become an elite USCM. Featuring: claustrophobic environments, a brooding soundtrack, and a multitude of surprises and shocks. Players will battle against menacing alien hordes in strikingly detailed levels that include the stark interiors of the abandoned Sulaco spaceship and unique environments created specifically for the game. Genre: FPS - Platform: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U & PC - PEGI: 18 - Price €34.97 (Wii U €49.97) (gamestop.ie). Released: 12 Feb 2013. © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. SEGA Corporation. Gearbox Software, LLC. All Rights Reserved. www.military.ie the defence forces magazine

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