Journalist Kevin Maurer traveled with a Special Forces team in Afghanistan, finding out firsthand the inside story of the lives of this elite group of highly trained soldiers. He witnessed the intense brotherhood, the rigorous selection process, and the arduous training that makes them the best on the battlefield. Here, Maurer delivers a compelling account of modern warfare and of a fighting force that is doing everything in its power to achieve victory. The Special Forces he is embedded with have finished focusing on offensive raids and are returning to their roots by training Afghan security forces and building an Afghan government one village at a time.

The Green Berets -- Tribes -- ODA 7316 -- Rocket attack -- Corruption in digital camouflage -- District 9 -- Election day -- Get your capes -- Nashville -- SF stuff -- Boo-boo lips -- Building Bohle -- The guns of Wilson -- Battlefront -- Almost action -- Our honey -- Chasing ghosts -- Taliban bed-down site -- Standoff -- PX run -- Ruins -- A magic pill -- Best chicken in Afghanistan -- Contact -- Armageddon hard-on -- Epilogue.