Covert Action

Dick Couch, a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, served aboard ship and with the Navy UDT and SEAL teams. While a platoon commander with SEAL Team One in 1970, he led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War. On release from active duty in 1972, he served with the Central Intelligence Agency as a case officer, retiring from the Naval Reserve in 1997 as the senior reserve SEAL officer with the rank of captain. He is the author of five previous novels-SEAL Team One, Pressure Point, Silent Descent, Rising Wind, and The Mercenary Option-and the nonfiction works The Warrior Elite and The Finishing School. He lives with his wife, Julia, in Ketchum, Idaho.Couch, Dick is the author of 'Covert Action ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780743464253 and ISBN 0743464257.