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Pirate Alley : Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia by RADM TERRY MCKNIGHT AND MICHAEL HIRSH, Terry McKnight and Michael Hirsh, foreword by Jim Miklaszewski, McKnight USN (Ret.), RADM Terry, Hirsh, Michael, Terry McKnight, Michael Hirsh, Terry MacKnight is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<br> Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN (Ret.) served as Commander, Counter-Piracy Task Force-Gulf of Aden. He wrote the first draft of the Navy's handbook on fighting piracy while serving as the initial commander of Combined Task Force 151, an international effort to deploy naval vessels from several nations in a manner designed to prevent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and farther out into the Indian Ocean. McKnight personally commanded operations that disrupted several hijackings in progress, and resulted in the capture of sixteen Somali pirates. That's when he ran head-on into the bizarre U.S. policy of catch-and-release, and realized that there's a lot more to fighting piracy than just catching some skinny youngsters armed with AK-47s and RPGs. <p>After his tour in the waters off the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, he retired from the Navy and began seriously researching the subject. As a result, he and his co-author, journalist Michael Hirsh, have put together a very readable book that serves as a comprehensive introductory course on the subject. Pirate Alley includes a behind-the-scenes look at the SEAL Team 6 takedown of the pirates who had kidnapped Captain Richard Ph

Author

RADM TERRY MCKNIGHT AND MICHAEL HIRSH, Terry McKnight and Michael Hirsh, foreword by Jim Miklaszewski, McKnight USN (Ret.), RADM Terry, Hirsh, Michael, Terry McKnight, Michael Hirsh, Terry MacKnight

Publisher

NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612511351

Subjects

History, Social Science, Humanities

Rating

3.83 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13