RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DICK COUCHVETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM

A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick Couch served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. He led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War, while a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970.

On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer through 1976. Dick retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain and has served as an advisor on military and tactical ethics to the Commander, US Special Operations Command. He began writing in 1990 and has published six novels:

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The Warrior Elite, his first nonfiction work, was published in 2001 by Crown Books. Subsequent non-fiction books include:

Volume 2013-14, No. November 8, 2013

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 – YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER

RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DICK COUCH VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM

A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick Couch served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. He led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War, while a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970.

On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer through 1976. Dick retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain and has served as an advisor on military and tactical ethics to the Commander, US Special Operations Command. He began writing in 1990 and has published six novels:

SEAL Team One (Avon, 1990)

Pressure Point (Putnam/Berkeley, 1992)

Silent Descent (Putnam/Berkeley, 1994)

Rising Wind (Naval Institute Press, 1997)

The Mercenary Option (Pocket, 2003)

Covert Action (Pocket, 2005)

The Warrior Elite, his first nonfiction work, was published in 2001 by Crown Books. Subsequent non-fiction books include:

The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Survival Manual

(Basic Books, 2003, acting editor)

Down Range Navy SEAL Operations in the War on Terror

(Crown, 2005)

The Sheriff of Ramadi Navy SEALS and the Winning of al Anbar (NIP, 2008)

The Finishing School Earning the Navy SEAL Trident

(Crown Books, 2004)

Chosen Soldier The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

(Crown, 2007)

A Tactical Ethic Moral Conditioning for the Modern Warrior

(NIP, 2010)

Dick was recently an embed with the 75th Ranger Regiment for his 15th major release: Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger released in July of 2012. His co-authored novelization of the film Act of Valor, achieved a ranking on the New York Times best sellers list.

Dick’s work has been featured nationwide, in leading outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Christian Science Monitor, Variety magazine, Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal. He has served as an analyst for FOX TV, MSNBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and was a guest on Brian Lamb’s Q&A on C-SPAN. He often travels to the wartime theaters as an embed with American and allied Special Operations Forces.

He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, West Point, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the

Volume 2013-14, No. November 8, 2013

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 – YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER

RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DICK COUCH VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM

A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick Couch served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. He led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War, while a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970.

On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer through 1976. Dick retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain and has served as an advisor on military and tactical ethics to the Commander, US Special Operations Command. He began writing in 1990 and has published six novels:

SEAL Team One (Avon, 1990)

Pressure Point (Putnam/Berkeley, 1992)

Silent Descent (Putnam/Berkeley, 1994)

Rising Wind (Naval Institute Press, 1997)

The Mercenary Option (Pocket, 2003)

Covert Action (Pocket, 2005)

The Warrior Elite, his first nonfiction work, was published in 2001 by Crown Books. Subsequent non-fiction books include:

The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Survival Manual

(Basic Books, 2003, acting editor)

Down Range Navy SEAL Operations in the War on Terror

(Crown, 2005)

The Sheriff of Ramadi Navy SEALS and the Winning of al Anbar (NIP, 2008)

The Finishing School Earning the Navy SEAL Trident

(Crown Books, 2004)

Chosen Soldier The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

(Crown, 2007)

A Tactical Ethic Moral Conditioning for the Modern Warrior

(NIP, 2010)

Dick was recently an embed with the 75th Ranger Regiment for his 15th major release: Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger released in July of 2012. His co-authored novelization of the film Act of Valor, achieved a ranking on the New York Times best sellers list.

Dick’s work has been featured nationwide, in leading outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Christian Science Monitor, Variety magazine, Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal. He has served as an analyst for FOX TV, MSNBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and was a guest on Brian Lamb’s Q&A on C-SPAN. He often travels to the wartime theaters as an embed with American and allied Special Operations Forces.

He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, West Point, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the

Volume 2013-14, No. November 8, 2013

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 – YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER

RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DICK COUCH VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM

A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick Couch served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. He led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War, while a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970.

On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer through 1976. Dick retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain and has served as an advisor on military and tactical ethics to the Commander, US Special Operations Command. He began writing in 1990 and has published six novels:

SEAL Team One (Avon, 1990)

Pressure Point (Putnam/Berkeley, 1992)

Silent Descent (Putnam/Berkeley, 1994)

Rising Wind (Naval Institute Press, 1997)

The Mercenary Option (Pocket, 2003)

Covert Action (Pocket, 2005)

The Warrior Elite, his first nonfiction work, was published in 2001 by Crown Books. Subsequent non-fiction books include:

The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Survival Manual

(Basic Books, 2003, acting editor)

Down Range Navy SEAL Operations in the War on Terror

(Crown, 2005)

The Sheriff of Ramadi Navy SEALS and the Winning of al Anbar (NIP, 2008)

The Finishing School Earning the Navy SEAL Trident

(Crown Books, 2004)

Chosen Soldier The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

(Crown, 2007)

A Tactical Ethic Moral Conditioning for the Modern Warrior

(NIP, 2010)

Dick was recently an embed with the 75th Ranger Regiment for his 15th major release: Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger released in July of 2012. His co-authored novelization of the film Act of Valor, achieved a ranking on the New York Times best sellers list.

Dick’s work has been featured nationwide, in leading outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Christian Science Monitor, Variety magazine, Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal. He has served as an analyst for FOX TV, MSNBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and was a guest on Brian Lamb’s Q&A on C-SPAN. He often travels to the wartime theaters as an embed with American and allied Special Operations Forces.

He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, West Point, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the

Volume 2013-14, No. November 8, 2013

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 – YAKIMA CONVENTION CENTER

RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DICK COUCH VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM

A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dick Couch served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams. He led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War, while a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970.

On release from active duty in 1972, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a Maritime Operations Officer through 1976. Dick retired from the Naval Reserve in 1997 with the rank of captain and has served as an advisor on military and tactical ethics to the Commander, US Special Operations Command. He began writing in 1990 and has published six novels:

SEAL Team One (Avon, 1990)

Pressure Point (Putnam/Berkeley, 1992)

Silent Descent (Putnam/Berkeley, 1994)

Rising Wind (Naval Institute Press, 1997)

The Mercenary Option (Pocket, 2003)

Covert Action (Pocket, 2005)

The Warrior Elite, his first nonfiction work, was published in 2001 by Crown Books. Subsequent non-fiction books include:

The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Survival Manual

(Basic Books, 2003, acting editor)

Down Range Navy SEAL Operations in the War on Terror

(Crown, 2005)

The Sheriff of Ramadi Navy SEALS and the Winning of al Anbar (NIP, 2008)

The Finishing School Earning the Navy SEAL Trident

(Crown Books, 2004)

Chosen Soldier The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

(Crown, 2007)

A Tactical Ethic Moral Conditioning for the Modern Warrior

(NIP, 2010)

Dick was recently an embed with the 75th Ranger Regiment for his 15th major release: Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger released in July of 2012. His co-authored novelization of the film Act of Valor, achieved a ranking on the New York Times best sellers list.

Dick’s work has been featured nationwide, in leading outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Christian Science Monitor, Variety magazine, Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal. He has served as an analyst for FOX TV, MSNBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and was a guest on Brian Lamb’s Q&A on C-SPAN. He often travels to the wartime theaters as an embed with American and allied Special Operations Forces.

He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, West Point, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the

Dick was recently an embed with the 75th Ranger Regiment for his 15th major release: Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger released in July of 2012. His co-authored novelization of the film Act of Valor, achieved a ranking on the New York Times best sellers list.

Dick’s work has been featured nationwide, in leading outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Christian Science Monitor, Variety magazine, Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal. He has served as an analyst for FOX TV, MSNBC TV, and ABC radio during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, and was a guest on Brian Lamb’s Q&A on C-SPAN. He often travels to the wartime theaters as an embed with American and allied Special Operations Forces.

He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, West Point, the Naval Special Warfare Center, the JFK Special Forces Center and School, the FBI Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, The Joint Special Operations University, and The US Marine War College on issues of character development, the ethics, and counterinsurgency. Dick recently completed an assignment as an adjunct professor of ethics at the US Naval Academy. He lives with his wife Julia and their two dogs in Ketchum, Idaho, where he enjoys hiking, fly fishing, and skiing.

- reVIeW - We went off-site this week to eat lunch and tour the newly constructed Eisenhower High School. It was great fun! Rotarians parked at the old Wards Parking Lot on Nob Hill and traveled by school bus to find a group of students waiting to greet and welcome them. After lunch which included the school favorites of cheese zombies and tomato soup, the Ike Chamber Choir sang the National Anthem followed by Interact Student Ian Kinney who provided an inspirational moment. President Dave gave his word of the day and reminded everyone about the Employer/Employee Seminar next Thursday after Rotary. Interact Student Christine Munson took care of the sergeant-at-arms duties. All of the money was donated to Interact. Jim Wright took over from there by acknowledging some special people in the room from the District that included Cece Mahre, Jack Irion, Steve Mitchell and Stacey Locke. With tour guides at our side we were dismissed for tours of the school. It is spectacular from the outside, to the library, weight rooms, theatre, science labs, wood shop, welding shop, open spaces and classrooms. Enjoy the pictures!

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ProPoSeD NeW memberUnless written objection is received by the Board of Directors by Friday, November 15, 2013, the following candidate will be elected to membership:robert GerstHuman Resources DirectorJohn I. Haas, Inc.Classification: Hops Processing, Human resourcesProposed by: Mike LatimerEndorsed by: Bill Almon

Do you have questions about how legalization of marijuana effects your business and employees? Join Quinn Plant, Attorney at Law of Menke, Jackson, Beyer, LLP for a seminar titled “Marijuana in the Workplace” this THURSDAY, November 14th immediately following Rotary from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Room B at the Yakima Convention Center.

There is no charge for Rotarians or guests. Please Call or e-mail the Rotary office to let them know you will be attending. Come and learn about the new law and how it impacts employee matters.

CommITTee meeTING NoTICeThis is notice that there will be meeting of the Social Committee this Thursday, November 14th immediately following Rotary. If you are on the committee please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

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