Among America’s Special Forces, the Green Berets stand out because they can “do it all,” according to this enthusiastic account of their training. Ex-SEAL Couch (Down Range) explains that Green Berets not only fight, they teach: living in the world’s hot spots, they speak the language, win the trust of the locals, and train and fight alongside them to defeat a common enemy. They are the “Peace Corps with guns” and the key to winning the war on terror, he asserts. Only the most fit, smart, stable and multilingual need apply, but training is so rigorous that recruits first undergo 25 days of pretraining, from which only one-third proceed to Green Beret school, where attrition continues.