Dick Couch

Dick Couch is an American author and former U.S. Navy SEAL.

Biography
Dick Couch was born in Mississippi and raised in Southern Indiana. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1967. After attending DASH controller training, he reported aboard the naval destroyer USS Mansfield DD728. He graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Class 45 in 1969, and was the class Honorman. He graduated first in his class at the Navy Underwater Swimmers School and the Army Free Fall (HALO) School. As Whiskey Platoon Commander with SEAL Team One in Vietnam, he led one of the few successful prisoner of war rescue operations of that conflict.

Following his release from active duty in the U.S. Navy, he served as a maritime and paramilitary case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1997, he retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain. At that time, he held the senior command billet in the SEAL reserve community.

He and his wife, Julia, live in Idaho. However, he is currently serving as a Professor of Ethics at the United States Naval Academy.

Fiction

 * Seal Team One (1991)
 * Pressure Point (1993; 2006)
 * Silent Descent (1994).
 *  Rising Wind (1996).
 * Covert Action (2005).

Non-Fiction

 * The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 (2003),
 * The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident (2005),
 * Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism  (2006).
 * ''Chosen Soldier: The Making of A Special Forces Warrior (2007)
 * The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALs and the Winning of al-Anbar (2008)
 * A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace (2010)
 * Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger (2012)