Bestselling author Jack Carr, a former Navy SEAL sniper and military leader, is currently touring the country to discuss his new nonfiction book, “Target: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing,” The first in a new series about major terrorist incidents around the world.
For him, the new book – a non-fiction work of military history – is the result of a highly focused new mission he took on after leaving the world of American Special Forces and combining this new mission in life with a long-standing passion for writing. Is matching.
Carr spent 20 years on SEAL teams.
The veteran turned to literary endeavors producing novels featuring his hero James Rees, first in “The Terminal List” and then in such works as “True Believer,” “Savage Son,” “The Devil’s Hand,” “In New York.” Included in the Times bestseller novels. The Blood,” “Only the Dead” and more.
But none of this was easy. In this mental focusThey shared a core set of decisions and determination. (Watch the video at the top of this article.)
Jack Carr spent 20 years in the SEAL teams — and spoke to Fox News Digital about how he forged a new path in life after stepping away from military duty, something that’s hard for many people to do and navigate, he said . (Jack Carr)
with Veterans Day With this fall already on the horizon, Carr spoke to Fox News Digit in an on-camera interview about how important it is for anyone transitioning from the military world to the civilian one to chart a new path — and how he finds his Was able to create a meaningful path.
As a navy seal task unit A commander and sniper, Carr had deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
“I can only speak from experience,” he said. “But as I was getting ready to leave SEAL Teams I realized it was a hard place to leave.”
“They may have difficulty leaving this foundation.”
“That means, someone has put in their resignation to go out (of the special forces) or to go into the private sector. And they may have difficulty leaving this foundation,” he said.
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“It was almost like a cement foundation and their feet were on it and it was drying out around them – and they couldn’t move,” he said. “They couldn’t build on that foundation because they were trapped in it because it was so powerful.”
“Whether it was five years or 10 years or 15 or 20 — no matter how long they spent,” Carr said. army in special operationsThese were a very powerful few years, and it’s hard to move on from something like that.”
Carr, on the left, said he read many thrillers during his formative years, including Tom Clancy, writers on the right, as well as Louis L’Amour, David Morrell, Nelson de Mille, and other writers. “He was my professor in the art of storytelling,” she told Fox News Digital – providing her with the foundation for a new phase of her life. (Jack Carr; Getty Images)
The bestselling author said, “I think people in professional sports deal with it. People in amateur sports deal with it. Even college athletes. You know, anybody, making life changes (after death) a loved oneDivorce, new job – it could be anything.”
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He added, “But my experience is just being in SEAL teams. So for me, it was important to identify a mission going forward and a purpose going forward.”
“It was important to identify the mission going forward and the purpose going forward.”
Carr said, “For me, my mission is taking care of my family,
“We have a middle child who has really severe special needs. He needs this,” she told Fox News Digital. 24/7 full-time care forever. So my mission was kind of handed to me.”
Carr’s latest book is his first nonfiction entry, “Target: Beirut,” published this month. (Mike Stoner Photography; Jack Carr/Simon & Schuster; iStock)
He continued, “I knew I loved writing. I loved telling stories. I trained myself from an early age, unconsciously, just from a fan perspective, David Morrell is reading And Nelson De Mille and Tom Clancy and… all these guys who were essentially giants of the thriller field when I was growing up in my formative years.”
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He said he gave himself “this education, and he was my professor in the art of storytelling.”
Carr said, “It was important to identify that mission and identify a passion – (for me), writing and then taking care of the mission, the family, and then combining those two.”
Carr during his years of military service in the United States. (Simon & Schuster)
So “that passion, that mission, can give you purpose to move forward.”
He said, “It’s going to be different for everyone. But it was very important for me, too, because I recognized how hard it was to leave this organization and turn that page.”
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And so “For me, mission and passion are combined – for me, anyway. I’m not saying it will work for everyone.”
But “it was a very natural thing for me to do.”
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“And it has given me purpose in life to pursue.”
Fox News Digital’s Brittany Kasko contributed reporting.
