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Uncommon Grit is a fine art photography book-a creative look at Naval Special Warfare Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/S). This one-of-a-kind piece gives readers a unique perspective of the first four weeks of basic conditioning phase-widely considered the hardest four weeks of all military training. The photos are beautiful and haunting at the same time. Readers will empathize, gasp, and feel a renewed, deep respect for the men willing to try to become Navy SEALs. Ultimately, what makes these images truly special is they were captured by someone who has lived every moment shown-24-year Navy veteran, retired SEAL, and professional photographer Darren "McB" McBurnett. His unique viewpoint, creativity, and personal knowledge of the subject has resulted in images of BUD/S training rarely seen.Uncommon Grit includes descriptions of the training evolutions as told by McB from his own experience as a BUD/S student. His sense of humor shines through and you will find yourself smiling and laughing, even as you cringe trying to imagine what it must be like to push your body and mind to these extremes.