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Dick Couch is one of the well known authors and professor from America, who is famous for writing mystery and thriller books. He is a former Navy Seal of The United States. Author Couch was born in Mississipi and was brought up in Southern Indiana. He completed his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in the year 1967. He completed a training in DASH controller and then joined the naval destroyer named USS Mansfield DD728. In 1969, Couch graduated from the Basic Underwater Demolition. Later, he passed with first class grades from the HALO and Navy Swimming School. Couch’s first mission was with SEAL Team Once as the commander of Whiskey Platoon in Vietnam. Author Couch is known to have carried out several rescue operations of the POWs. When Couch was released from his active duty, he joined the CIA as a case officer of paramilitary and military. In the year 1997, Couch retired from Naval Reserve from the post of Captain. During that time, he was holding the SEAL’s reserve community’s senior command billet. Currently, author Couch and his wife named Julia reside in Idaho. He is now serving as an Ethics Professor in Naval Academy. As a novelist, author Couch is enjoying his days with immense success. The articles and novels written by him have featured all across the nation in most of the leading outlets. Some of them include New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Booklist, Library Journal, Science Monitor, Kirkus, and Variety Magazine. Couch has co-authored several novels in his career, one of which has reached the fourth spot in the best seller list of New York Times.

Along with writing, Couch remains involved in keynote and corporate speaking events. Being a former SEAl, author Couch enjoys a special relationship with the Operations Command as well as with its subordinates, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army component commands. He has been allowed with special access in the operational and training elements for extended time periods. They have also given him permission to speak about their stories for printing. Author Couch has spent 5 years from the last 15 with the components of special operations. Author Couch has also worked as analyst for MSNBC TV, ABC radio, and FOX TV during the combat operation period in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also made appearances on National Radio. Couch has traveled on numerous occasions to wartime theatres. As a lecturer, Couch has taught at numerous defense centers of United States such as the Academy of Air Force, Naval Academy, Naval Warfare Center, FBI Academy, Joint Operations University, JFK Special Forces SChool, etc. He has mainly addressed in the topics related to ethics, counterinsurgency, character development, and moral battlefield. Recently, author Couch has completed a one year assignment with the Naval Academy as a professor. As of today, he is busy with the plot development of his next novel, which is a work of nonfiction based on the lives of a couple of his teammates in SEAL, who have been awarded with the ‘Medal of Honor’. Couch enjoys spending time with his beloved wife and couple of pet dogs in their central Idaho home. Whenever he remains free for a long time, he takes up teaching writing workshops at the Southern Idaho College. Also, during his spare times, Couch likes to get engaged in fishing, skiing, hiking, etc.

Tom Clancy’s Op Center series is the series in which Dick Couch has co-authored a couple of books. One of those books is entitled ‘Out of the Ashes’. It was published in 2014 by the Griffin publication. At the start of this novel, it is shown that America was guarded by a dedicated covert force before 9/11, which was commonly referred to as the Op-Center. This agency had the responsibility of protecting the people of America and guarding them from the enemies. It was a top secret force and its director, Paul Hood, reported to the president directly. The Op-Center employed undercover operatives with special capabilities for diffusing the crisis situations all over the world. They were considered highly efficient in their work. However, following the great disaster of 9/11, the Op-Center was shut down, which left the country in a terrible danger. Then, the terrorists began detonating bombs in stadiums all around the nation, killing innocent people. This forces the president to pass an emergency order to start Op-Center once again. The first mission that it is asked to deal with after getting reinstated is the growing tension in Middle East. They come to know that a Saudi Prince is planning to control the oil supply of the world and manipulate America to attack Iran and Syria. The next move of their deadly plan is to ignite the sleeper cells in the American homeland to start attacking and cause a terrible bloodbath. Now, the men and women in the Op-Center decide to use their sophisticated technology to deal with such a situation. However, first they have to make the frightened Americans believe that they are capable of dealing with the situation at hand and preventing the disaster. They have gained their faith and only then they can proceed further into the mission. The courageous agents of Op-Center become ready to face the most difficult mission of their lives ever.

Another book written by Couch in the series is titled ‘Into the Fire’. The Griffin publishers released this book also in 2015. At the beginning of the book, it is depicted that an assassins’ team murder a high ranked general along with his family in North Korea during their sleep. Due to this, the balance of the world powers faces a threat. Shortly after, the forces of North Korea attack a combat ship of US near the shores of South Korea. In order to avoid getting captured, the Commander is forced to undergo grounding. All the crew members reach a nearby island and take refuge. However, they are still surrounded by the soldiers from North Korea on all sides. Later, the intelligence team of Op-Center comes to know about a secret alliance between North Korea and China at the hands of which the attack was carried out. As per the pact between the two nations, China was guaranteed total control over the oil reserves in Yellow Sea. During such a hostile situation, Op-Center’s head Chase Williams devises a plan to rescue the ship’s crew from North Korea’s control. When they become aware of this plan, they put on a terrorist cell in America. Now, Op-Center faces another challenge of finding the roots of the terrorist cell and preventing a large destruction on the American soil.