David ReidDavid Reid completed all of First Phase, including Hell Week, while serving as an officer and boat crew leader at Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (BUD/S). He began writing Suffer in Silence shortly after his training, resulting in anunprecedented inside look at the agonizing journey that every sailor must complete before he can call himself a SEAL. Reid lives in Menlo Park, California. Read More Read Less