Charles Patrick "Chuck" Pfarrer, III (born April 13, 1957, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and former U.S. Navy SEAL. He now lives in Michigan with his wife and child. is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Boston redirects here. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... SEALs in from the water. ...

Biography

Pfarrer is the son of Charles Patrick Pfarrer, Jr., a career naval officer, and Joan Marie (née Hoyle) Pfarrer, a registered nurse. Born in Boston, Pfarrer considers Biloxi, Mississippi to now be his hometown. USN redirects here. ... Biloxi redirects here. ...

Pfarrer is a graduate of Staunton Military Academy, and studied Clinical Psychology at California State University at Northridge and the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Pfarrer went through Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL school (BUD/S) in 1981 and spent 8 years as a Navy SEAL. He served as as a military advisor in Central America, trained NATO forces in Europe and the Mediterranean, undertook duties in the Middle East, notably in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. He witnessed the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and was one of the SEAL Team leaders responsible for the apprehension of the terrorist group, including its leader Abu Abbas, that hijacked the Achille Lauro. Pfarrer ended his service as Assault Element Commander in SEAL Team SIX. Staunton Military Academy The History of Staunton Military Academy[1] September 1860 - June 1976 Staunton Military Academy was founded in September 1860, by William Hartman Kable (1837-1912) at Charles Town, Virginia, in Jefferson County (now West Virginia). ... A state-funded university in Northridge, California, part of the California State University System, formerly the San Fernando Valley State College. ... The University of Bath is a campus university located near Bath, England. ... SEALs in from the water. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... Combatants Lebanese Front Syria LNM PLO Israel Commanders Bachir Gemayel Dany Chamoun Kamal Jumblatt Yasser Arafat Ariel Sharon The Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) was a multifaceted civil war whose antecedents trace back to the conflicts and political compromises reached after the end of Lebanons administration by the Ottoman... The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing was a major incident during the Lebanese Civil War. ... This article is about the Lebanese city. ... Muhammad Zaidan (also known as Abu Abbas and Muhammad Abbas) (December 10, 1948 – March 8, 2004) was a Palestinian terrorist. ... The Willem Ruys The Achille Lauro The Achille Lauro, formerly the Willem Ruys, was a passenger liner. ... Seal team SIX patch SEAL Team SIX, is the U.S. Navys main counterterrorist unit, where operatives are drawn from the current SEAL ranks. ...

Shortly after leaving the military , Pfarrer embarked on a new career as a Hollywood screenwriter. His film credits include writing, acting and production work in Navy SEALs, Darkman, and Hard Target. Pfarrer was the screenwriter on The Jackal. His spec screenplays for Virus and Red Planet were also made into movies. Navy SEALs is a 1990 film, directed by Lewis Teague. ... Darkman is a 1990 film film directed by Sam Raimi that was based on a short story he wrote and paying homage to Universal horror films of the 1930s. ... For the military term, see Hard target. ... The Jackal - Poster 1 The Jackal - Poster 2 This article is about the movie. ... Spec may refer to: spec is a music video or commercial which its creator produces at his own expense to improve his showreel in order to get a paid job. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... Red Planet is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Antony Hoffman, starring Val Kilmer. ...

Pfarrer’s best-selling autobiography, Warrior Soul, The Memoir of a Navy SEAL, was published by Random House in 2004. His debut novel, Killing Che, was published by Random House in 2007. He is the author of six graphic novels for Dark Horse Publications, and wrote and produced two interactive full motion videos, Flash Traffic and Silent Steel, both for Tsunami Media. Cover to Hardback Edition Warrior Soul, The Memoir of a Navy SEAL, Chuck Pfarrer, Random House, 2004. ... Silent Steel is an unorthodox submarine simulation (or subsim) computer game. ...

Works

Fiction

• Killing Che (2007)
• Rapid City (2008)

Non-fiction

• Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL (2004)
• The End of Days: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Jihad and 4th Generation Warfare (2008)

Graphic novels

• Virus 1, 2, 3, 4 (1996)
• The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear (1995)

Screenplays

• Navy SEALs
• Darkman
• Hard Target
• Virus
• The Jackal
• Red Planet
• Barb Wire

Interactive motion pictures

• Flash Traffic (1992)
• Silent Steel (1994)

Poetry

• Saint Brendan’s Boat (2007)