title: The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
author:  Pete Blaber 
description: <b>Pete Blaber</b> commanded at every level of Delta Force, executing vital missions across the globe including destroying the largest pocket of Al Qaeda forces to date, and helping to hasten the fall of Saddam Hussein?s regime in Iraq.
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  # The Delta of the Triple Elevens
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### William Elmer Bachman
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [FOREWORD.](delt_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [PREFATORY NOTE.](delt_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. SOURCES OF THE DELTA.](delt_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. A CAMP BELCHED FORTH.](delt_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW.](delt_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.](delt_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. LEARNING TO BE A SOLDIER.](delt_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. FLEETING HOURS OF LEAVE](delt_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. WELL GROOMED BY DETAIL.](delt_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. BATTERY PROGRESS.](delt_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. FAREWELL TO CAMP MEADE.](delt_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. ABOARD THE S. S. MORVADA.](delt_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. DODGING SUBMARINES.](delt_split_