Chris Kyle, Born in Odessa, Texas, Kyle is the son of a Sunday school teacher and a Deacon.[1] His father bought him his first gun at 8 years old, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle and later a shotgun, with which they hunted pheasant, quail and went deer hunting.[1]
After school, Kyle became a professional bronco rodeo rider before joining the United States Navy in 1999
Assigned to SEAL Team 3, Sniper Element Charlie company within the Naval Special Warfare Command, over four tours of duty Kyle served in every major battle of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iraq War.[1]
His first long-range kill shot was taken during the initial invasion, when he shot a woman approaching a group of US Marines with a hand grenade in her hand. As ordered, he opened fire, killing the woman before she could attack.[5] During the Second Battle of Fallujah, while US Marines fought running battles in the streets with several thousand insurgents, Kyle killed 40 people.[2]
For his deadly track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him Al-Shaitan Ramad (English The Devil of Rahmadi) and put a $20,000 bounty on his head.[1][2][5]
In 2008 outside Sadr City, he made his longest successful shot, after spotted an insurgent with a rocket launcher near a US Army convoy 2,100 yards (1.2 mi). He fired a shot from his .338 Lapua Magnum rifle, killing the insurgent.[1][2]
During four terms of service across Iraq, Kyle was shot twice and caught up in six separate IED explosions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kyle
After school, Kyle became a professional bronco rodeo rider before joining the United States Navy in 1999
Assigned to SEAL Team 3, Sniper Element Charlie company within the Naval Special Warfare Command, over four tours of duty Kyle served in every major battle of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iraq War.[1]
His first long-range kill shot was taken during the initial invasion, when he shot a woman approaching a group of US Marines with a hand grenade in her hand. As ordered, he opened fire, killing the woman before she could attack.[5] During the Second Battle of Fallujah, while US Marines fought running battles in the streets with several thousand insurgents, Kyle killed 40 people.[2]
For his deadly track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him Al-Shaitan Ramad (English The Devil of Rahmadi) and put a $20,000 bounty on his head.[1][2][5]
In 2008 outside Sadr City, he made his longest successful shot, after spotted an insurgent with a rocket launcher near a US Army convoy 2,100 yards (1.2 mi). He fired a shot from his .338 Lapua Magnum rifle, killing the insurgent.[1][2]
During four terms of service across Iraq, Kyle was shot twice and caught up in six separate IED explosions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kyle
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