flounder Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I will probably pic up a copy of this book.. Just an FYI for those that may be interested. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081430/255-confirmed-kills-Meet-Navy-SEAL-Chris-Kyle--deadliest-sniper-US-history.html#ixzz1iTgM368Fhttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-navy-seal-sniper-is-the-deadliest-in-u-s-history-can-you-guess-his-longest-shot/Quote - NY Posthttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/meet_the_big_shot_BxlVpxzQijkC9mwZcmwkrN#ixzz1iJy9zEYUSecluded on the top floor of a bombed-out four-story apartment building north of war-scarred Fallujah, Iraq, Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is just getting comfortable.It’s November 2004. Thanksgiving time. The second battle of Fallujah has launched, and Kyle is swaddled in silence atop an upturned baby crib, studying the enemy through a Nightforce 5.5-22x power scope attached to a .300 Win Mag rifle.He’s feeling badass.“We just got word that the president of Iraq said that anyone left in the city is bad — meaning, clear to shoot,” he recalled for The Post. “From that point on, every fighting-age male was a target.”That was just fine with Kyle, who spent five weeks in the hideout, protecting Marines on the ground and bagging seven confirmed kills — adding to his official total of 160, making him the deadliest sniper in US history.“After the first kill, the others come easy. I don’t have to psych myself up, or do anything mentally — I look through the scope, get the target in the cross hairs and kill my enemy before he kills one of my people,” Kyle writes in his new autobiography, “American Sniper.”During his 10-year career as a member of SEAL Team 3, Kyle, 37, saw action in every major battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom.He became known among his fellow SEALS as “The Legend.”The enemy was less complimentary.In Ramadi, insurgents put an $80,000 bounty on his head and branded him “Al-Shaitan Ramadi” — “The Devil of Ramadi.”“That made me feel like I was actually doing my job and having an effect on the war,” he said.In north-central Texas, Kyle grew up dipping tobacco, riding horses and hunting deer, turkey and quail — a cowboy at heart.He got his first gun at 8 years old — a bolt-action 30-06 rifle.The son of a Sunday-school teacher and a church deacon, Kyle credits a higher authority for his longest kill.From 2,100 yards away from a village just outside of Sadr City in 2008, he spied a man aiming a rocket launcher at an Army convoy and squeezed off one shot from his .338 Lapua Magnum rifle.Dead. From more than a mile away.“God blew that bullet and hit him,” he said.For Kyle, the enemy is a “savage” — there’s no room for gray, only black or white. His Charlie platoon even adopted the insignia of the comic-book vigilante The Punisher, spray-painting skulls on their body armor, vehicles, helmets and guns.“You see us? We’re the people kicking your ass. Fear us, because we will kill you, motherfucker,” he writes.The married father of two is now president of Craft International, an outfit that provides sniper and security training for the US military.He teaches what’s required to take that perfect shot: Study the terrain, correct for elevation and wind, prepare for the vibration after the shot, and keep in mind the Coriolis effect, the effect of the rotation of the Earth on a bullet’s trajectory.“You need skill to be a sniper, but you also need opportunity. And luck,” he said.He retired a chief petty officer, and along the way, collected an armload of hardware, including two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars with valor.“That’s just candy,” Kyle said. “That’s not why we were there.”-----------------------Long shot: Mr Kyle poses here with the rifle, a .338 Lapua Magnum, he used to kill an insurgent from 2,100 yards away outside Sadr City"That's a McMillan Tac-338, McCann NV rail, with a Leupold Mk4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhjHWovwix4&feature=player_embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Read about this yesterday. I saved it to my wish list on amazon so ill remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysix Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Very badass, good post flounder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Must get, I need something good to read when I dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I have been waiting on this to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDy Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Just picked it up today, couldn't put it down! Three chapters in with only one sittingSent from my iPhone using SIRI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I just started the new uprising book so I'll read this next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolWhip Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's on my Amazon wishlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDy Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I was very pleased to recognize the name Marcus Luttrell in the book too! Sent from my iPhone using SIRI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Marcus' book was great I recommend that to anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 very nice... I will support any of these boys that feel they can come home and talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 just got it on AMAZON as a hard back ( I like keeping material like this ) for 15.49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Walmart had it last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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