In his post Navy life, Kyle followed a number of different pursuits, many of them no doubt aided by the fame his book brought him. “I don’t have to psyche myself up, or do something special mentally – I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy before he kills one of my people.” Post-Military Years
“After the first kill, the others come easy,” he later wrote in his bestselling 2012 book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. military sniper though the number could not be officially substantiated. In all, Kyle claimed to have killed more than 160 people, a record for a U.S. Kyle’s steel nerves and patience for tracking his subjects earned him two awards of the Silver Star and five awards for the Bronze Star. His marksmanship became renowned not just within the American military, for whom he was charged with protecting, but among insurgents as well, who nicknamed him “The Devil of Ramadi.” His enemies had also put a $20,000 bounty on the head of any U.S. Over the course of his 10-year military career, Kyle served four combat deployments to Iraq. Military LifeĪfter weathering a demanding selection process, Kyle was selected for and trained as a sniper. His lifelong interest in the military eventually led him to the Navy in 1999, where he quickly gained admittance to the SEALS, the force’s elite special operations unit. He loved to hunt deer and pheasant and later competed in a number of bronco busting contests.įor two years he studied agriculture at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, before leaving for a job as a ranch hand. The son of a church deacon, Kyle grew up on a ranch and experienced a childhood that was shaped by outdoor pursuits. The late Navy SEAL sniper, Christopher Scott Kyle was born April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas. Kyle was murdered at a Texas gun range in 2013. His autobiography, American Sniper, became a bestseller and was later turned into a major Hollywood film directed by Clint Eastwood. Kyle served four deployments to Iraq as a sniper and by his own account killed 160 people. Chris Kyle joined the Navy in 1999 and quickly gained admittance to its elite SEALs unit.
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