Chris Kyle Characteristics

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Hero, is a word to describe a person that possesses determination, strength, and courage, this word can also be used to describe Chris Kyle. Being a hero requires an individual to hold the traits of bravery, kindness, and selflessness. These characteristics are noble qualities people admire. Heroes achieve incredible tasks that other people cannot imagine.

From being a young boy born in Odessa and raised all around Texas to becoming the best sniper in the United States army history, Chris Kyle never gave up. As a kid, he enjoyed hunting as well as playing football and basketball. His father being a deacon and Sunday teacher encouraged his son never to fight, but through high school friends of Chris Kyle’s said he wouldn’t start fights but
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Completing four separate tours, surviving six IED attacks, three gunshot wounds, and two helicopter crashes Chris Kyle made 160 confirmed kills and 255 claimed kills. Within this time he earned two silver medals and five bronze just on his tour to Iraq. However, being a sniper isn’t just shooting a large gun while in camouflage, the job also includes solving very difficult mathematical skills. With these skills he helped our country immensely. These extremely needed skills include calculating wind speed, the spin of the bullet, and the rotation of the Earth on the axis. Not only did Chris Kyle record all the numbers under pressure, but he also had to complete the task extremely quickly. With his amazing achievements, he also said “‘I just did a job. I was in some b@&@** situations, but it wasn’t just me. My teammates made it possible.”’ However, even after the military life he never stopped serving his country. While home with his family and kids he started a security company named CRAFT, he also wrote a New York Times bestselling book, American Sniper, as well as took veteran’s to gun ranges and shot rounds with them. The community of Chris Kyle was also what ended his life, while at a gun range with a veteran on February 2, 2013 the veteran lost control and shot Chris which sadly ended the American heroes’ life.

The American Sniper of Chris Kyle achieved legendary tasks in his lifetime. He is indeed

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