Marcus Luttrell, the author and protagonist of Lone Survivor was born in Houston,Texas on November 7, 1975. At the age of fourteen he began training with a former army veteran named Billy shelton, so that maybe one day he would be in the navy seals. After high school, Luttrell went on to study international business at the University of Sam Houston State. After college and boot camp, Luttrell enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1999. His hard work and determination led him into getting his SEAL trident on February 2, 2001. In 2003 he was deported to Iraq to eliminate any leftover Iraqi resistance. Two years later, he was deployed to Afghanistan where his amazing story had taken place. He was the only Seal to survive the long fought
