Chris had plenty of fun, hardship, friendship, face offs with death, and memories at Iraq. Chris would have happily continued doing all those things, even looking at death one last time, but it was time for him to retire the old rifle, say his goodbyes, and head back to the state he knows well, Texas. With ten honorable years of service Chris finished his final deployment November 4, 2009. Kyle says “ I got out of the Navy November 4; on November 6, I was kicking Texas dust.” (Kyle 418). When he settled back in his home town Chris took the kids while his wife stayed in California preparing the house to be sold, when finally sold she joined her family back in Texas. Chris spent four years as an average family man, taking kids to practices,
