United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group

America's most lethal snipers, he is no different from any of the past war heroes throughout history. On the battlefield, he has tons of accolades and has saved many lives one famous line from Kyle is “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” (Aldrich, Ian.…

causing blood to start flowing out of his mouth, nose, eyes and ears. This injury was not that bad, but it caused him graduation to be delayed. Eventually Kyle passed phase 2 of BUD/S and moved on to the 3rd and longest phase that focussed on Land Warfare (Burling 32). After 9 more weeks of training Kyle graduated from BUD/S and officially became a US Navy SEAL (Burling 33) After a break Kyle was assigned to SEAL Team 3 and taken to combat (Burling 33) After returning for some time SEAL Team 3…

Osama Bin Laden. The team was dropped off on the Hindu Kush Mountain on June 28, 2005. The team was moving down the mountain when they stumbled upon a group of goat herders. The team together had to decide to kill them or not. They knew it would be inhumane to kill them, so they released them. That was a big mistake. They were approached by a large group of Taliban fighters later that afternoon and were surrounded by the left, right, and forward. The Taliban fighters began opening fire on them,…

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…

Reason of Intervention/treatment Christopher Kyle is a 38 year old, Caucasian, U.S. Navy veteran who was self referred for a psychological evaluation to determine his current cognitive and emotional status. Christopher has an extensive history serving in the U.S. military. Despite having a good support system, he continues to have issues with reintegration. Christopher reports that his behavior lately is interfering with his life and becoming a burden to his family. The contributing factors…

i could tell a story of myself showing a example of bravery or i could tell you off a great american who once existed and went above and beyond the display of bravery and selfless service. Chris kyle. A us Navy seal and a sniper. Chris kyle grew up in Texas where he learned how to hunt, shoot, and study his religion, after the Oklahoma bombing chris decided to enlist in the navy. He figured anything worth doing is worth overdoing so he enlisted as a navy seal, one of the hardest programs to…

a sign of brotherhood for each other. The Navy Seals involved in Operation Redwing showed acts of heroism, bravery, and courage in their sacrifice for their country. The personnel of Operation Redwing consisted of high military officers in the United States Navy Seals. Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell, Lieutenant Michael Murphy, Petty Officer Danny Dietz, and Petty Officer Matt Axelson were part of a four man elite SEAL team searching for Taliban leader Ahmad Shah on June 28, 2005 (Klein 1).…

beginning it was just a group of four men and soon there came more but they got defeated and it changed luttrells life completely. “ They were gone forever now. And yet we could afford it. WE could afford it because we were on, we had our toehold, ad behind us there were such enormous replacements for this wreck-age on the beach that you could hardly conceive of their sum total.” (Pyle 1). Pyle explains how France had a back up plan with extra soldiers and more equipment. “A group of sheep…

hand. Also the soldiers have to be mentally ready to be under fire and not knowing if the next bullet shot at them might be the death of them. In my family lots of my relatives have served our great nation. My father was a parachute packer in the United States Navy. My cousin is becoming a marine, and my great grandpa served as a German sniper in world war two. If I where to be accepted into the Navy Seals I would like to be a marksman or sniper. To attend the collage of my choice I will need to…

selves, right?” (240). In such a tense situation where the team diverts from original mission in foreign land a joke in the hopes of calming down his teammates can allow for better performance. The jokes make the SEALs feel as if they are at the United States base hanging out and not about to engage in the biggest battle of their…