Christopher scott kyle biography

(1974-2013)

Who Was Chris Kyle?

Chris Kyle joined the Navy in 1999 and quickly gained admittance to its elite SEALs unit. Kyle served four deployments to Iraq as a sniper and by his own account killed 160 people. His autobiography, American Sniper, became a bestseller and was later turned into a major Hollywood film directed by Clint Eastwood. Kyle was murdered at a Texas gun range in 2013.

Early Life

The late Navy SEAL sniper, Christopher Scott Kyle was born April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas. The son of a church deacon, Kyle grew up on a ranch and experienced a childhood that was shaped by outdoor pursuits. He loved to hunt deer and pheasant and later competed in a number of bronco busting contests.

For two years he studied agriculture at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, before leaving for a job as a ranch hand. 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.

Military Life

After weathering a demanding selection process, Kyle was selected for and trained as a sniper. Over the course of his 10-year military career, Kyle served four combat deployments to Iraq.

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. sniper. 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.

In all, Kyle claimed to have killed more than 160 people, a record for a U.S. military sniper though the number could not be officially substantiated. “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 History. “I don’t have to psyche myself

American sniper (1974–2013)

Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEALsniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He had 160 confirmed kills and was awarded a Silver Star, three Bronze Star Medals with "V" devices for valor, 2× Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with "V" device, as well as numerous other unit and personal awards.

Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009, and published his bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, in 2012. In 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. Routh, a former Marine, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. A film adaptation of Kyle's book, directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle, was posthumously released in 2014.

Early life and education

Christopher Scott Kyle was born on April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas, the eldest of two boys born to Deborah Lynn (née Mercer) and Wayne Kenneth Kyle, a Sunday school teacher and deacon. His father bought Kyle his first rifle at the age of eight, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle, and later a

Christopher Scott Kyle, most commonly known as Chris Kyle, was a United States Navy Sniper and the deadliest marksman in U.S. Military staff. His Autobiography, named American Sniper, based on a story of glory, pride, and heroism, became a bestseller.  The Charl Kyle movie “American Sniper”, written by Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice, became the top gross selling war film in the history of America. It was later turned into a major Hollywood film directed by Clint Eastwood. During the Iraq war, Kyle was involved in several battles, and also he was well known as one of the country’s deadliest snipers. The nickname "Shaitan Ar-Ramadi'', meaning “the devil of Ramadi'' was given to Kyle by terrorists after his stellar shooting record in Ramadi. In 2013, Kyle was killed at a Texas gun range.

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Chris Kyle Early Life And Education

Chris Kyle was born on April 8, 1976, in Odessa, Texas. He was the eldest of two boys born to his parents Deborah Lynn and Wayne Kyle. Chris Kyle's father, Clint Eastwood,  gifted him bolted action 30-06 Springfield when he was just eight years old, and later a shotgun through which they hunted Pheasant, quail, and deer. To pursue his graduation degree, Kyle joined high school in Midlothian, Texas. After completing his graduation in 1992, he became a professional bronco rider and ranch hand. But his professional Rodeo rides ended immediately when his arm was severely injured. In 1992,  he attended Tarleton State University for two years to study Ranch and Range Management.

Chris Kyle Military Career

Kyle visited the military recruiting office as he had a keen interest in joining the U.S. Marine Corps special operations. A U.S. Navy recruiter persuaded him to try for the SEALs. At first, Kyle was not able to qualify for the interview because of the pins in his arm. In 1999, he ultimately received an invitation to the 24-week Seal training at Coronado 1999. In March 2001, Kyle

Double murder in Texas in 2013

On February 2, 2013, Christopher Scott Kyle (born April 8, 1974) and his friend Chad Hutson Littlefield (born February 11, 1977) were shot to death at a shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas, by Eddie Ray Routh. The two were walking down range to set up targets when Routh opened fire with two handguns and hit both of them. Routh, a former Marine who was 25 years old at the time, had post-traumatic stress disorder. The case attracted national attention due to Kyle's fame as author of a bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, published in 2012.

Murders

On February 2, 2013, Kyle, 38, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, 35, were shot and killed by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Ranch-Lodge-Resort shooting range in Erath County, Texas. Both Kyle and Littlefield were armed with .45-caliber M1911-style pistols when they were killed, but neither gun had been unholstered or fired, and the safety catches were still on. Kyle was killed with a .45-caliber pistol, while Littlefield was shot with a 9mm SIG Sauer P226 pistol. Both guns belonged to Kyle.

Kyle had begun working with veterans after leaving the military. Routh's mother, who worked at the school that Kyle's children attended, had heard of his work and asked him to help her son. He agreed to take Routh to a shooting range, which Kyle believed had therapeutic value.

Routh was a 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Lancaster, Texas. Kyle and Littlefield had reportedly taken Routh to the gun range in an effort to help him with his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which he suffered from his time in the military. Routh had also been in and out of mental hospitals for at least two years and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, although his stated motive did not involve any symptoms typically associated with