Chris Kyle: The Devil Of Ramadi

Howard Wasdin was beaten as a child by his stepfather and it made him want to pursue the dream of becoming a Navy seal. Becoming best of the best is not as easy as everyone thinks. Wasdin did not enjoy the long terrible training but as he said “My experiences weren’t always enjoyable, but they were always adrenaline-filled!” (Wasdin 97). The first couple of weeks in training are not that bad.

Iraq was the first place that he shot a woman and boy that attacked U.S. Marines with a grenade. After the tour was over, Chris Kyle comes home to new baby boy and wife. While at home, he gets distracted by the memories of the war and experiences. Kyle would soon leave to go on another tour and was now Chief Petty Officer; while there he helps in killing The Butcher that was in his last tour. His daughter

Later on he went to study agriculture for two years at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, before he left for a job as a ranch hand. Eventually his lifelong interest in the military led him to the Navy in 1999. He then quickly gained admittance to the SEALS, which is a forces elite special operations unit. Chris was selected and trained as a sniper, after a demanding selection process. Over the course of Kyle’s ten year military career, he served four combat deployments to Iraq.

Killed his first enemy in 2006, Iraq. Killed Osama Bin Laden 2011, Saudi Arabia. In 1994 is when Robert met his first Navy Seal, his name was Jim. Jim told Robert that he could become a Navy Seal. He wanted to become like Ben and Jim, so he signed up for the Navy Seal.

September 11, 2001 was a day marked by a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Fast forward to May 2, 2011 when a the world was told that a Seal Team was able to breach the compound and successfully kill the mastermind behind one of the worst events in United States history. It took the intelligence community 10 years to find him, and those ten years were filled with hardship and it took the Seal Team conflict to find the world's most wanted man. That is why the novel Seal Team Six Memoirs of an Elite Seal Team Sniper best represents what it means to be human because it reveals how people face conflicts and hardship so they have the chance to overcome them. Howard Watson is a retired United States Navy Seal (United States Navy Seals are the world's most elite, deadly, covert, and highly trained black ops unit that have ever existed) that was assigned to the most elite team, Seal Team 6.

Chris Kyle was a part of one of the most advanced military groups in the world. The Navy SEALS. SEAL stands for Sea, Air, and Land. The way a SEAL is chosen to be drafted is through a physical and mental exam. If they make it through, each SEAL has to go through an intense training.

Many of you may have heard of or seen the movie, Lone Survivor. Lone Survivor is a true account of an extreme gun battle, where Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor from the team during a military operation. From an early age, Marcus Luttrell wanted to be a Navy Seal. At age fourteen, Marcus began training to become one. Early morning workouts, extreme physical and mental trials were engrained in his soul from day one.

Over the years the training and missions increased with perseverance, Wasdin eventually was called to become a member of SEAL Team Six. During the fall of 1992, Wasdin requested to go to sniper school. He was told by his Red Team, chief, Denny Chalker, “You’re a great operator, but you haven’t been in the team long enough. It’s an unwritten rule that we want you here three years before you go to sniper school.” A week later his chief would tell Wasdin and his buddy, Casanova that they were being sent to sniper school.

The film American Sniper tells the story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in American history. Kyle was born in raised in Texas, he spent his time traveling in the rodeo circuit as a saddle bronc rider. After the bombing in southwest Africa, Kyle decided to serve his country. Not only did he join the military, he joined the elite Navy SEALS team as sniper. Shortly after completing his SEALS training, Kyle met and married his wife Taya.

When people think of World War II they normally think about people fighting through forests or big bombs being dropped. Many people forget about the snipers that waited for hours and hours in freezing cold temperatures to get that perfect shot. They had to do all of their fighting alone. There was no one covering their back, if someone spotted them they were done for. Some snipers contributed huge amounts of kills like Simo Hayha, with 524 confirmed kills (Hiskey).

Chris Kyle, U.S. Navy SEAL is known not only “The Legend” and “The devil” but the hero who had the most Sniper kills in United States military. The autobiography states Chris Kyle being the most lethal sniper in U.S. History. With over 100 recorded kills within the four tours in the Iraq War. The purpose of The autobiography of Chris Kyle is to acknowledge the dangerous, brave and crazy life of an American Sniper. From 1999 to 2009 Chris Kyle has come close to death various times but had also saved countless lives.

When Chris Kyle was a senior in high school, he became a professional bull rider. He had grown up on a ranch and was consequently around animals all the time and he would have to tame many of the new ones that would come in. Through this he learned patience which later helped him become a better SEAL. About the start of Chris Kyle’s senior year of high school, he did his first ever rodeo where he won prize money. From there on out, he began to ride bulls and compete in rodeos more and more.

According to the film and book “American Sniper", Chris only felt bad about the lives he couldn 't save, not the ones he did. He had no problem killing the enemy but could not bear to see his fellow servicemen be killed. Many marines look up to him as a savior because he was their only protection when walking down hostile streets. Enemy soldiers would hide and ambush so Kyle would prevent them from ambushing.

Vasily Zaytsev When one thinks about the greatest sniper of all time, only one person fits the description: Vasily Zaytsev. Vasily Zaytsev has fought many battles and killed many people in the defense of his home Stalingrad. He not only is a great soviet sniper he is one of the greatest snipers of all time. Vasily has had some harrowing moments in his life, but he has always come out alive and strong.

However, it is believed that number was more likely to be around 300 kills. “Billy Sing is like modern rockstar. Everyone in ANZAC knows him. In fact several Generals and even an Admiral go up to the frontline to watch him shoot” Squadron Leader Hugh Dolan. Billy 's biggest battle was the Turkish sniper known only to the Aussies as “Abdul the terrible”.