02-03-2013, 05:29 PM
Chris Kyle, credited with 150+ sniper kills, and thus the most prolific officially credited sniper, was killed Saturday at a gun range in Texas. He and good friend, Chad Littlefield, had apparently taken another veteran to the gun range to help him deal with PTSD, when Eddie Ray Routh turned the gun on them and killed both.
Kyle wrote the book "American Sniper" detailing some of his time in the military, and some of the missions he was part of. He served 4 tours in Iraq on Seal Team 3, and became known as the "Devil of Ramadi". His shooting in Ramadi and Fallujah in support of the military pushes there was legendary.
Kyle earned 2 Silver and 5 Bronze Stars for valor exhibited on his missions.
RIP Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.
Kyle wrote the book "American Sniper" detailing some of his time in the military, and some of the missions he was part of. He served 4 tours in Iraq on Seal Team 3, and became known as the "Devil of Ramadi". His shooting in Ramadi and Fallujah in support of the military pushes there was legendary.
Kyle earned 2 Silver and 5 Bronze Stars for valor exhibited on his missions.
RIP Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt