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  2. Marcus Luttrell - Wikipedia

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    Marcus Luttrell (born November 7, 1975) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 against Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings in which he was the lone survivor. Luttrell became an SO1 by the end of his eight-year career in the United States Navy. [1]

  3. List of United States Navy SEALs - Wikipedia

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    With a record 160 confirmed kills (of a claimed 255), he was labelled the "Most lethal sniper in US military history". Kevin Lacz – Former SEAL Team Three sniper, New York Times bestselling author of "The Last Punisher", and actor and technical advisor in the Oscar-winning Chris Kyle biopic American Sniper.

  4. Chris Kyle - Wikipedia

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    Kyle has also claimed a higher number of sniper kills in his service than the Navy has officially attributed to him. While Kyle claims to have killed roughly 320 enemies as part of his service in Iraq, the Navy says he killed 160. The Navy's numbers would be of "confirmed kills", the kills that are able to be confirmed on the battlefield.

  5. Operation Red Wings - Wikipedia

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    In Luttrell's own official after-action report filed with his superiors after his rescue, he estimated the size of the Taliban force to be around 20–35. Luttrell claims in his book that during the briefing his team was told around 80 to 200 fighters were expected to be in the area. [5] Initial intel estimated approximately 10 to 20. [3]

  6. 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)

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    The assault force (4 AH-6M Little Birds and 4 MH-60L Black Hawks) carried in DEVGRU operators to kill or capture the leader. AH-6Ms strafed the two-vehicle convoy, killing the leader along with three other al-Shabaab terrorists, then carried out an overwatch while DEVGRU cleared the vehicles and recovered the body. [32]

  7. Victory Point - Wikipedia

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    Victory Point further provides information on the shootdown of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command's 160th Special Operation's Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR(A)) MH-47 Special Operations Helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of 8 Navy SEALs and 8 Army Special Operations aviators, and the search for and recovery of Marcus Luttrell ...

  8. Matthew Axelson - Wikipedia

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    The objective of the operation was to kill or capture Ahmad Shah (code name Ben Sharmak), a known terrorist and head of the "Mountain Tigers" militia group. During the operation, Axelson and Marcus Luttrell were assigned as snipers while Danny Dietz and Michael P. Murphy served as spotters. [6]

  9. United States Air Force Pararescue - Wikipedia

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    Josh Appel, Captain, and Christopher Piercecchi, Technical Sergeant, were the pararescue team who recovered Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and his Afghan rescuer from a village the SEAL had sought shelter in. Luttrell had been seriously wounded and the rest of his team were killed in a firefight with Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings ...