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Ryan Curtis Job (pronounced "Jobe") [3] (March 11, 1981 – September 24, 2009), also known by his nickname "Biggles", [1] was an American sailor and member of the United States Navy SEALs who was shot during a combat mission in Ramadi, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Ramadi.
The publisher HarperCollins states: "The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the total number for this book." [20] In his autobiography, Kyle wrote: The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or ...
American Sniper was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 19, 2015 by Warner Home Video. [ 130 ] Upon its first week of release on home media in the United States, the film topped both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as the Blu-ray Disc sales chart in the week ending May 24, 2015.
Hollywood's rendition of the life and work of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle might have looked very different. If the sniper's widow, Taya Kyle, hadn't appealed to "American Sniper's" director Clint ...
The U.S. Navy SEAL profiled in the movie 'American Sniper,' reportedly embellished his military record, according to military documents Real-life 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle fudged his military ...
Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The M24 was the primary sniper rifle of the U.S. Army from 1988 until the 2010s but has been replaced by the M2010 and M110, faster-firing semi-automatic sniper rifles with greater range.
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History is an autobiography by United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The book was published by William Morrow and Company on January 2, 2012 [ 1 ] and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for 37 weeks.