the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009‚ U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle’s kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs‚ Marines‚ and U.S. Army soldiers‚ whom he protected
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anyone’s carrier but it added onto Mark Wahlberg’s already highly decorated career. Lone Survivor was a group of four elite Navy Seals. The team leader‚ Marcus Luttrell‚ set out on a mission called Operation Redwing to take out or capture Ahmad Shah‚ a Taliban leader. After setting out on their mission‚ a goat farmer is bringing up 100 or so goats up the mountain. The Navy Seals were left with no choice but to follow engagement rules or be imprisoned. Letting the goat herders go shortly after the four
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starts off by portraying how torturous and intense the training is for the Navy SEALs. It actually takes over 30 months to train a Navy SEAL to the point where he is ready for deployment. The SEALs that complete the training are capable of performing pretty much any task thrown at them‚ including diving‚ combat swimming‚ navigation‚ demolitions‚ weapons‚ parachuting‚ and many more. Marcus Luttrell regards the Navy SEAL training as‚ “An unrelenting desire to push yourself further than anyone could
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The book I read was The Warriors Heart‚ a true story about Eric Greitens life. The story mostly follows Greitens as he serves as a US navy seal. The main conflicts are talking about the Rwandan Genocide and the refugees in Rwanda to Bosnia and then the War in Iraq.. The principal lesson Greitens learned through his unique background in military service and humanitarian work was that in order to create meaningful change‚ one must be both good and strong. The vocabulary wasn’t very complicated and
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Operation Red Wing On June 28‚ 2005 The SEAL team‚ led by LT Michael P. Murphy and consisting of petty officers Matthew Axelson‚ Danny Dietz and Marcus Luttrell‚ were on a mission to kill or capture Ahmad Shah‚ a Taliban leader who commanded a group of insurgents known as the "Mountain Tigers‚" west of Asadabad. The initial counter-insurgent mission in Kunar Province‚ Afghanistan seemed to be running accordingly with a successful infiltration into enemy territories until local Goat herders stumbled
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References: Combs‚ C. (2011). Terrorism in the twenty-first century (7th ed.). Boston‚ MA: Pearson Publishing D Squadron‚ 23 Special Air Service Regiment (R). Ministry of Defense. Retrieved from: http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk The iron will of Seal Team 6 – CBS News Video‚ Cbsnews.com. 6 May 2011 Retrieved from: http://www.cbsnews.com
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want to work unless it’s at Game Stop. He stays up all night playing Halo and Call of Duty on Xbox 360. His only friends are his fellow gaming slackers on Xbox live. The games are so exciting to him that if you didn’t know any better you would think Seal team 6 lives at my house. Darrian is the only girl. She is far more responsible than her older brother. She’s my public affairs officer because I know everything that happens at home because of her. If the boys are doing something wrong she immediately
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Death of Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden‚ the former head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda‚ was killed in Pakistan on May 2‚ 2011‚ shortly after 1 am local time[1][2] by Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six). The operation‚ code-named Operation Neptune Spear‚ was carried out in a Central Intelligence Agency-led operation. In addition to DEVGRU‚ participating units included the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s 160th Special
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OPERATION RED WING USAACE NCOA SSG Tomas R. Montanez 15ZSLC 17-003 SFC Maradol The willingness to place yourself in harm’s way is a selfless act that is unknown to the commoner‚ but is gallantly accepted by the brave men and women that serve in the armed forces‚ which make this country free. A great leader also possesses core values‚ centered on morals and ethics; some instilled by the military‚ but most from the inner most character that makes a man who he “is”. The heavy-laden leaders
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in February 2012. This is a story that captures the extraordinary courage of a team of United States Navy Seals. The directors take the audience through a mission assigned to a team of Navy Seals. Their mission is to save the United States from a planned act of terrorism. Through this film the audience is able to get an idea of life as a Navy Seal. The actors in the film are real Navy Seals which is important to the reality. The editing in this film was appropriate and critical to capturing the
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