Chris Kyle is the deadliest American sniper in history. He is my hero because of the countless lives he saved in during his time in Iraq. In 1999 Chris joined the U.S. Navy and soon after became a Navy SEAL. He was selected and trained to be a sniper. The objective of his job was to watch over the other troops and prevent ambushes. His first hard decision had to be made just a couple weeks into his first tour. Kyle was looking through the scope of his rifle and saw a woman with a child. As he was watching her she pulled out a grenade. He hesitated for just a moment, but made the choice to save the Marines by taking the shot and killing the woman. Chris Kyle served four tours in Iraq and accumulated 160 confirmed kills during this time. His …show more content…
Aid came in a form that most people probably would not have expected. He started to go on hunting trips and shooting guns at gun ranges. He then started a security company in 2009 called, Craft International. The company motto was “Despite what your momma told you, violence does solve problems.” A few years after he started his security company he wrote a best-selling book called, American Sniper, and later a movie was made based on it. Chris found ways to solve his problems but there were plenty of other people who needed help dealing with their PTSD. He found ways to help them by using the same methods he used to help himself. Chris started taking other people with him to gun ranges to shoot. He thought that the action of shooting a gun would help them as it did him. With his life back on track he was doing good for himself and his family. One-day though, Kyle and one of his colleagues, whose name was Chad Littlefield, took a man named Eddie Ray Routh out to the gun range to try and help aid his recovery. Routh had PTSD and was on many different types of medication to deal with it. While their intentions were good the outcome was the worst thing that could have