Monday, January 2, 2012

A True Top Shot

With 160 confirmed kills, Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle has the record for the most confirmed kills. (Due to the difficulties of getting confirmation of a kill in Vietnam, I'm not sure anyone has yet beat Carlos Hathcock for likely total kills, but that is a debate for another time). From the story:
He became known among his fellow SEALS as “The Legend.”

The enemy was less complimentary.

In Ramadi, insurgents put an $80,000 bounty on his head and branded him “Al-Shaitan Ramadi” — “The Devil of Ramadi.”

“That made me feel like I was actually doing my job and having an effect on the war,” he said.
Anyway, its nice to see Mr. Kyle get recognition for a job well done.

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Weekend Reading -- A New Weekend Knowledge Dump

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