Chris Kyle Deserves Better than Trial by Press

That is where I think the Intercept article is flawed. While the article did address the discrepancy between Kyle’s DD214 and his personnel record, they did so in a cursory, shallow way.

American Sniper, a Hero Regardless of recent attacks on military record

As a Navy SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle served his country with distinction in some of the worst places and situations imaginable. Most Americans will never know what it’s like to leave the comforts of home for the hot streets of Iraq where everyone is trying to kill you and your friends, and life or death […]

Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Obscured his Military Record – Navy Documents

The discrepancy raises new questions about Kyle’s credibility and highlights a continuing controversy in the SEAL community over members exaggerating or distorting their war records. In one high-profile controversy, two members of SEAL Team 6 engaged in a public dispute over who deserved credit for the fatal shots that killed Osama bin Laden. No America […]

Chris Kyle ‘American Sniper’ statue unveiling scheduled for July

ODESSA, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Members of a foundation building a memorial statue of slain Navy sniper Chris Kyle say they pushed back a planned unveiling of the project from May to July to accommodate changes to the work guided by input from the Odessa native’s surviving family members. The Wyoming-based sculptor who is […]

American Sniper widow pens touching tribute to her late husband

For Taya Kyle — widow of legendary Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle — living without her husband is something she hasn’t fully learned to do over these last three years. Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed Feb. 2, 2013, at a Texas shooting range — an act Taya Kyle called “pure evil at work.” A […]