Modern American Snipers, Chris Martin
Modern American Snipers, Chris Martin
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Modern American Snipers
From The Legend to The Reaper---on the Battlefield with Special Operations Snipers

Author: Chris Martin, SOFREP, Eric Davis

Narrator: Peter Larkin

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/16/2014

Synopsis

An inside look at today's special operations sniper and an in depth look at the career of Chris Kyle from those who knew him and fought alongside him.

Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other honors. These are the most experienced warriors on the battlefield, oftentimes the units' best assaulters with years of door-kicking under their belt. These are the men who run ops in small teams across borders, or dress like locals and pull off high-risk vehicle reconnaissance and singleton missions in non-permissive environments.

Chris Martin's Modern American Snipers tells the inside story of some of the most heroic patriots in recent American history by the friends and colleagues who knew them best, including:
* The Legend - Chris Kyle, SEAL Team 3 Chief and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
* The Reaper - Nick Irving, the first African American to serve as a sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and its deadliest, with 33 confirmed kills
* Robert Horrigan, Delta sniper who played a critical role in Operation Anaconda
* Don Hollenbaugh, Delta Operator who earned the Distinguished Service Cross while embedded with a Marine platoon in the First Battle of Fallujah
* And many more

About Chris Martin

Journalist CHRIS MARTIN has covered the motorsports world since the late '90s. He writes for SOFREP and is the author of the ebooks, Shaping the World From the Shadows: The (Open) Secret History of Delta Force, Post-9/11 and Beyond Neptune Spear: The (Open) Secret History of SEAL Team Six, Post-9/11.

About SOFREP

SOFREP.com is the #1 site on the Internet for news and information as it relates to the Special Operations and Intelligence community. In a very short time, SOFREP has become a legitimate source of alternative non partisan news media. The editors of SOFREP are from the US military Special Operations and Intelligence communities, and most have over a decade of operational experience that sets them apart from typical journalists.

About Eric Davis

ERIC DAVIS is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and decorated veteran of the Global War on Terror. Eric has been recognized as one of the premier sniper instructors in the U.S. military and has served as a Master Training Specialist at the SEAL sniper school in Coronado, CA. Eric began to master his writing in the SEAL teams by designing, writing, and producing numerous final training exercise scenarios. Eric is now the founder and CEO of averagefrog.com, which repurposes the proven performance principles of the SEAL teams to help people to live a good life and lead others to do the same. He is also a featured writer on sofrep.com, navyseals.com, specialoperations.com, and The Loadout Room. Eric lives in Orange County, CA, with his wife and is a dedicated and loving father to four wonderful and successful children. He is enthusiastic about being active with his children and converting those experiences into valuable life lessons that he wants to share with others through his book.

About Peter Larkin

Peter Larkin has lent his voice to over a dozen audiobooks, including works by Michael Savage and Neil Gaiman. He has won AudioFile Earphones awards for many of his narrations, including Life Among Giants by Bill Roorbach and Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook. Larkin has worked as a DJ, as a host of both a radio and a television show, and as a producer of many industrial films for many of the country's top companies, corporations, and governmental agencies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Neil on August 04, 2017

I ended up enjoying this book far more than I thought I might. The material was very interesting to read, but it felt like the author kept "backing up" in the narrative or skipping forward. It focused mostly on the Rangers, followed by the SEALs, and had a little bit of "everybody else" included in......more

Goodreads review by Rich on August 02, 2021

This book was a solid foundation to give you an idea of the Modern Sniper capabilities in the G.W.O.T. That would be the global war on terror and if you like acronyms then this book is for you because it has dozens of them, with no glossary I might add. Reading this book, it felt like an outline of......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on May 17, 2018

Not heavy on individual tales from combat; but, it does break down a decent overall picture of modern American snipers, from Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam, to Chris Kyle, The Reaper, and the origins and current use of snipers and sniper/recce elements, as well as some of the famous schools and personal......more

Goodreads review by Bill on July 06, 2018

Lots of stories I'd not heard before, and some that I had. The sheer number of Acronyms used reminded me of being back on active duty, and it might be a challenge (or annoying) for anyone that hasn't served. There was some excellent background on people I'd only heard about in passing thou so well w......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on July 16, 2021

A highly informative look into the sometimes confusing world of US military special force units. Specially, Martin outlines the birth, adolescence, and maturity of the sniper forces.......more

Quotes

“Readers...will want to check out this book. It goes beyond typical notions about snipers - lethal combatants concealed far from their targets - to show them as experienced, often-decorated combat leaders conducting high-risk missions.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“An intriguing look into a necessarily secretive part of the U.S. military.” —The Gazette

“A fascinating look at the contemporary training and warfare challenges faced by today's military sharpshooters.” —New York Daily News

“Written in a fast-paced rat-a-tat-tat style that makes it a snappy read, but also highly informative, with enough technological information to interest aficionados, and enough story to keep a novice reading and following along with all the jargon. A fascinating exploration into the world of elite military operatives.” —San Francisco Book Review

“Special-operations snipers are responsible for "the most outrageously disproportionate contributions of any troops throughout the Global War on Terror," and the SOFREP.com writer tries to make his case in this compendium of special-forces stars.” —Military Times

“A 'must' for any who would understand the history, individual sniper actions, and the overall presence and effects of sniper forces on the field.” —Midwest Book Review

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