American Sniper By Chris Kyle - 1107 Words

In modern warfare a sniper’s role is critical for gathering intelligence, and providing protection for the other ground units in the area of operation. Their goal is explicit, to undetectably infiltrate an enemy’s position in order to effectively engage targets to reduce the enemy’s fighting capabilities under their creed â€Å"one shot, one kill†. American Sniper is written by Chris Kyle, and is an account of his four tours in the Iraq War as a Navy SEAL while earning his spot in history as the most lethal sniper in the United States military. During Kyle’s tours in Fallujah, Ramadi, and Sadr city he recorded over 160 confirmed kills. Kyle’s autobiography covers not only daily life on the war front, but the personal and family struggles at†¦show more content†¦After the incident Kyle pursues being a ranch manager by studying in school and working as a ranch hand to gain experience. While working on the ranch Kyle thinks about the di rection of his life and decided to drop out of college, and return to his original plan of joining the military. On Kyle’s first attempt to join the Navy, he is rejected after a physical found the pins in his wrist from the rodeo accident. Deterred from the Navy, Kyle returns back to ranch life, but soon after resuming, he unexpectedly receives a call from the Navy recruiter willing to give him a chance at becoming a Navy SEAL. After completing the training for SEAL recruits Kyle is assigned to SEAL Team Three based out of California. While based in California Kyle meet his wife Taya, but shortly after their marriage Kyle is deployed for war. From this point the book turns tremendously intense as it follows Kyle’s operations in the war as a SEAL sniper. Throughout his tours of duty he is given the tasks of providing over watches for Marine’s clearing buildings and is required to engage any insurgents for numerous hours each day. While on the sniper over watches he experiences the evils of the insurgence first hand by killing multiple enemies in each shift. As his number of confirmed kills increased Kyle earns legendary status and the respect of many military

Hobbes The Limitations of Absolute Sovereignty free essay sample

A discussion of collective sovereignty versus individual freedom. This paper analyzes Hobbes philosophy of collective sovereignty versus individual freedom: Should you follow your own own beliefs and risk harming the collective or not? It uses a modern-day example of two workers who are asked to perform a non-ethical task that could jeopardize the company they work for. The first moral dilemma occurs in the collision of Ted and Margarets duty to their company and their duty to their own honor. While and Hobbes agrees it is the chief duty of subjects to obey without question the authority of their sovereign (in this case, the company) in order to maintain the peace and order of the collective, there are certain limitations. Indeed, this law of obligation should more correctly read, subjects must obey the authority of the sovereign provided that it does not require them to sacrifice their lives or their honor for an end that does not utterly support the collective