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Irving, Nicholas.
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Irving, Nicholas.
United States. Army. Ranger Regiment, 75th -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns.
Snipers -- United States -- Biography.
Sniping (Military science)
Special forces (Military science)
Soldiers, Black -- Biography
Soldiers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Irving, Nicholas.
Irving, Nicholas.
United States. Army. Ranger Regiment, 75th -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns.
Snipers -- United States -- Biography.
Sniping (Military science)
Special forces (Military science)
Soldiers, Black -- Biography
Soldiers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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The
Reaper
:
autobiography
of
one
of the
deadliest
Special
Ops
snipers
/ Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek.
by
Irving, Nicholas.
St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Call #:
958.1047 I72r
Subjects
Irving, Nicholas.
United States. Army. Ranger Regiment, 75th -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns.
Snipers
-- United States -- Biography.
Sniping (Military science)
Special
forces (Military science)
Soldiers, Black -- Biography
Soldiers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250045447 (hc.)
1250045444 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Autobiography
of
one
of the
deadliest
special
operations
snipers
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Prologue -- They call me the
reaper
-- A near and colorful miss -- Misfires, malfunctions, and misery -- A ranger in the making -- A long day of reckoning -- The Chechen comes calling -- A whole 'nother danger -- Rumble in the rubble -- Ninja wife and the big bomb -- Winding up and winding down -- Things that go hump in the night -- Afterword.
Summary:
"The memoir of
Special
Operations Direct Action Sniper Nicholas Irving, the 3rd Ranger Battalion's
deadliest
sniper with 33 confirmed kills. Irving shares the story of his extraordinary career, including his deployment to Afghanistan in the summer of 2009, when he set another record, this time for enemy kills on a single deployment. His teammates and chain of command labeled him "The
Reaper
," and his actions on the battlefield became the stuff of legend, culminating in an extraordinary face-off against an enemy sniper known simply as The Chechnian. Nicholas Irving spent six years in the Army's
Special
Operations 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment, serving from demolitions assaulter to Master Sniper. He was the first African American to serve as a sniper in his battalion and is now the owner of HardShoot, where he trains personnel in the art of long-range shooting, from olympians to members of the Spec
Ops
community. He lives in San Antonio, Texas"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Brozek, Gary.
Holds:
2
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