Chris Kyle In A Sniper Hunter

At the opening of the movie we find Chris Kyle in a sniper perch on a rooftop in Iraq. As Chris is radioing back to command on things he is seeing as he watches the street below, Chris sees a young boy and his mother walk out of a building. The mother hands her young son an RKG grenade, which Chris radios command to get confirmation, but they do not have a clear vision to confirm what Chris sees. Chris now needs to make a momentary decision to fire and neutralize the threat or not. As the young boy begins running towards the Marine convoy, Chris takes the shot and the boy falls. Chris then needs to fire again at the mother for trying to complete the mission of destroying the convoy. Later, Chris enters the barracks and is questioned

After an intense battle they are forced to call in a missile strike. Faced with imminent death, Chris realizes he is not invincible and calls his wife to say he is ready to come home, he is visibly shaken. The missile misses, they are able to get to the evacuation point, and Chris is sent home. Chris makes it home and sees a psychologist that suggests that he should help other vets at the VA. It is only at this point that Chris finds new meaning in life and begins to rediscover his old self. Unfortunately, Chris is killed by a Marine that he was trying to

In the movie, it could be seen that every time Chris was redeployed, he probably should not have been because his PTSD was becoming more pronounced with every tour. One must consider if proper precautions are being taken, to care for the mental wellbeing of those who fight for us. We need to start asking questions about multiple tours and how ethical it is to send soldiers on two, three, four, and more tours in warzones. I believe that the government needs to take better care of our vets because if we look around, we still have vets from Vietnam on the streets with all kinds of mental disorders. Some things that could be done is to have a non-government psychologist examine and clear the soldier before additional tours, or model other countries that require that all persons that reach the age of 18 must enroll in military service for a set amount of years, like Israel. If we institute mandatory military service, it would increase service personnel and decrease the number of tours that our soldiers need to