Kyle Armalin: Difference between revisions

As a POGO team leader, Kyle has seen action in several major U.S. military actions including [[Kosovo]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_War Persian Gulf War], as well as places such as the Arctic Circle, South America, Micronesia, and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_DMZ Korean DMZ]].

On a POGO operation during the Gulf War, Kyle acted to save the lives of hundreds of coalition servicemen by single-handedly destroying six enemy helicopters that had ambushed a troop convoy and destroyed their armored escort. He did this by engaging the hostiles from his exposed recon blind with a bolt-action [http://www.biggerhammer.net/barrett/ .50 caliber sniper rifle] even after coming under heavy chain-gun and rocket fire. Due to internal politics, Kyle was awarded the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Cross Navy Cross]] instead of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor Medal of Honor]]; in response, the British Monarch appointed him an Honorary Knight Commander of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order Royal Victorian Order]], as two-thirds of the men saved by Kyle’s action were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Marine_Commandos Royal Marines].