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*Due to his POGO training and activities, Kyle is an expert at survival in many environments, and has been trained to resist interrogation and psionic attack.
*As a POGO team leader, Kyle has seen action in several major U.S. military actions including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NATO_bombing_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia Kosovo], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia Liberia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_-_Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom - Phillipines] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_War Persian Gulf War], as well as engaging in covert actions in places such as the Arctic Circle, Antarctica, South America (particularly in Brazil, Chile - in the Andes Mountains - and Bolivia), Micronesia, Afganistan, Siberia, Tibet, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_DMZ Korean DMZ].
*On a POGO operation during the Persian Gulf War (officially known as ''Operation Desert Storm''), 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 instigated by General [[Robert Bakeson]], 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].
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