Growing up in Texas , Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer . Years later , Kyle has become a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy , and returns home early , to find his girlfriend in bed with another man . After telling her to leave , he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy . He qualifies for special training and becomes a U.S. Navy SEALs sniper
1998 U.S. embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
American Sniper