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Nicholas Irving (born November 28, 1986) is an American author and former soldier. He was a special operations sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion for the U.S. Army.
Early life
Nicholas Irving was born on November 28, 1986, in Augsburg, Germany. His parents were both enlisted soldiers.
Career
= Military
=Irving originally intended to join the Navy SEALs, but he failed a colorblindness test. He instead joined the United States Army Rangers and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was issued a SR-25 rifle, which he nicknamed Dirty Diana. With that rifle he has 33 confirmed kills.
= Entertainment
=After the Army, Irving pursued an entertainment career.
In 2016, Irving was one of four military leaders to serve as coaches on the reality show American Grit with John Cena.
Starting in August 2017, Irving began appearing as a recurring guest on the popular firearm YouTube channel, Demolition Ranch. He has also made appearances on other YouTube channels such as, LunkersTV and Insider.
He also served as an on-set advisor for Doug Liman's 2017 sniper film The Wall.
= Author
=In 2015, he wrote and published with Gary Brozek The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers, a New York Times bestseller about his military career during the War on Terror. On February 2, 2015, The Weinstein Company acquired the television rights to make a miniseries out of the autobiography. On March 5, 2015, NBC picked up the miniseries from Weinstein.
In late 2017 Irving revealed in a podcast that the miniseries has been scrapped, but a movie based on the book was in preproduction.
Personal life
Irving married Jessica Irving in 2007.
Bibliography
Nonfiction
Basic & Intermediate Combat Survival (2011) ISBN 1461032954
Team Reaper: 3rd Ranger Battalion's Deadliest Sniper Team (2012) ISBN 9781470022839
Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E: (Ballistics In Battlefield Learned Environments) (2012)ISBN 9781479256297
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers (2015, with Gary Brozek) ISBN 9781250080608
Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper (2016, with Gary Brozek) ISBN 9781250088352
Never Fear Anything: My Untold Story As A Sniper In Our Nations Longest War (2018, with Robert Terkla) ISBN 9780999769706
Fiction
Reaper: Ghost Target (2018, with A.J. Tata) ISBN 9781250127341
Reaper: Threat Zero (2019, with A.J. Tata) ISBN 9781250127365
Reaper: Drone Strike (2020, with A.J. Tata) ISBN 9781250240743
Walker Drive (2021) ISBN 9781736787229
See also
American Sniper
List of snipers
Longest recorded sniper kills
References
External links
Nicholas Irving on Facebook
Nicholas Irving at IMDb
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