Marcus Luttrell Research Paper

I think everyone has wanted to be a Navy SEAL in one point of their life, but as they get older their dream of being the best of the best fades away. Marcus Luttrell has had that dream of being a SEAL since the age of seven, and his determination and will to survive the hardest training in military history, gave Luttrell the title of a Navy SEAL.

Marcus Luttrell was born November 7th, 1975 in Houston Texas on a small ranch his parents owned. Marcus, and his twin brother Morgan Luttrell both made pact that they would both be Navy SEALS, and they started to train for the military by the age of fourteen. They trained with their neighbor, a former United States Army soldier, Billy Shelton. Billy trained them every day after school until he felt they were prepared for the military. Before going into the Armed Forces, Luttrell got a degree at Sam Houston State University in their ROTC program, making him an officer in the Navy. This was Luttrell’s first step into becoming a Navy SEAL.

Luttrell enlisted in the Navy

They tied the men to trees to, to later decide to let them go, and make their way towards their evacuation point. In less than an hour the team had undergo heavy fire from the Taliban fighters. All the men were killed, except for Marcus Luttrell, because Michael Murphy had given his life to make a call back to base to tell them their location. Michael exposed himself on a cliff to make the call, and seconds after the call he was shot dead by the Taliban. After the fight Marcus had managed to walk seven miles with fractured bones, a broken back, and multiple gunshot wounds. To a nearby village, where they cared, fed, bathed, and protected Luttrell. Then after six days, Marines were given a specific location on where Luttrell was at, and they arrived and rescued