1. Marcus Luttrell was born on November 7,1975 and is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his disputed actions in June 2005 against Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings in which he was the lone survivor.
Marcus Luttrell was born in Houston, Texas, on November 7,1975.
Marcus Luttrell began training for the US Navy SEALs at the age of 14, with US Army veteran Billy Shelton, who lived near Luttrell's home.
Marcus Luttrell trained every day with his twin brother, Morgan, and others who aspired to join the US Navy and other special operations forces.
Marcus Luttrell departed school in 1998 without graduating to enlist in the Navy.
Marcus Luttrell earned his Navy Enlisted Classification 5326 Combatant Swimmer and Naval Special Warfare Insignia on February 2,2001, after completing SQT.
Marcus Luttrell was then sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for the Special Operations Combat Medic course.
Marcus Luttrell was deployed to Iraq with SEAL Team 5 on April 14,2003, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, to root out and destroy leftover Iraqi resistance and joined in the search for WMDs.
Marcus Luttrell was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 with SEAL Team Ten as part of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One.
Marcus Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the operation.
Marcus Luttrell regained consciousness and evaded the pursuing enemy, with the help of local Pashtun villagers, one of them being Mohammad Gulab, who eventually sent an emissary to the nearest US base to secure Marcus Luttrell's safe rescue and ultimately saved his life.
Marcus Luttrell later had his knees blown out and fractured his spine again.
In 2007, Marcus Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross by President Bush.
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in actions against the enemy while serving in a four-man Special Reconnaissance element with SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE, Naval Special Warfare Task unit, Afghanistan from 27 to 28 June 2005, in the vicinity of Asadabad, Konar Province, Afghanistan.
Marcus Luttrell returned to the US in 2007 and co-authored the New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.
Marcus Luttrell married Melanie Juneau on November 27,2010, in Texas.
On January 14,2012, at an event for St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Marcus Luttrell announced that he and his wife were expecting their second child.
Marcus Luttrell's twin brother Morgan Marcus Luttrell is a former Navy SEAL; he left the Navy with the rank of lieutenant.
Marcus Luttrell endorsed the 2016 presidential campaign of former Texas governor Rick Perry and was present, alongside his twin brother Morgan, at Perry's formal announcement on June 4,2015.
Marcus Luttrell spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention in support of Donald Trump.
Marcus Luttrell claimed in Lone Survivor that Murphy considered killing the unarmed civilians who stumbled upon the SEAL reconnaissance team and even put it to a vote, but this has been criticized and dismissed by many as fiction.