Nicholas Irving
American author and former soldier (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
Nicholas Irving | |
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 Irving during the "Defensive shoot" event during the ninth annual U.S. Army International Sniper Competition | |
| Born | November 28, 1986 Augsburg, West Germany (present-day Germany) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 2004–10 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 75th Ranger Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Early life
Nicholas Irving was born on November 28, 1986, in Augsburg, Germany. His parents were both enlisted soldiers.[2][3]
Career
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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.[2][4]
Entertainment
After the Army, Irving pursued an entertainment career.[citation needed]
In 2016, Irving was one of four military leaders to serve as coaches on the reality show American Grit with John Cena.[5][6][7]
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, Insider and VladTV[citation needed]
He also served as an on-set advisor for Doug Liman's 2017 sniper film The Wall.[citation needed]
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.[8][9][10] On February 2, 2015, The Weinstein Company acquired the television rights to make a miniseries out of the autobiography.[11] On March 5, 2015, NBC picked up the miniseries from Weinstein.[12] In late 2017 Irving revealed in a podcast that the miniseries has been scrapped, but a movie based on the book was in preproduction.[13]
Personal life
Bibliography
- Nonfiction
- Basic & Intermediate Combat Survival (2011)[14] ISBN 1461032954
- Team Reaper: 3rd Ranger Battalion's Deadliest Sniper Team (2012)[15] ISBN 9781470022839
- Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E: (Ballistics In Battlefield Learned Environments) (2012)[16]ISBN 9781479256297
- The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers (2015, with Gary Brozek)[9][10] ISBN 9781250080608
- Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper (2016, with Gary Brozek)[17] ISBN 9781250088352
- Never Fear Anything: My Untold Story As A Sniper In Our Nations Longest War (2018, with Robert Terkla)[18] ISBN 9780999769706
- Fiction
- Reaper: Ghost Target (2018, with A.J. Tata)[19] ISBN 9781250127341
- Reaper: Threat Zero (2019, with A.J. Tata)[20] ISBN 9781250127365
- Reaper: Drone Strike (2020, with A.J. Tata)[21] ISBN 9781250240743
- Walker Drive (2021)[22] ISBN 9781736787229
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