Nicholas Irving | |
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Born | Augsburg, Germany | November 28, 1986
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 |
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 was born on November 28, 1986, in Augsburg, Germany. His parents were both enlisted soldiers.[2][3]
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]
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 and Insider.[citation needed]
He also served as an on-set advisor for Doug Liman's 2017 sniper film The Wall.[citation needed]
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]