Marcus Luttrell

Marcus Luttrell grew up in Texas and began training to become a Navy SEAL at the age of fourteen. He enlisted in the Navy in 1999 and served in Iraq during the 2003 invasion of the country. In 2005, Luttrell was deployed to Afghanistan, where he was involved in the famous Operation Red Wings (which he calls “Redwing”), the principle subject of his book Lone Survivor (2007). For his bravery in the aftermath of the operation, Luttrell received the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross. In the last decade, Luttrell founded the Lone Survivor Foundation for helping wounded American service members, got married, had two children, and began hosting After Action, a TV show about veteran issues.