Marcus Luttrell

Marcus Luttrell is an American author of nonfiction books and a retired navy seal. He was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and attended Houston State University. He and his twin brother Morgan began training for the Seals at 14 with retired USA army soldier Bill Shelton. The two brothers loved to fish, hunt and wrestle alligators. In 1999, Marcus enlisted in the United States Navy. Immediately after completing training from boot camp and Hospital Corpsman A-school, he joined to Basic Underwater Demolition Class 226. Still, he would graduate with Class 228 after he suffered a fractured femur due to falling off a rope during training.