American Sniper, a book/movie, is about a heroic navy Seal Sniper, and it shows how hard it is to be a ruthless sniper in the tough, dry, hot desert of Afghanistan. Weather a Navy Seal or a Marine, I believe that being in the U.S. Army is the most challenging job, because soldiers have to be both mentally and physically strong.

Soldier’s have to be physically strong, because being in the Army is very demanding on endurance and strength. For example, Mark Owen, from the book “No Easy Day”,was training to be a Navy Seal and one of his challenges was to run for 10 miles without stopping in full uniform. If he did not complete the run, he would fail the training and then he would be dropped out of Navy Seal school. For many of us trying to run for 10 miles straight would not be possible, but to be in the Army it takes being in near perfect physical shape. Therefore, soldier’s need to be in the best shape in their lives to fight in the rugged, dry, hot terrain of Afghanistan.

To be a U.S. soldier, no matter what branch, takes not only physical, but also mental strength.For example, Chris Kyle, the Navy Seal from American sniper, was on his first deployment and saw a kid and his mom about a hundred yards from 12 marines.The kids mom handed the kid a grenade, and when the kid received the grenade he took off in a sprint to towards the marines. The kid had every intention of killing the marines and Chris knew this for a fact. Chris had to shoot the kid to protect his fellow Americans, but if he didn’t have mental strength to make that decision those 12 marines would most likely would have been killed.Therefore, to be a U.S. soldier they need to have mental strength to be able to make tough decisions that go along with the job.

Thus, I believe that being a soldier in the U.S. Army is the most challenging job because it takes extreme physical strength,just as Mark Owens showed, and it also takes a lot of mental strength to be able to make tough decisions,just as Chris Kyle showed by making the tough decision to kill that kid to protect his fellow Americans