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Biography
Nicholas Irving is an American author and former soldier. He was a special operations sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion for the U.S. military.
Early life
Irving was born in Fort Meade, Maryland on the US Army post Fort George G. Meade growing up the son of two enlisted soldiers.
Career
Military
Irving joined the U.S. military, intending to join the Navy SEALs, but he failed a colorblindness test and joined the United States Army Rangers, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Irving was issued a SR-25 rifle, which he nicknamed Dirty Diana.
Entertainment
After the Army, Irving pursued an entertainment career.
In 2016, Irving was one of four military leaders to serve as coaches on the reality show American Grit with John Cena.
Starting in August of 2017, Irving began appearing as a recurring guest on the popular firearm YouTube channel, Demolition Ranch.
He also served as an on-set advisor for Doug Liman's 2017 sniper film The Wall.
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. On February 2, 2015, The Weinstein Company acquired the television rights to make a miniseries out of the autobiography. On March 5, 2015, NBC picked up the miniseries from Weinstein.In late 2017 Irving revealed in a podcast that the miniseries has been scrapped, but a movie based on the book was in preproduction.
Personal life
Irving married Jessica Irving in 2007.