Navy SEAL Dies in Parachute Jump Training
The elite U.S. Navy SEALs force lost one of their own due to a parachute malfunction during a training exercise Wednesday in southern California.

The elite U.S. Navy SEALs force lost one of their own due to a parachute malfunction during a training exercise Wednesday in southern California.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), an Iraq War veteran, candidly told the moderator of a CPAC panel discussion that he would not have gone to war in Iraq.

The jury in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh has found him guilty of capital murder for killing “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range on February 2, 2013. Routh, 27, had admitted to the killings but had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The prosecution presented its rebuttal case Friday in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, who is accused of killing “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Routh has admitted to killing the two men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The prosecution’s experts sought to challenge the credibility of Routh’s insanity claims, pointing out inconsistencies in his story and even a possible inspiration Routh may have drawn from the TV show “Seinfeld.”

Defense attorneys presented testimony from a mental health expert on Thursday regarding the mental state of Eddie Ray Routh, who is accused of killing “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Routh has admitted to killing the two men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

As the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, the accused killer of “American Sniper” hero Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield, entered its second week, jurors were shown a video of Routh confessing to the fatal shootings. Kyle and Littlefield were killed on February 2, 2013. Routh, who was 25 at the time of the shootings, has confessed to the killings but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura again took to the airwaves this week to compare former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle’ to a Nazi invader.

In an appearance on Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon asked former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley, president of SEALsurvival.com, to react to last weekend’s box office hit “American Sniper” starring Bradley Cooper. Courtley reacted favorably to the film,
