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Credit: Brooke Army Medical Center, Robert Shields, photographer

Last week (Jan. 14), Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper paid a surprise visit to service members and patients at the Brooke Army Medical Center.

260 service members and staff were invited to preview Cooper’s new movie, American Sniper, based on the life of military sniper Chris Kyle. Kyle emerged from the war in Iraq as the most lethal sniper in the history of the U.S. military,

According to Bamc’s report:

As the movie was playing in the auditorium, Cooper was in the Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center Rehabilitation Gym visiting patients, staff and Warrior Transition Battalion Soldiers, signing several movie posters and T-shirts which he handed out.

As Cooper made his way through the hospital to the auditorium, he received a warm reception from everyone he encountered. As he entered the auditorium, the crowd erupted with cheers.

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