In times like these, Colbert often assumes the tone of a schoolteacher calling a timeout during a frenzied playground scuffle. Details File Size: 5110KB Duration: 4.100 sec Dimensions: 498x305 Created: 3/11/2020, 3:14:06 PM They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Yeah. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert I will be posting videos of various content . "War is stupid. The battalion operations chief runs across the sand, shouting at Colbert, Abandon your Humvee! He orders him to set it on fire with an incendiary grenade, yelling, Thermite the radios! Colbert pounds the roof of his Humvee, screaming, Im not abandoning this vehicle! One of Esperas Marines watching the spectacle from a distance glumly observes, Were going to die because Colberts in love with his Humvee. () Finally, a truck full of Marines from the battalions maintenance unit rolls up. Eric Kocher, after another unit reported he and other Marines had been mistreating an Iraqi prisoner, a point hotly disputed by the unit. Antonio "Poke" Espera are this to some degree, but Sgt. Cpl. Sound Design: Andrew Olson : That's one more layer of bureaucracy and unnecessary logistics, one more asshole we need to supply MREs and baby wipes for. Now 34, Carisalez' Marine Corps service was the better part of a lifetime ago. While some may come away from the book and the series conflicted about the realities of war and the collateral damage sustained, Wright maintains the men he traveled with have never received enough credit for the disciplined war they prosecuted in a complex and unfamiliar environment. Brad Colbert is a former active duty United States Marine, whose platoon's role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was featured in a series of articles in Rolling Stone by Evan Wright. While other Marines were out drinking and chasing whores, Colbert went off alone to prowl electronics stores. | Movies. Wright said he worked to involve as many Marines as possible in the production of the show, with roughly a dozen participating in roles ranging from consulting to background voice work. Sgt. Alexander Skarsgrd: When Brad talks about his ex-girlfriend, who is now with his best friend. One of his fondest memories, he later tells me, is that before cocktail parties, his parents would let him prepare the carpet with a special rake. Patrick. Whether than the war was right or wrong, these guys stood up for something bigger than themselves.".