It was signed by all of them and had the following words written on it: To Evan Wright from the men of Recon BN.

When the book was published, Evan Wright received a photograph of him and the men in front of a Saddam statue.

It's not a compliment Espera was asking for or needed but it's really something for Iceman to put aside the cold professionalism and thank a soldier not even his subordinate but equal in rank to him.

As their mission is winding down, Colbert takes Poke aside to thank him for doing so well assisting him as co-Sergeant.

In the book especially, it becomes clear that Colbert has a soft spot for kids.

He goes off to disarm another with a determined look on his face, until he is promptly ordered to stop by a concerned Nate Fick. One clearly sees that he's aching to do something to help the population.

Colbert disarming a bomb in an Iraqi playground in spite of him not being an explosive ordnance disposal Marine.

This is a nod from Godfather to Fick's talents as an officer the latter has repeatedly saved lives by questioning and disobeying asinine orders from up top. Godfather replies that if he disciplines Captain America for his blatant incompetence, he would also have to discipline Fick for insubordination.

Before he's shipped back home, Wright asks Godfather why an obvious screwup like Captain America is not being replaced, especially after he just wounded two Marines by sending them into a minefield at night.

Many of them feel like they are finally doing the right thing.

The Marines helping the Iraqi refugees at the checkpoint they set up, and the sheer satisfaction they derived from their acts of kindness is truly heartwarming.

Colbert telling Fick that his leadership is the only thing he has confidence in.

A somewhat subtle moment: after getting a briefing on a mission that involves driving into a known ambush for little practical reason, Colbert turns to Wright and says that it'll be a short mission and not worth experiencing, so why not wait back at Headquarters? While Poke ends up preventing Wright from leaving (by arguing that Wright is the platoon's good luck charm), it's a nice moment of Colbert, once again, trying to protect the people assigned to him.

Trombley expressing concern for Colbert after Fick and Wynn inform them that a formal investigation might get launched regarding the incident where Trombley shot the kids and camels at Colbert's go-ahead:.Godfather explains to his Marines all of the reasons why they cannot consider evacuating a critically wounded civilian that his Marines shot by accident, laying it out in express detail why it is an extreme risk.and then, while meeting his Marines' expressions, he turns and orders a platoon to casevac the civilian anyway.When a sotto voce comment to Gunny Wynn reveals that for the whole months-long excursion, Sixta had been deliberately playing The Neidermeyer to draw the Marine's ire away from the officers, and salvage morale by giving them an easy target to hate.It works, but not the way that Ray seems to have intended it.

unusual opinions on the war, trying to cheer Walt up after someone says that you get a reputation if you shoot some civilians. Ray, who's spent a lot of time joking around and delivering some.

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