- In an effort to speed up his rehab, he took pliers and removed the pins that doctors used to reattach his finger, allowing him to bend it so he could shoot again.
- While in a gunfight in Fallujah, his Humvee was blown up by an RPG. His bones were broken, much of the flesh on his arm was burnt off, one of his eardrums shattered and his trigger finger dangled by a single strand of skin.
- Received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star for valor and two Navy commendations in five tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Served as Key Military Advisor on HBO's Generation Kill.
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