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Eric Kocher on Generation Kill New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kocher talks about Captain America and Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Kocher: Staff Sergeant Eric Kocher is one of the men portrayed in Evan Wright's Generation Kill. A U.S. Marine and member of the First Reconnaissance Battalion has received two purple Heart and a Bronze star, earned during his tour in Afghanistan and four tours of Iraq. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Question: What was it like having Evan Wright embedded with you? Eric Kocher: Oh, with Evan. You know, when he first stepped in... it’s funny. Brad Colbert was my team leader in Afghanistan. He had a very strict policy not to talk to the reporters, not to interact with them or anything because they’re always going to spin shit and plus there’s a lot of stuff that we have that is somewhat confidential that doesn’t need to be going out to the media. Read the full transcript at https://bigthink.com/videos/eric-kocher-on-generation-kill/

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