Coleman Ruiz
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And I, I had like one of those moments where I told him, no, I can't, I can't do that again.
Like you have to get somebody who knows what the fuck they're doing.
And he just didn't let me off the hook, you know?
get your shit and come into the command because you got to do all this prep stuff.
And I walked into the conference room.
I mean, I remember it clear as day.
And I walked into the conference room and I could see it on everybody's face.
Again, this is 2010 now.
They were more terrified than I was.
And these are civilian guys, guys who retired who are now civilians.
They work at the command and amazing people.
And they looked like
I don't know if you've seen Peter Jackson's remake, They Shall Not Grow Old.
Oh, you have to watch it.
They Shall Not Grow Old is Peter Jackson took real World War I footage.
Yeah, and he put the color and the lip reading.
And there's a scene, I don't know if it's Battle of the Bulge or exactly, there's a scene where...
This young army unit is about to go up over the top and run across an open field.
And the camera pans over, and there's a young kid with his rifle in front of him, the bayonet affixed to it, his helmet on.
His lips are sort of flat and pursed.