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It was the worst experience
of my life.
:16:04
It was physically exhausting...
and tough.
:16:08
We hiked everywhere,
it rained, it was cold,
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and we slept on the ground
:16:13
and ate food from cans
heated over tiny stoves.
:16:16
We had him yelling
we were doing things wrong,
:16:20
and learned combat techniques.
:16:21
I immersed them
in that lifestyle.
:16:24
I make them eat rations, shoot
at them with blank ammunition,
:16:28
I beat on them, make them
crawl and sleep in the mud.
:16:33
And when they come out
at the end
:16:36
they have an inkling
of what it's like -
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the hardships,
the sacrifices people make
:16:42
to serve their country
in the military.
:16:44
The only way
to really get through it
:16:47
was to kind of shut down myself
:16:50
and become,
you know, the soldiers.
:16:53
After a while,
it became second nature.
:16:55
You don't have
to think about it.
:16:58
It was something
I'd probably never do again,
:17:01
but something that I will always
be thankful that I could do.
:17:06
It brought us closer together.
:17:08
When we started shooting,
we felt a bond,
:17:11
that we'd gone through
something together.
:17:13
When they showed up
they were born-again hard.
:17:16
It helped them understand
that we weren't playing around,
:17:21
we were making
a serious picture about war.
:17:24
We're handed a task here,
:17:26
to do it service, do it right
and effectively and all that,
:17:31
but we also wanna make sure
we're accurately capturing
:17:35
the look behind the eyes
of the guys we're portraying.
:17:39
I told things to the guy in my
hole I never told my confessor.
:17:44
I was closer to these guys
than with my brother.
:17:48
The relations between men
in a squad
:17:51
and how they come
to love each other
:17:54
is something
beyond friendship.
:17:56
Ready to die for each other.
:17:58
There's nothing to compare
it with in civilian life.