Line #0 Heartwarming/GenerationKill


1	* Ray, who's spent a lot of time joking around and delivering some... unusual opinions on the war, trying to cheer Walt up after someone says that you get a reputation if you shoot some civilians. It works, but not the way that Ray seems to have intended it.
2	* When a ''sotto voce'' comment to Gunny Wynn reveals that for the whole months-long excursion, Sixta had been ''deliberately'' playing TheNeidermeyer to draw the Marine's ire away from the officers, and salvage morale by giving them an easy target to hate.
3	* 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.
4	* 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:
5	--> '''Trombley''': Is it gonna be okay, sergeant, I mean, this... investigation?
6	--> '''Colbert''': You'll be fine, Trombley.
7	--> '''Trombley''': No, I mean for you, sergeant, since you gave all the orders. I... I don't care about any of this, you know? I mean, I'll be out in a couple of years. But you... sergeant, this is your career.
8	--> '''Colbert''': ... I'll be fine.
9	* 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.
10	* Colbert telling Fick that his leadership is the only thing he has confidence in.
11	* 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. Many of them feel like they are ''finally'' doing the right thing.
12	* 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. Godfather replies that if he disciplines Captain America for his blatant incompetence, [[SadisticChoice he would also have to discipline Fick for insubordination]]. 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.
13	* Colbert disarming a bomb in an Iraqi playground in spite of him not being an explosive ordnance disposal Marine. One clearly sees that he's aching to do something to help the population. 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.
14	* In the book especially, it becomes clear that Colbert has a soft spot for kids.
15	* As their mission is winding down, Colbert takes Poke aside to thank him for doing so well assisting him as co-Sergeant. 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.
16	* When the book was published, Evan Wright received a [[https://twitter.com/evanscribe/status/664511819415875584/photo/1 photograph]] of him and the men in front of a Saddam statue. It was signed by all of them and had the following words written on it: ''To Evan Wright from the men of Recon BN. May the truth set us free. Semper fi.''
17	%%* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120312170425/https://www.malibumag.com/site/article/james_ransone/ This article]] by James Ransone, the actor who plays Ray Person.

Context Heartwarming / GenerationKill