Brian Casler was a Marine during three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is not proud of what he saw in the Marines. 90% of the minorities in his company were put in one platoon with white leaders. To me, this relates well to what we learned about "cracking and packing" (gerrymandering) in my political science class back in Oklahoma.

In 2003, Brian was in Iraq for the invasion; his unit was to protect General Tommy Franks. On the road to Baghdad, Marines defecated in MRE bags and threw them at civilians. They passed out MRE heaters to children to eat. Casler witnessed destruction of Babylonian ruins, as well as looting of said ruins. Humanitarian MREs that were supposed to be given to Iraqis were being hoarded by Brian's fellow Marines.

During his tour of Afghanistan, Brian's Marines drove government vans at high rates of speed through the city for joyrides. Two Afghans were killed and no one knows if any reparations were made to their families.

In Fallujah, Brian's unit made a man destroy the entire birth record of Fallujah as punishment. Without a defined mission or constant supervision, Brian says that a Marine infantry squad will always fall back on their aggressive, hostile training.