In this final video of three, Chris Raissi talks about his falling out with his recruiting chain of command, dealing with post-war stress, and one unceremonious way out of the Corps.  If you missed the first two videos, catch up on part one here, and part two here.

There was no way to do his story justice in a series of short, web-consumable video bites; you got about 12 and a half minutes of the interview while another 80 or so hit the cutting room floor. I didn’t have room to tell you about the times Chris would call home in a sweat with shaking hands — not from Iraq, but from Macon, as he struggled with an NCOIC who was determined to break him and make him leave the Corps because he wouldn’t sell pure, unadulterated BS to the potential recruits. I didn’t have room to tell you about the unspoken loopholes pitfalls that a “picture of a perfect soldier” can be lured into during judicial proceedings and when reaching out for psychiatric counseling. I didn’t have room to tell you about an idealistic patriot watching his fellow Marines and soldiers cause more hostility among the population in al Anbar around them through heavy-handed application of (or disregard for) ill-communicated rules of engagement.