From Marine to Actor: Maurice P. Kerry on PTSD, Betrayal & Starting Over

Well, the most important thing was, and, and we use the, we use the phrase often while we were there, is complacency kills.

You know? Um, and staying vigilant.

You know? S- keeping vigilant will keep you alive.

Uh, and remember your training.

You know? Um, and with that, you had to stick to, um, the things that you were taught.

You know, you had to listen to your, to your, to your command.

Even if you didn't agree with what they were saying, you had to stick with them because ultimately the main thing we wanted to do was just come back home alive.

You know? Um, I didn't realize how important and how, how strong, how strong, you know, mentally, going to combat would make me.

One of the things that I say all the time is I say, "In Iraq I was shot at and bombed, and my enemy couldn't kill me, so what the [censored] do you think your opinion can do to a man like me?" You know? People will say things, especially in the industry that I'm in now, people will say things and, and other type of people will crumble, and I'm like, "This, this life we live is cake in comparison to what it could be."