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- Eric Kocher was born on November 6, 1980 in Northhampton, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Generation Kill (2008) and Making 'Generation Kill' (2008). He was previously married to Jamie Buffalari.
- SpouseJamie Buffalari(2001 - 2006) (divorced)
- In an effort to speed up his rehab, he took pliers and removed the pins that doctors used to reattach his finger, allowing him to bend it so he could shoot again.
- While in a gunfight in Fallujah, his Humvee was blown up by an RPG. His bones were broken, much of the flesh on his arm was burnt off, one of his eardrums shattered and his trigger finger dangled by a single strand of skin.
- Received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star for valor and two Navy commendations in five tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Served as Key Military Advisor on HBO's Generation Kill.
- In the history of filmmaking, there is only one movie that Marines like, and that's the first 20 minutes of Full Metal Jacket. After that, it all goes to shit.
- I made a two-page list of rules. Never take off your helmets, because that never happens. Never start shooting all over the place - cause it ain't f**king ever like that.
- To me it's not a disorder. It's just P-T-S: post-traumatic stress.
- The guys with the military experience, I think they knew just enough to be dangerous. We had to re-teach them the way we do stuff in reconnaissance. - Eric on the actors with previous military experience.
- Marines, particularly Recon, have got a very specific way that we speak on the radio. It's a language of nicknames piled on nicknames: we called one of our fellow Marines "Encino Man" but referred to him on the radio as "Echo Mike.
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