got a call from peterburg in april 2010, and he explained to me what the proj waekts about and asked sure. little context through that, is peteburg is, you know, a new yorker and big giant fan. so he had been following my story and my relationship with the giant. and then, in early 2010 i was a small part of an article that national geographic did on advancements in prosthetics and it featured a photo of me and i think that's where pete got the inspiration to cast me in the movie. >> in the military, you served in literally every major global conflict over the past two decades. kuwait, bosnia, afghanistan, and iraq. what do you understand when you bring that back to your domestic live in america about our national security that we need to understand better because we simply don't have your perspective? >> well, every time on every deployment, you are really humbled and blessed by what we have in america, freedoms that we have to do the things that we want to do and live a life without worrying about, you know, some government infringing on your life or having the road blow up under y