 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2003, akabatanidzwa ne1st Reconnaissance Battalion yeUnited States Marine Corps munguva dzekutanga dzekupinda kwe2003 muIraq. Wright akapedza nguva yake yose akabatanidzwa muchikwata chokuongorora chaitungamirirwa naSgt. Brad Colbert. Akanga ari pasi pemoto nemaMarine kwemavhiki anoverengeka, uye akavaperekedza pane poindi kureva, mumotokari inotungamira. Mumwe wemaMarine aiva muchikwata chacho akaudza The New York Times, kuti, Akanga ari munzvimbo yakaipisisa yokuva nomutori wenhau. Mukurwisana kwokutanga, akapfurwa 10 pasuo rake. Wright akaratidza kuonga nokuda kwevaMarines, asi akavanyevera kuti chirevo chomunyori wenhau ndechokuti kufadza nokutengesa. Akabudisa nhevedzano yenyaya dzemagazini yeRolling Stone yakanzi The Killer Elite iyo, muna 2004, yakagamuchira National Magazine Award yeReporting, mubairo wepamusoro mukunyora magazini. Ipapo akanyora Generation Kill. 