Mandia has won numerous awards for his work and received a Jack Nicholson scholarship to attend the MFA program at the University of Southern California 's film school .
He was a U.S. Marine infantryman and served two combat tours in Iraq , including the battle for Fallujah .
infantryman has won numerous awards for infantryman 's work and received a Jack Nicholson scholarship to attend the MFA program at the University of Southern California 's film school .
He was a U.S. Marine infantryman and served two combat tours in Iraq , including the battle for Fallujah .