I've read he wanted to be a chaplain, but there were no openings, so he became a Humvee mechanic. I do not know if that is true.
She is so scripted and coached, it's ridiculous.
Another interesting note here: he was a MECHANIC and VOLUNTEERED to go on the rescue mission...he would NOT have had to do it because his job didn't require that. Perhaps the Army didn't LIE about his job after all.
And perhaps the truly sad thing here is that Casey Sheehan acted heroically, yet all that will be remembered of him is his mother's actions.