{"id":29458,"date":"2021-04-13T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/13\/last-out-elegy-of-a-green-beret-adapted-to-film\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:14:59","slug":"last-out-elegy-of-a-green-beret-adapted-to-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/04\/13\/last-out-elegy-of-a-green-beret-adapted-to-film\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret\u2019 adapted to film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Retired Green Beret-turned-playwright Scott Mann knows what it\u2019s like to struggle with returning home from combat and leaving the military. He\u2019s learned how to overcome that struggle by sharing his story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His play, \u201cLast Out: Elegy of a Green Beret<\/a>,\u201d brought the realities of life in the military to audiences across the country in its 2019 tour. Now, it\u2019s in production as a filming of the stage performance with a planned release for streaming later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mann, now 52, said he knew he wanted to join Special Forces when he was 14. Comparing his life to a play, he says the first act was spent preparing to earn his green beret, focusing on that singular goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second act of his life, Mann wore his beret with pride, serving 18 of his 23 years in the Army in Special Forces. After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, he repeatedly deployed to the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\t