Sgt. Dominick Pilla was apart of the 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalionn that was apart of Task Force Ranger that was assigned to operate in Mogadishu as apart of Operation Gothic Serpent. Pilla was regarded as one of the favorites in the Ranger Regiment. Him, along with his friend Spec. Shawn Nelson, would peforme skits for the regiment, the most popular being Coach Steele: in which Pilla would mock Ranger Captian Mike Steele for his use of Football metaphors and his outgoing Christian Personality. He would also pull other pranks such as sticking tiny charges on soliders cigarettes that would explope halfway through the cigar.