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Did you guys hear
small arms fire?
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Did anybody clear
those rooms yet?
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-Negative.
-Okay.
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Stop them!
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Going out there to get them.
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Sergeant Smith is down?
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Smith is down.
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Is there anybody behind me?
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There they are!
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Right there!
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Corner of that building!
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Ready?
Go forward!
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There they are!
Light ’em up!
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November 29th.
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I want to kill.
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Cease fire!
Cease fire!
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Hold on!
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I may have already killed one
or some of these bastards
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with the Mk 19 grenades
or the SAW.
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I have
a reoccurring epiphany:
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this is happening and will
have a lasting impact on me
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for the rest of my life.
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Platoon!
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-Attention!
-Hoo-ah!
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My name is specialist
Michael Moriarty
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of the Charlie Company,
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3rd of the 172nd
Mountain Infantry.
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This recording will be an
ongoing video documentation
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of the day-to-day experiences
and accounts
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from the eyes of the fine
soldiers in Charlie Company.
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David, say hello to the camera.
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And there’s (unintelligible).
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Ooh.
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-This is some--
-Oh, yeah! Yeah!
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Go, National Guard.
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Okay, have y’all seen this one?
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Uh, good morning.
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This is Sergeant Stephen Pink
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from Kingston, Massachusetts.
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Getting ready for deployment
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to Iraq.
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Ah, God.
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There’s a camera in our door.
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The idea of the cameras
came around, I said,
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"Yeah, sure, I’ll take one."
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Like anything else
in the Army,
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when something new comes along,
everybody wants it.
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I mean, it doesn’t matter
if it’s socks or ammunition.
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You don’t like the camera?
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I’m not supposed
to talk to the media.
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I’m not the media.
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I’m not the media, dammit!
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I had some experience,
you know,
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with journalism
in college,
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and a little bit
after college.
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I couldn’t really tell if there
was any way to, like,
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truthfully tell a story
without putting a slant on it.
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I’ve got a degree in English
and minored in Sociology.
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My second year of college,
I saw this sign for, you know,
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help out with tuition,
and I made a rash decision.
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It also felt that
it was a time in my life
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when I needed
to kinda test myself
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and make sure that I could
accomplish something, right?
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-Go!
-It’s the real world.
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I don’t hear anything yet!
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Go! Go! Go!
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Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!
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Yeah!
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Low crawl, woo!
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An active duty soldier
is a full-time soldier.
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Hillman, just like
a crab does it!
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A National Guard soldier
is a citizen soldier.
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Oh, oh, look
at that silhouette.
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Wow, just exposed himself
to enemy fire.
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Doing a little plumbing here.
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He’s a citizen 28 days
of the month.
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Whoa!
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It landed over there,
but it was supposed to go here!
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This next shooter is
the videographer himself,
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yours truly,
Specialist Michael Moriarty.
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I joined
the National Guard
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in 1988
as a combat engineer.
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Look at the fat on that guy.
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I am a substantially
patriotic person,
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and on September 11th, uh,
it struck me hard.
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It struck me real hard.
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That was like somebody
hitting my house, to me,
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and, uh, I had--so badly
had to do something about it
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that I took time off of work
and I went to Ground Zero.
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And I saw it still--
still burning.
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And I wanted it to etch me
so bad that I never forgot it.
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I called a recruiter,
and I said,
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"You slot me into a unit
only if they go into Iraq."
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This is the first time
I will see combat.
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I came really close
during the first Gulf War,
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and the war ended
about three days
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before we were ready
to leave.
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-Forward!
-Forward!
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March!
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You’re not getting anything.
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This is our last pass overnight
with our families.
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The last two days
before we leave for Iraq.
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We look and smell nice!
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Hello.
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Hey, buddy!
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How are you, pal?
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Ooh, I love you so much!
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How are you?
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I miss you so much.
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I’ve been criticized
by family.
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I’ve been told,
more or less,
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that I’m
an irresponsible father,
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irresponsible husband,
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for making this decision.
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He’s so happy!
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I had a heart-to-heart
with my wife
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about what motivates
a soldier to want to go
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into a situation
he might not come back from.
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-See Daddy?
-Hi, baby!
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-Hi!
-Say hi to Daddy!
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It didn’t matter to her
if she understood it.
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She will do whatever
it takes to support me.
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A lot of soldiers dramatize,
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and you’re this patriotic,
self-serving guy, selfless,
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and you’re just doing it
to help save our way of life,
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but, ultimately
the average soldier’s
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just somebody like,
you know, my soldiers,
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and, you know,
just a guy like,
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"Damn, I got the call.
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Yeah, it sucks.
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Do I really wanna go?
Probably not."
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But they’re doing it.
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What else can you ask for
from a man?
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But you still
will go to Iraq today.
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It’s just another day
here in the barracks.
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Even the chairs around
this place are patriotic.
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Yep, no room for citizens
in here.
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I was born in Lebanon,
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(unintelligible)
Shiite Muslims, really.
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I moved here
when I was 10 years old.
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A few months after we got here,
they divorced,
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so, I lived with my mother.
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And after high school,
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I went ahead and joined
the U.S. Army
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where I spent four years
on active duty.
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I really wanted to travel,
anyways.
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It’s why--one of the reasons
I joined the Army.
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Yeah, I remember, like,
a month after I got activated
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to go to Iraq.
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She calls me up, and, uh,
she’s like,
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"I just saw the news,
and some mothers are sending
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their kids ACs
because it’s so hot."
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She’s like, "I was just thinking
you could take it with you."
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I’m like--I could
see myself, you know,
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with my rucksack on my back
and a AC above me.
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I’m like, "Mommy,
what’s the matter with you?"
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So how do you feel
about this deployment, sir?
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Just a second, by the way,
he’s an officer,
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so you’re gonna get
a political answer.
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I feel very good.
I got great troops,
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and, uh, great NCOs
to square me away,
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so I have no doubts that
we will succeed in our mission.
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Hoo-ah.
Good stuff, sir.
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Thank you for the honest
and forthright answer.
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Ahh, here’s some of my reading.
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Good little magazine here,
The Nation.
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Not a pro-Bush magazine.
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Then again,
who is nowadays?
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I love politics, you know,
I’m a political junkie.
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You know, I mean,
we’re here now
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because we have
a commander-in-chief
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that decided we need to go
to Iraq, so, you know...
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Right now, it’s like a train
that’s set in motion,
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you just can’t
turn back around.
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It was an historic moment
for Iraq,
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that beleaguered country.
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A temporary constitution
was signed,
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a first step toward
elections and sovereignty,
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and a major accomplishment
for the U.S.
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in what is expected to be
a long and difficult path
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for Iraq’s independence.
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Daddy’s gotta go to work.
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Why?
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Just because.
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Hoo-ah!
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-Hold the ranks!
-Hold the ranks!
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Ah, yeah, we’re ready
for the desert now!
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(unintelligible)
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(unintelligible) snow angel!
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Snow angels!
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The day is here.
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Life will change.
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-Good luck, Specialist.
-Thank you.
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Every soldier eventually
wants to go in combat.
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It’s a natural instinct,
like I said.
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If--it’s like, uh, training
a football player all season
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but never letting them
play in a game.
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There’s times
when you’re kind of afraid.
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But for the most part,
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we’re prepared
and we’re trained
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and we know
what we’re doing.
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If you let fear get to you,
then, you, uh,
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you’re really not
gonna be doing your job.
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Sit down, everybody!
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This is the real deal, man.
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Every soldier in the past,
they’re my heroes.
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Hopefully
I’ll be someone’s hero.
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-You ready?
-Bring it on.
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You ready?
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Here we go.
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Iraq, here we come.
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Bye, Matthew and Kenley
and Randi.
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You’re coming over here
to conduct a mission
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under Operation Iraqi Freedom
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that is absolutely vital
for our nation.
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You are in a danger area
right now, today, here in Iraq.
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Well, here we are.
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The scenic vista:
Camp Anaconda in Balad.
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We’re gonna be staying
in these giant tents
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until, uh, we’ll get some
improved living conditions.
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Welcome to Iraq, gentlemen.
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Only one year to go.
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-That’s all.
-There we go.
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What we’re talking about!
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Live free or die!
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This is home.
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Home, sweet home.
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Take a look
at these Humvees
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and see
what kinda damage
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has been done
the last couple of days.
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As you can see, that window
is four inches thick.
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It’s 75 pounds
just for the window itself.
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Holy shit!
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Jesus Christ.
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Whoo!
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Camp Anaconda is the most
attacked base in the country.
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Gets mortar attacks
on a daily basis.
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This still remains
a pretty damn dangerous place.
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That’s the all-clear.
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I have no place to go.
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This is the,
and I’m serious...
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If one hits here...
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If we end up
in a survival situation,
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I give you guys
permission to eat me.
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Well, chances are we’d get
resupplied in a week,
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so, we wouldn’t need
to eat you.
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You don’t need a resupply
in a week if you’re eating me,
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you’re good for a month.
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There’s the mount
for the camera right there.
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I’m gonna patent that shit.
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Bank.
254
00:13:53,393 --> 00:13:55,095
Come on, let’s roll!
255
00:13:57,634 --> 00:14:00,540
Our primary mission
is convoy security.
256
00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,942
We go out every day.
257
00:14:01,942 --> 00:14:06,017
We go to the KBR/Halliburton
truck yard.
258
00:14:06,017 --> 00:14:07,721
We escort their convoy
to wherever,
259
00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:11,027
usually it’s Scania,
and we take one back.
260
00:14:13,265 --> 00:14:16,972
The stuff that KBR’s driving
is logistical stuff.
261
00:14:16,972 --> 00:14:19,143
We’re moving, uh, cheese.
262
00:14:21,014 --> 00:14:24,655
Cheese, food, soda, paper
supply, and fuel, too.
263
00:14:30,332 --> 00:14:32,236
Hey, it’s my guy that’s here,
I want you to get up there.
264
00:14:32,236 --> 00:14:33,973
We’re gonna be
vehicle number 6.
265
00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:36,277
I need you get up there
cautiously and safely.
266
00:14:36,277 --> 00:14:37,948
Nassir will help you out.
267
00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:43,926
Hey, numb-nuts!
268
00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:45,229
Be careful around the bend.
269
00:14:47,099 --> 00:14:49,938
You leave the wire,
your main concerns are IEDs,
270
00:14:49,938 --> 00:14:53,546
which are improvised
explosive devices.
271
00:14:53,546 --> 00:14:55,249
And the other one is RPGs,
272
00:14:55,249 --> 00:14:56,886
which are
rocket-propelled grenades,
273
00:14:56,886 --> 00:14:58,589
Bazookas, whatever
you wanna call ’em.
274
00:15:00,493 --> 00:15:03,466
The most worrisome
for people is, uh, VBIED,
275
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which is vehicle-borne IED,
276
00:15:06,304 --> 00:15:08,576
which is army name
for a car bomb.
277
00:15:13,619 --> 00:15:15,757
We’re here waiting to go over
this pontoon bridge.
278
00:15:17,994 --> 00:15:20,700
I’m watching you.
279
00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:24,273
I’m watching you watching me.
280
00:15:24,273 --> 00:15:29,250
Y-M-C-A
281
00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:35,229
It’s good to stay
at the Y-M-C-A
282
00:15:43,078 --> 00:15:45,048
What’s up, man?
283
00:15:45,048 --> 00:15:46,552
What are you selling?
284
00:15:46,552 --> 00:15:47,754
Y’got any dope?
285
00:15:47,754 --> 00:15:49,591
-Any dope?
-Yeah.
286
00:15:49,591 --> 00:15:50,927
-No.
-Smoke? No?
287
00:15:50,927 --> 00:15:52,062
-Smoke?
-Yeah.
288
00:15:52,062 --> 00:15:53,265
-Cigarettes?
-No, man.
289
00:15:53,265 --> 00:15:55,603
Holy shit, look at the size
of those cigarettes, huh?
290
00:15:55,603 --> 00:15:57,072
-Hey, what’s up, bro?
-What’s up?
291
00:15:57,072 --> 00:15:59,277
-What’re you selling, man?
-Knife.
292
00:15:59,277 --> 00:16:01,080
A knife? How much?
293
00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,617
Gimme five, man, gimme five.
294
00:16:02,617 --> 00:16:03,986
-Huh?
-Gimme five, bro!
295
00:16:03,986 --> 00:16:05,723
-Five?
-Gimme five!
296
00:16:05,723 --> 00:16:07,827
-What’s five?
-Hit my hand, man.
297
00:16:07,827 --> 00:16:08,863
Like this, I’ll show you.
298
00:16:08,863 --> 00:16:09,932
Put your hand like that, ready?
299
00:16:09,932 --> 00:16:11,034
-Like this.
-Okay.
300
00:16:11,034 --> 00:16:11,869
Like that.
301
00:16:11,869 --> 00:16:13,806
Yeah, now you’re talking.
302
00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:16,244
Yeah! All right.
303
00:16:16,244 --> 00:16:17,981
Ah, you see the size
of that knife?
304
00:16:17,981 --> 00:16:20,285
Look at the size of the kid
selling it.
305
00:16:20,285 --> 00:16:22,122
Go tell your uncle,
"Stop setting IEDs.
306
00:16:22,122 --> 00:16:24,360
Sell fucking knives instead."
307
00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,331
What is that?
Oh, all right.
308
00:16:26,331 --> 00:16:29,103
You got anything
with farm animals?
309
00:16:29,103 --> 00:16:31,575
Animals?
310
00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:33,579
You know, if I was
in a religious cult,
311
00:16:33,579 --> 00:16:35,783
I would probably buy that,
you know?
312
00:16:35,783 --> 00:16:38,589
But, uh, I’m not,
so, no thanks.
313
00:16:38,589 --> 00:16:39,891
Oh, okay.
314
00:16:42,496 --> 00:16:44,935
The kids, sometimes
they’ll wave and smile,
315
00:16:44,935 --> 00:16:47,874
and other times they’ll
flip you off, you know?
316
00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:49,945
You see people out there
walking on the road,
317
00:16:49,945 --> 00:16:51,915
and automatically
you assume that they may have
318
00:16:51,915 --> 00:16:54,855
something to do with--
with an IED going off.
319
00:16:54,855 --> 00:16:56,491
It’s unfortunate
for Iraqi civilians,
320
00:16:56,491 --> 00:16:59,063
but any guy’ll tell ya
that it’s gonna be
321
00:16:59,063 --> 00:17:01,167
our safety
before theirs.
322
00:17:03,839 --> 00:17:07,479
Good evening. The war in Iraq
is back on, big time.
323
00:17:07,479 --> 00:17:08,716
American forces
are fighting
324
00:17:08,716 --> 00:17:10,920
Shiite militia
south of Baghdad.
325
00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,659
In the past 48 hours,
coalition forces
326
00:17:13,659 --> 00:17:16,899
have battled extremist
Shiite militants across Iraq
327
00:17:16,899 --> 00:17:18,301
in some
of the fiercest fighting
328
00:17:18,301 --> 00:17:20,773
since the U.S. invasion
a year ago.
329
00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:22,544
U.S. forces have
announced a warrant
330
00:17:22,544 --> 00:17:25,683
for the arrest of firebrand
sheikh Muqtada al-Sadr,
331
00:17:25,683 --> 00:17:27,352
the ringleader
behind the violence.
332
00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:39,243
It’s, uh, oh-dark-thirty
in the morning,
333
00:17:39,243 --> 00:17:40,980
and we’re rolling out.
334
00:17:40,980 --> 00:17:42,817
Things are hot and heavy
out there.
335
00:17:42,817 --> 00:17:46,290
We got a cleric out there
that’s, uh, had a call to arms,
336
00:17:46,290 --> 00:17:49,096
and he’s creating
quite a hassle for us.
337
00:17:50,031 --> 00:17:52,002
-Uh...
-Whoo!
338
00:18:00,418 --> 00:18:02,389
-IED!
-Are we on fire?!
339
00:18:02,389 --> 00:18:03,759
IED! IED!
340
00:18:03,759 --> 00:18:05,228
-IED!
-Fucking A.
341
00:18:07,232 --> 00:18:08,368
IED!
342
00:18:11,407 --> 00:18:12,811
Look for a target!
343
00:18:26,237 --> 00:18:27,472
Where? Where?
344
00:18:41,735 --> 00:18:43,204
Come on, bitch!
345
00:18:48,514 --> 00:18:50,518
Fuckin’ son of a bitch.
346
00:18:55,595 --> 00:18:57,432
Today was the first time
I shook a man’s hand
347
00:18:57,432 --> 00:19:00,171
that wasn’t attached
to his arm.
348
00:19:00,171 --> 00:19:01,374
So I was
the first one there
349
00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:04,280
and immediately clamped
Reggie’s brachial artery.
350
00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:05,750
I looked down
at his hand dangling
351
00:19:05,750 --> 00:19:09,390
from the exposed bone
that used to be his elbow,
352
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:10,960
like a child’s
safety-clipped mittens
353
00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,999
dangling from
their winter coat.
354
00:19:13,999 --> 00:19:15,168
If I play the odds,
355
00:19:15,168 --> 00:19:18,541
one of us will die
before the tour is over.
356
00:19:18,541 --> 00:19:20,578
It’s something that I don’t
like to think about.
357
00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,033
After being back here
for about an hour or two,
358
00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:32,369
time to stop
and think about
359
00:19:32,369 --> 00:19:34,975
what you had
just been through.
360
00:19:34,975 --> 00:19:38,381
There were guys saying prayers
at the table, and, uh,
361
00:19:38,381 --> 00:19:40,251
we all got choked up.
362
00:19:40,251 --> 00:19:42,222
It comes down on ya
like a ton of bricks...
363
00:19:43,993 --> 00:19:48,034
...how close you just came to
never seeing your family again,
364
00:19:48,034 --> 00:19:49,670
never seeing
my kids again.
365
00:20:05,903 --> 00:20:07,774
Brush your teeth, okay?
366
00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:10,913
Matthew is so close
with his dad.
367
00:20:10,913 --> 00:20:14,988
He says that, you know,
Daddy’s his best friend.
368
00:20:14,988 --> 00:20:17,459
You’re practicing your play
today in school.
369
00:20:19,396 --> 00:20:21,534
I’m gonna videotape it
for Daddy.
370
00:20:24,339 --> 00:20:25,743
Careful, pal.
371
00:20:25,743 --> 00:20:28,114
It’s really hard for him
to not have his dad
372
00:20:28,114 --> 00:20:30,552
and to not understand...
373
00:20:30,552 --> 00:20:32,957
There, lay down!
374
00:20:32,957 --> 00:20:35,562
One. Two.
375
00:20:35,562 --> 00:20:37,867
Kenley’s growing up.
376
00:20:37,867 --> 00:20:40,338
She’s gonna be a different
person when he comes home,
377
00:20:40,338 --> 00:20:41,975
and that’s
really difficult.
378
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,225
I’ve never
been alone,
379
00:20:50,225 --> 00:20:53,064
so I’ve never
been independent.
380
00:20:53,064 --> 00:20:55,268
For him to say that
he’s joining the military
381
00:20:55,268 --> 00:20:58,341
to go to Iraq
was really hard for me,
382
00:20:58,341 --> 00:21:01,848
and I--at first, I was not
willing to let Mike go.
383
00:21:01,848 --> 00:21:04,186
But he felt that
something was missing.
384
00:21:05,355 --> 00:21:06,757
He worked for
a forklift company,
385
00:21:06,757 --> 00:21:09,931
and they kinda downsized,
and his job got eliminated,
386
00:21:09,931 --> 00:21:12,702
so then he became
a stay-at-home dad for a year.
387
00:21:23,892 --> 00:21:27,365
Mike needed to do this,
and if I held him back,
388
00:21:27,365 --> 00:21:29,336
he would’ve been
bitter towards me.
389
00:21:40,859 --> 00:21:42,830
That’s my new backpack.
390
00:21:42,830 --> 00:21:44,199
Where’d you get it?
391
00:21:44,199 --> 00:21:45,301
-From my daddy.
-Open up!
392
00:21:45,301 --> 00:21:47,840
Open up! No.
393
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,774
Hey!
394
00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:55,555
Up here on the roof
of the IHP building,
395
00:21:55,555 --> 00:21:58,361
securing the perimeter
from this angle.
396
00:22:00,098 --> 00:22:01,767
Here we are
in a fighting position
397
00:22:01,767 --> 00:22:04,373
with machine guns
and--and Mk 19s.
398
00:22:06,043 --> 00:22:09,082
But, uh, this is actually
someone’s backyard down here,
399
00:22:09,082 --> 00:22:10,285
right below us,
400
00:22:10,285 --> 00:22:12,589
and there’s this little boy
that plays there.
401
00:22:12,589 --> 00:22:14,326
He just kinda wanders around
talking to himself
402
00:22:14,326 --> 00:22:16,697
and torturing his little
chickens over there.
403
00:22:20,204 --> 00:22:23,344
This little kid
is in a world of his own,
404
00:22:23,344 --> 00:22:25,181
surrounded by all this stuff.
405
00:22:35,903 --> 00:22:38,741
Funny little kids
in the middle of a war zone.
406
00:22:40,979 --> 00:22:42,415
You just hope
that they don’t turn bad
407
00:22:42,415 --> 00:22:44,686
as they get older
like many of ’em do.
408
00:22:59,483 --> 00:23:00,919
It’s not even 6 o’clock.
409
00:23:00,919 --> 00:23:03,724
It’s fucking hot already.
410
00:23:03,724 --> 00:23:06,430
In order for them to continue
running missions in Iraq,
411
00:23:06,430 --> 00:23:11,273
KBR insisted that the Army
provide shooters
412
00:23:11,273 --> 00:23:13,444
for every other one
of their trucks.
413
00:23:13,444 --> 00:23:17,152
Which means they take
rear echelon motherfuckers,
414
00:23:17,152 --> 00:23:21,794
and they put ’em inside
the KBR truck with an M16,
415
00:23:21,794 --> 00:23:22,796
so they...
416
00:23:22,796 --> 00:23:24,132
This guy right here
thought it’d be
417
00:23:24,132 --> 00:23:27,472
fucking changing pillow cases
the whole time in Iraq,
418
00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:28,541
and now he’s sitting
in a truck
419
00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:30,812
in the most vulnerable position.
420
00:23:30,812 --> 00:23:32,215
More vulnerable
than the MPs
421
00:23:32,215 --> 00:23:35,521
because the KBR trucks are
more of a target than we are.
422
00:23:42,235 --> 00:23:46,844
Army truck drivers make
17 grand a year, you know, E5.
423
00:23:46,844 --> 00:23:48,647
So they outsource it,
privatized,
424
00:23:48,647 --> 00:23:49,716
save the Army money,
425
00:23:49,716 --> 00:23:53,724
and now we pay KBR 120 grand
to do the same job.
426
00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:56,497
KBR trucks,
our course is, uh,
427
00:23:56,497 --> 00:23:58,767
Kellogg, Brown, and Root.
428
00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:00,605
Owned by Halliburton,
429
00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:03,344
run by the vice president,
Dick Cheney.
430
00:24:05,715 --> 00:24:07,585
KBR annoys me.
431
00:24:07,585 --> 00:24:10,024
I don’t wanna talk politics,
but, man...
432
00:24:10,024 --> 00:24:11,527
They got it good.
433
00:24:11,527 --> 00:24:14,432
Take every store
in your town,
434
00:24:14,432 --> 00:24:16,270
every gas station,
police department,
435
00:24:16,270 --> 00:24:19,843
fire department, and let it
all be run by one company.
436
00:24:19,843 --> 00:24:22,248
I mean, that’s basically
what they do.
437
00:24:22,248 --> 00:24:26,623
They have their hands in
anything you can think of.
438
00:24:26,623 --> 00:24:28,227
First Platoon, get some chow.
439
00:24:28,227 --> 00:24:29,729
KBR runs all our chow halls.
440
00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:30,731
Today we’re having
441
00:24:30,731 --> 00:24:32,235
Middle Eastern
Swedish Meatballs,
442
00:24:32,235 --> 00:24:34,673
and Iraqi freedom fries.
443
00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:36,243
Look at all these plates, huh?
444
00:24:37,512 --> 00:24:39,416
To charge the military food,
445
00:24:39,416 --> 00:24:41,687
they’re gonna put out
4,000 plates,
446
00:24:41,687 --> 00:24:43,190
times $28 a plate.
447
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:44,793
So when people take two,
448
00:24:44,793 --> 00:24:46,597
’cause sometimes we take one
and then we’ll take one
449
00:24:46,597 --> 00:24:48,667
and put it on top
to keep it warm,
450
00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:51,740
it’s 56 bucks
KBR just charged the government
451
00:24:54,379 --> 00:24:57,652
Everybody there
stands to make money
452
00:24:57,652 --> 00:24:59,522
the longer we’re there.
453
00:24:59,522 --> 00:25:02,261
So that’s why they refer to it
as the war for cheese.
454
00:25:05,134 --> 00:25:06,136
You know,
there’s been some changes
455
00:25:06,136 --> 00:25:07,739
on the Anaconda here.
456
00:25:07,739 --> 00:25:10,244
We got a drive-thru window
at Burger King now,
457
00:25:10,244 --> 00:25:11,480
which is great,
and they’re wide enough
458
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,350
so Humvees
can go through.
459
00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:15,021
So on your way out to work,
460
00:25:15,021 --> 00:25:16,390
you can grab, you know,
a burger,
461
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:19,095
maybe some french fries
or something.
462
00:25:19,095 --> 00:25:21,933
It makes it feel--
feel like home.
463
00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:23,971
I’m just kidding!
That’s not true.
464
00:25:26,476 --> 00:25:27,745
There’s my new driver.
465
00:25:27,745 --> 00:25:30,184
Specialist Steven Rizza,
fucking lunatic.
466
00:25:30,184 --> 00:25:33,257
Hey, how many people have you
bumped with the Humvee so far?
467
00:25:33,257 --> 00:25:34,759
Nobody! I don’t bump anybody.
468
00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:36,396
I use my directional
all the time.
469
00:25:36,396 --> 00:25:38,834
I’m a very courteous
and professional driver.
470
00:25:38,834 --> 00:25:40,771
You’re a fucking bullshit
artist, too.
471
00:25:47,985 --> 00:25:50,591
You almost have to have
a false sense of security
472
00:25:50,591 --> 00:25:52,095
to do this business.
473
00:25:52,095 --> 00:25:54,332
Move over! Move over!
474
00:25:55,434 --> 00:25:56,970
Get out of the way!
475
00:25:59,676 --> 00:26:02,148
You almost have to convince
yourself, in your head,
476
00:26:02,148 --> 00:26:03,550
that it won’t happen to me.
477
00:26:05,621 --> 00:26:08,127
Get the fuck
out of the way! Go!
478
00:26:08,127 --> 00:26:10,498
We’re stopped up here.
We’re stopped.
479
00:26:10,498 --> 00:26:13,504
There’s a woman in there!
There’s a woman in there.
480
00:26:13,504 --> 00:26:14,506
Good job.
481
00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:15,574
Fuckin’ outstanding.
482
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,411
Pay attention!
483
00:26:22,421 --> 00:26:23,490
Move over!
484
00:26:26,429 --> 00:26:28,200
From where?
485
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,502
Fucking three o’clock.
486
00:26:29,502 --> 00:26:31,706
-Uh, taking fire.
-We’re taking fire.
487
00:26:31,706 --> 00:26:34,212
I can’t see it.
I can’t see it.
488
00:26:39,823 --> 00:26:42,027
If you didn’t
have any faith,
489
00:26:42,027 --> 00:26:43,430
you’d probably have
a very hard time
490
00:26:43,430 --> 00:26:45,267
leaving that wire
every day.
491
00:26:53,383 --> 00:26:56,156
Basically, we’re like, uh...
492
00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:59,162
the mother of all street cops,
if you will.
493
00:26:59,162 --> 00:27:00,431
Stop!
494
00:27:00,431 --> 00:27:01,666
Stop! Halt!
495
00:27:01,666 --> 00:27:03,102
In America, you just
kinda put your hand up
496
00:27:03,102 --> 00:27:04,372
and you say, "Stop."
497
00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:06,309
Uh, in Iraq,
that means "Hello."
498
00:27:06,309 --> 00:27:09,549
Uh, this is stop, so,
the guy sees a U.S. soldier
499
00:27:09,549 --> 00:27:11,386
telling him "Hello"
over and over and over,
500
00:27:11,386 --> 00:27:12,588
and next thing you know,
he sees a soldier
501
00:27:12,588 --> 00:27:14,559
telling him hello
in a different way.
502
00:27:15,527 --> 00:27:16,563
Come on!
503
00:27:16,563 --> 00:27:18,099
Occupation doesn’t
really come naturally
504
00:27:18,099 --> 00:27:20,437
for an infantry outfit.
505
00:27:20,437 --> 00:27:24,212
It’s there to be an
efficient destroying machine.
506
00:27:24,212 --> 00:27:25,547
I find it interesting,
all these dudes
507
00:27:25,547 --> 00:27:27,050
that come sitting out here
like they didn’t do nothing.
508
00:27:27,050 --> 00:27:29,322
Yeah, that’s where
they were the other day.
509
00:27:29,322 --> 00:27:30,758
When we sat
on that jackknife,
510
00:27:30,758 --> 00:27:32,495
they were so fucking
frustrated with us,
511
00:27:32,495 --> 00:27:33,630
they started yelling.
512
00:27:35,467 --> 00:27:36,836
You fucking shoulda shot ’em.
513
00:27:36,836 --> 00:27:38,039
I’m not getting
that fucking truck.
514
00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:41,346
Hostile intent.
You shoulda fucking shot ’em.
515
00:27:41,346 --> 00:27:44,419
You take 150,000 U.S. soldiers
out of America,
516
00:27:44,419 --> 00:27:47,458
and you transplant ’em
to Iraq for a year,
517
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:49,963
and with absolutely
zero training whatsoever
518
00:27:49,963 --> 00:27:51,299
about the culture.
519
00:27:52,868 --> 00:27:54,505
It doesn’t take a shrink
to tell you,
520
00:27:54,505 --> 00:27:56,476
ignorance is one
of the first steps
521
00:27:56,476 --> 00:27:58,213
towards prejudice.
522
00:28:03,055 --> 00:28:05,194
That is one serious afro.
523
00:28:05,194 --> 00:28:06,329
She must’ve spent hours
524
00:28:06,329 --> 00:28:07,965
picking that thing out
in the morning.
525
00:28:14,312 --> 00:28:15,881
I told ’em I’m 25 years old.
526
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,355
He’s 10 years old.
527
00:28:19,355 --> 00:28:21,292
I was born and raised the
first 10 years of my life
528
00:28:21,292 --> 00:28:22,995
in Lebanon, so, uh,
529
00:28:22,995 --> 00:28:25,267
I guess naturally,
I’m, uh, fluent in Arabic.
530
00:28:25,267 --> 00:28:26,436
Sometimes people
come up to me like,
531
00:28:26,436 --> 00:28:28,139
"Man, that’s so cool,
you know Arabic."
532
00:28:34,117 --> 00:28:36,723
He asked me if I had
a donkey, I said nah.
533
00:28:36,723 --> 00:28:38,927
The ones that I do talk to,
for the most part,
534
00:28:38,927 --> 00:28:40,798
are, you know,
they get a kick out of it.
535
00:28:40,798 --> 00:28:41,800
Eventually they ask me,
536
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,537
"How the hell do you get
a visa to America?"
537
00:28:43,537 --> 00:28:45,274
I’m like, "I was 10, man,
I don’t know.
538
00:28:45,274 --> 00:28:47,645
My parents got it for me."
539
00:28:47,645 --> 00:28:50,016
I guess that’s every
foreigner’s, uh, dream.
540
00:28:55,126 --> 00:28:57,431
Asked him if he likes America,
he says yes.
541
00:29:11,860 --> 00:29:16,936
And when the flower
blooming in spring, so...
542
00:29:16,936 --> 00:29:20,878
He 25, 26 years old,
and I still believe, like,
543
00:29:20,878 --> 00:29:24,685
he is a little baby
in my eyes.
544
00:29:24,685 --> 00:29:27,992
And I fight a lot
with Zaher.
545
00:29:27,992 --> 00:29:32,000
Because, probably,
we both look, um,
546
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,670
have same personality.
547
00:29:33,670 --> 00:29:38,245
He’s very sociable
and love people and, uh,
548
00:29:38,245 --> 00:29:40,651
a short fuse,
and I’m like that.
549
00:29:40,651 --> 00:29:44,358
So we always, like,
hang up in each other.
550
00:29:44,358 --> 00:29:47,598
I shouldn’t say it,
but I said it anyway.
551
00:29:49,502 --> 00:29:53,443
He like to be big shot.
552
00:29:53,443 --> 00:29:56,950
When he was in Lebanon,
he was president to his class,
553
00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:58,252
and when we came here,
554
00:29:58,252 --> 00:30:01,993
he also was president
to his class.
555
00:30:03,897 --> 00:30:08,038
I think he felt he doesn’t
have enough support from me
556
00:30:08,038 --> 00:30:09,909
for college.
557
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:13,350
Like when we first came,
I don’t know the language,
558
00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:16,154
and you cannot bring
your house with you.
559
00:30:16,154 --> 00:30:18,225
You leave everything behind.
560
00:30:21,064 --> 00:30:24,705
You bring suitcase
full with, uh, clothes,
561
00:30:24,705 --> 00:30:26,376
that’s all.
562
00:30:34,024 --> 00:30:38,500
One time, militia shoot
from the street at my house,
563
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:44,244
and the army shoot back
from my bathroom window.
564
00:30:46,616 --> 00:30:48,853
Zaher was
very, very little boy,
565
00:30:48,853 --> 00:30:52,861
and we stuck in the bathroom,
four of us,
566
00:30:52,861 --> 00:30:57,236
and my kids
just so scared.
567
00:30:59,074 --> 00:31:02,781
I never thought
he’s gonna be army man.
568
00:31:02,781 --> 00:31:05,721
He felt the army
give him discipline
569
00:31:05,721 --> 00:31:09,395
and make him man
more than raised by women.
570
00:31:19,782 --> 00:31:21,953
He didn’t even listen.
571
00:31:24,458 --> 00:31:28,098
Life no sense
for me anymore.
572
00:31:28,098 --> 00:31:29,502
Because I have my shop,
573
00:31:29,502 --> 00:31:31,773
I have my car,
I have my house.
574
00:31:31,773 --> 00:31:34,545
Here I am: I came, I won,
I saved these kids,
575
00:31:34,545 --> 00:31:40,389
and then I bring my kid
to be in the worst place
576
00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:44,030
in the whole world, I mean...
577
00:31:44,030 --> 00:31:46,602
Well, he’s my life.
578
00:31:59,962 --> 00:32:02,400
And here we have
Sergeant Bazzi
579
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,738
communicating
with the local people.
580
00:32:04,738 --> 00:32:07,043
Think he might be a spy.
581
00:32:07,043 --> 00:32:09,482
Don’t quite trust him.
582
00:32:09,482 --> 00:32:11,017
What’s he doing?
He’s plotting against us.
583
00:32:11,017 --> 00:32:12,488
I know he is.
584
00:32:12,488 --> 00:32:15,159
Yep! Ya see?
585
00:32:15,159 --> 00:32:16,696
The deal is sealed.
586
00:32:16,696 --> 00:32:18,265
In order to keep your sanity
in the Army,
587
00:32:18,265 --> 00:32:19,300
you have to have
a thick skin,
588
00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:21,371
’cause everybody
rags on everybody.
589
00:32:21,371 --> 00:32:22,373
You practicing
our handshakes?
590
00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:24,110
What the hell is this?
591
00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:25,412
A fraternity?
592
00:32:25,412 --> 00:32:27,016
What a traitor.
593
00:32:29,420 --> 00:32:30,657
All right.
594
00:32:37,905 --> 00:32:39,942
Every war has got
its own little, uh,
595
00:32:39,942 --> 00:32:41,679
term to dehumanize
the other side,
596
00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:43,048
and we had "gooks"
in Vietnam,
597
00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:45,720
and this war has hajis.
598
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,390
Fucking hajis
got a fucking plan
599
00:32:47,390 --> 00:32:50,462
to take us all out.
600
00:32:50,462 --> 00:32:53,903
But we don’t plan on letting
that fucking happen now, do we?
601
00:32:53,903 --> 00:32:55,807
Hell. No.
602
00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,009
Becomes almost like a filler,
you know.
603
00:32:57,009 --> 00:33:01,251
Anybody that’s non-American
almost becomes a haji.
604
00:33:01,251 --> 00:33:03,021
It originated because, uh,
605
00:33:03,021 --> 00:33:05,594
a lot of the older men
in Arab cultures
606
00:33:05,594 --> 00:33:07,063
have done their pilgrimage
to Mecca,
607
00:33:07,063 --> 00:33:08,733
so when you come back,
you become a haji.
608
00:33:08,733 --> 00:33:12,206
So it’s used by Arabs for Arabs
as a term of respect,
609
00:33:12,206 --> 00:33:16,381
but somehow I don’t think
the U.S. soldier on a patrol
610
00:33:16,381 --> 00:33:19,320
is using it
in that context.
611
00:33:22,026 --> 00:33:24,063
The bad guys,
or the insurgents,
612
00:33:24,063 --> 00:33:27,638
I’m sure they have their own
derogatory term towards us.
613
00:33:27,638 --> 00:33:30,577
Maybe it’s just part
of human affairs and war.
614
00:33:33,148 --> 00:33:36,321
This is what happens when
you fuck with the Americans.
615
00:33:42,466 --> 00:33:45,205
We were just informed
by our squad leader
616
00:33:45,205 --> 00:33:48,278
that we’ll get the night off,
which is good.
617
00:33:48,278 --> 00:33:52,420
Sometimes you get fucked
and you work extra and, uh,
618
00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:53,756
sometimes this happens.
619
00:33:56,562 --> 00:33:59,434
What are ya doing, man?
620
00:33:59,434 --> 00:34:01,004
Making a pistol.
621
00:34:01,004 --> 00:34:02,440
Why are ya making a pistol?
622
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,712
’Cause they won’t give me one.
623
00:34:04,712 --> 00:34:06,982
So what the hell are ya
gonna do with that thing?
624
00:34:06,982 --> 00:34:09,053
I’m gonna scare people
with it.
625
00:34:10,957 --> 00:34:13,495
Waving the M16 isn’t
gonna make an Iraqi civilian
626
00:34:13,495 --> 00:34:14,932
move out of the way.
627
00:34:14,932 --> 00:34:17,503
But if you point a pistol at
them, they’ll run like hell,
628
00:34:17,503 --> 00:34:19,474
because that’s what Saddam
and his agents used
629
00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:21,111
to murder Iraqis here.
630
00:34:21,111 --> 00:34:22,814
They all used pistols.
631
00:34:28,391 --> 00:34:30,864
You gonna make one
for everybody?
632
00:34:30,864 --> 00:34:32,601
Do I look fucking stupid?
633
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:40,917
Today is, uh,
"Sporting Chance Tuesday."
634
00:34:40,917 --> 00:34:43,188
Onward, Christian soldiers!
635
00:34:43,188 --> 00:34:46,194
We like to give these
insurgents a fair chance.
636
00:34:46,194 --> 00:34:49,367
So what we do,
we ride with the windows down,
637
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:52,106
because, you know,
we obviously have the advantage.
638
00:34:54,845 --> 00:34:56,114
I’m just kidding,
we don’t fucking ride
639
00:34:56,114 --> 00:34:58,451
with the goddamn windows down.
640
00:34:58,451 --> 00:35:00,322
That’s not true.
641
00:35:00,322 --> 00:35:02,059
Very unsafe.
642
00:35:05,098 --> 00:35:06,568
Whoa.
643
00:35:06,568 --> 00:35:07,771
Right there.
644
00:35:07,771 --> 00:35:09,641
All right, let’s get over
to that site.
645
00:35:12,446 --> 00:35:14,550
Be advised, we’re, uh,
leaving Taji right now.
646
00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:16,020
We believe that, uh,
647
00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:18,191
the blast was right
outside the gate of Taji.
648
00:35:18,191 --> 00:35:19,493
We’re heading
to that location now.
649
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:20,429
Over.
650
00:35:22,934 --> 00:35:24,237
That’s a fucking car bomb!
651
00:35:24,237 --> 00:35:26,574
Motherfuckers!
652
00:35:26,574 --> 00:35:27,677
Get your vest on!
653
00:35:27,677 --> 00:35:30,717
Hey! Get over the fucking
Sheriff One-Six out,
654
00:35:30,717 --> 00:35:32,486
One-Four elements,
get to the gate.
655
00:35:32,486 --> 00:35:34,691
Sheriff One-Six
or any One-Four elements,
656
00:35:34,691 --> 00:35:36,996
we need you at the gate
of Taji right now.
657
00:35:36,996 --> 00:35:37,998
Over.
658
00:35:41,537 --> 00:35:42,974
Any move One-Four element.
659
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:43,976
This is One-Four Alpha.
660
00:35:43,976 --> 00:35:45,747
Over.
661
00:35:45,747 --> 00:35:46,882
Stay low, Rizzy.
662
00:35:46,882 --> 00:35:49,320
Over to the right.
663
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,522
Get your bag, get your bag!
664
00:35:50,522 --> 00:35:52,326
Yeah, yeah, I got it!
665
00:35:57,236 --> 00:35:59,607
It was--
it was mass casualties.
666
00:35:59,607 --> 00:36:02,948
Probably 20 dead,
20 or 30 wounded Iraqis.
667
00:36:10,529 --> 00:36:12,633
It just looked like,
you know,
668
00:36:12,633 --> 00:36:14,603
someone had--had thrown
a quarter through a guy
669
00:36:14,603 --> 00:36:15,907
and it was just, like...
670
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,911
there was no blood coming
from the shrapnel wounds.
671
00:36:17,911 --> 00:36:19,681
Everything was cauterized,
and it was just like
672
00:36:19,681 --> 00:36:23,288
there was a void going--
going through their body.
673
00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:27,029
This is the scene north.
674
00:36:27,029 --> 00:36:30,002
They just, uh,
removed a burnt body,
675
00:36:30,002 --> 00:36:32,239
or half a body from here.
676
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:33,876
I don’t think there
was anything left, uh,
677
00:36:33,876 --> 00:36:35,612
from his abdominal down.
678
00:36:38,218 --> 00:36:40,355
This is blood.
679
00:36:40,355 --> 00:36:43,294
And, uh, you know,
you’re walking,
680
00:36:43,294 --> 00:36:45,967
you hear the pieces of skin
and...
681
00:36:47,937 --> 00:36:49,673
That’s all that’s left.
682
00:36:50,977 --> 00:36:53,014
I remember
giving three IVs,
683
00:36:53,014 --> 00:36:55,085
bandaging several wounded.
684
00:36:55,085 --> 00:36:56,855
Soldiers sitting
in the corner
685
00:36:56,855 --> 00:36:59,995
of a sandbag wall
shaking and screaming.
686
00:36:59,995 --> 00:37:02,366
Medics who were terrified
and couldn’t perform.
687
00:37:05,005 --> 00:37:07,709
I later heard
that Iraqi casualties
688
00:37:07,709 --> 00:37:09,647
were not to be treated
in Taji.
689
00:37:09,647 --> 00:37:11,684
They can work on the post
for pennies,
690
00:37:11,684 --> 00:37:12,719
but can’t die there.
691
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:14,657
They’ve got to die outside.
692
00:37:17,329 --> 00:37:19,600
If one of those
incompetent medical officers
693
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,439
told me
to stop treatment,
694
00:37:22,439 --> 00:37:24,677
I would’ve slit his throat
right there.
695
00:37:34,296 --> 00:37:35,699
Twenty-one-hundred hours,
696
00:37:35,699 --> 00:37:37,069
and it’s just our squad
697
00:37:37,069 --> 00:37:40,442
going through today’s events
in our heads.
698
00:37:40,442 --> 00:37:42,947
Whether we want to or not.
699
00:37:42,947 --> 00:37:44,517
More violence in Iraq.
700
00:37:44,517 --> 00:37:46,287
Twin suicide car bombings
701
00:37:46,287 --> 00:37:48,792
killed eight Iraqis
and wounded dozens more
702
00:37:48,792 --> 00:37:50,863
-near a coalition base...
-We made the news.
703
00:37:50,863 --> 00:37:53,802
I feel exploited and proud
at the same time.
704
00:37:53,802 --> 00:37:56,107
I have lost all faith
in the media,
705
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,111
a hapless joke I would
much rather laugh at
706
00:37:58,111 --> 00:38:00,348
than become a part of.
707
00:38:00,348 --> 00:38:03,221
I should really thank God
for saving my lucky ass.
708
00:38:03,221 --> 00:38:05,525
I’ll do that,
then I’m gonna jerk off,
709
00:38:05,525 --> 00:38:07,663
because these pages
smell like Linds,
710
00:38:07,663 --> 00:38:10,402
and there won’t be any time
for jerking off tomorrow,
711
00:38:10,402 --> 00:38:13,474
another mission
at zero-six-hundred.
712
00:38:21,858 --> 00:38:26,100
When I get a letter from him,
I run to the mailbox.
713
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,705
In the beginning, he’s like,
"Write something dirty!"
714
00:38:28,705 --> 00:38:31,544
I couldn’t write
something dirty!
715
00:38:31,544 --> 00:38:33,014
Me and my girlfriend
got, like,
716
00:38:33,014 --> 00:38:35,518
a Hustler magazine
or something,
717
00:38:35,518 --> 00:38:38,224
and I went through
the magazine
718
00:38:38,224 --> 00:38:42,799
and put a picture of my face
over every girl’s body.
719
00:38:44,270 --> 00:38:46,942
So I was like,
"You want dirty? You got it!"
720
00:38:48,278 --> 00:38:49,613
Steve just
liked to laugh.
721
00:38:49,613 --> 00:38:52,486
We like--like to
just have a good time.
722
00:38:52,486 --> 00:38:54,757
He doesn’t really like
to let people in.
723
00:38:56,627 --> 00:38:59,700
He thinks his feelings
are his problem,
724
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:02,739
and he doesn’t want
to burden anyone else.
725
00:39:02,739 --> 00:39:07,616
Steve’s way of getting
emotions out is his writing.
726
00:39:07,616 --> 00:39:08,751
I don’t think
he really told me
727
00:39:08,751 --> 00:39:13,361
exactly how he felt about me
until he was over there.
728
00:39:13,361 --> 00:39:15,900
Saying goodbye
to Steve was horrible.
729
00:39:17,069 --> 00:39:19,807
It’s still a nightmare.
730
00:39:19,807 --> 00:39:23,982
I still cringe
every time the news is on,
731
00:39:23,982 --> 00:39:28,524
and think about where he is
and what he’s doing.
732
00:39:30,428 --> 00:39:33,034
Every once in a while as
we’re driving down the road,
733
00:39:33,034 --> 00:39:34,703
creeping along on patrol,
734
00:39:34,703 --> 00:39:36,774
I have a reoccurring epiphany.
735
00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:38,979
This is happening and will
have a lasting impact on me
736
00:39:38,979 --> 00:39:41,450
for the rest
of my life.
737
00:39:41,450 --> 00:39:43,388
The debate we had
earlier in the day
738
00:39:43,388 --> 00:39:46,594
over the consistency
and texture of a severed limb
739
00:39:46,594 --> 00:39:49,500
was not some far off,
grotesque assumption.
740
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:53,107
It was a genuine argument
between the guy who swears
741
00:39:53,107 --> 00:39:57,082
it resembles hamburger,
ground up but uncooked,
742
00:39:57,082 --> 00:39:59,119
and the guy
who believed it looks more
743
00:39:59,119 --> 00:40:01,390
like a raw pot roast.
744
00:40:01,390 --> 00:40:02,659
There is no argument,
however,
745
00:40:02,659 --> 00:40:06,000
that human intestines
are pink pork sausage links.
746
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,970
If, of course,
you imagine a butcher’s block
747
00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:10,642
as the background
instead of the screaming,
748
00:40:10,642 --> 00:40:12,980
then soon quietly
moaning, casualty.
749
00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:25,071
Why are the mortar attacks
at the same level now
750
00:40:25,071 --> 00:40:27,042
that they were
four months ago?
751
00:40:27,042 --> 00:40:28,511
I mean, there’s gotta be--
752
00:40:28,511 --> 00:40:29,513
I mean, we’re supposed to be
753
00:40:29,513 --> 00:40:31,851
the most technological army
in the world,
754
00:40:31,851 --> 00:40:32,886
and we can’t figure out
where the hell
755
00:40:32,886 --> 00:40:34,389
these guys
are shooting ’em from?
756
00:40:34,389 --> 00:40:35,792
We got more aircraft.
757
00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:37,195
We could probably line
the Persian Gulf
758
00:40:37,195 --> 00:40:39,066
with the aircraft
and walk across!
759
00:40:39,066 --> 00:40:40,970
That’s Rizza there,
my driver.
760
00:40:40,970 --> 00:40:43,307
We should really
make this guy general,
761
00:40:43,307 --> 00:40:46,247
I think, because then
maybe he can, you know,
762
00:40:46,247 --> 00:40:48,851
put some of these theories
to use.
763
00:40:48,851 --> 00:40:51,490
Now, why do you think
that we do so much bitching?
764
00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:52,726
Why do you bitch?
765
00:40:52,726 --> 00:40:53,728
-I don’t bitch.
-Why do you bitch?
766
00:40:53,728 --> 00:40:55,231
-You lying sack of shit.
-I don’t bitch.
767
00:40:55,231 --> 00:40:57,435
-You are so--
-You--oh my God!
768
00:40:57,435 --> 00:40:59,106
Now you’re fucking ass-kissing.
769
00:40:59,106 --> 00:41:00,341
You become an NCO.
770
00:41:00,341 --> 00:41:02,279
It’s called regulating,
delegating authority,
771
00:41:02,279 --> 00:41:03,281
and making things happen.
772
00:41:03,281 --> 00:41:04,449
Doesn’t matter
what rank you are.
773
00:41:04,449 --> 00:41:05,518
It’s plain-ass bitching.
774
00:41:05,518 --> 00:41:07,022
Look it up
in a Webster’s dictionary.
775
00:41:13,234 --> 00:41:18,377
Uh, my team’s been tasked out
to provide security for, uh,
776
00:41:18,377 --> 00:41:20,114
septic waste trucks.
777
00:41:21,517 --> 00:41:23,421
Basically the poop trucks.
778
00:41:25,291 --> 00:41:27,562
Whoever said being a soldier’s
all blood and glory
779
00:41:27,562 --> 00:41:29,600
obviously forgot
about the shit.
780
00:41:32,105 --> 00:41:33,975
Forth!
Follow that shit truck!
781
00:41:39,753 --> 00:41:41,390
Oh! Can you smell the poop?
782
00:41:41,390 --> 00:41:43,494
All right, hold on,
I gotta put this on camera here.
783
00:41:46,867 --> 00:41:50,008
This is one
of the premier locations
784
00:41:50,008 --> 00:41:51,977
where we dump
our poop water.
785
00:41:51,977 --> 00:41:55,218
Gonna be a lot of healthy grass
and trees in this area.
786
00:41:58,791 --> 00:42:00,895
So every time some kid
sees a commercial saying,
787
00:42:00,895 --> 00:42:04,569
"Join the army,
fight bad guys,"
788
00:42:04,569 --> 00:42:06,740
they need to include this.
789
00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:08,911
Streams of poop water.
790
00:42:11,183 --> 00:42:17,062
We are bringing democracy
and good vegetation to Iraq.
791
00:42:17,062 --> 00:42:19,433
Hey, you can even see
a little small rainbow!
792
00:42:22,138 --> 00:42:26,046
I wonder if there’ll be a pot
of gold under that rainbow.
793
00:42:26,046 --> 00:42:28,484
This is a day of great hope
for Iraqis.
794
00:42:28,484 --> 00:42:31,223
In just 15 months,
795
00:42:31,223 --> 00:42:32,826
the Iraqi people
have left behind
796
00:42:32,826 --> 00:42:36,433
one of the worst regimes
in the Middle East,
797
00:42:36,433 --> 00:42:40,942
and their country is becoming
the world’s newest democracy.
798
00:42:40,942 --> 00:42:44,449
A brand new Iraqi flag now
flies over this green zone,
799
00:42:44,449 --> 00:42:46,386
but this country
is also swept up
800
00:42:46,386 --> 00:42:48,591
in the terror
of the insurgency,
801
00:42:48,591 --> 00:42:50,695
and so the mood
can best be summed up
802
00:42:50,695 --> 00:42:54,503
as hoping for the best
and preparing for the worst.
803
00:42:57,609 --> 00:43:00,013
Iraq is a sovereign nation.
804
00:43:00,013 --> 00:43:02,519
What is your, uh,
take on the whole thing,
805
00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:03,521
-as far as new govern--
-Well, I think
806
00:43:03,521 --> 00:43:05,491
it’s a fantastic opportunity
for the Iraqis
807
00:43:05,491 --> 00:43:09,766
to, uh, establish, uh,
new history in the country
808
00:43:09,766 --> 00:43:11,703
and be able to, uh,
809
00:43:11,703 --> 00:43:14,743
to be a free
and democratic society,
810
00:43:14,743 --> 00:43:16,180
which, in turn,
811
00:43:16,180 --> 00:43:18,117
should stabilize
the whole Middle East
812
00:43:18,117 --> 00:43:24,129
and create a freer, more stable
Earth as we know it.
813
00:43:27,735 --> 00:43:29,139
Tell me how you really feel.
814
00:43:29,139 --> 00:43:30,508
Then, after that happens...
815
00:43:37,388 --> 00:43:39,326
It’s so hard
to look at things
816
00:43:39,326 --> 00:43:43,500
in a positive light
as far as Iraq goes.
817
00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:47,508
Whenever anything happens
that’s positive,
818
00:43:47,508 --> 00:43:48,744
they all get excited,
819
00:43:48,744 --> 00:43:51,516
and it doesn’t last
for any length of time.
820
00:43:51,516 --> 00:43:53,721
Um...
821
00:43:53,721 --> 00:43:56,894
Eventually they’ll be
shooting at us again.
822
00:44:00,334 --> 00:44:01,503
When you’re working
night missions,
823
00:44:01,503 --> 00:44:03,908
have to kind of lay low
and kinda let the dust settle
824
00:44:03,908 --> 00:44:05,378
so the new interim government,
825
00:44:05,378 --> 00:44:06,847
the new Iraqi National Guard,
826
00:44:06,847 --> 00:44:08,951
and the Iraqi police
can get out there
827
00:44:08,951 --> 00:44:12,225
and start to take control
of their own country.
828
00:44:12,225 --> 00:44:13,827
Every single time
you go out there,
829
00:44:13,827 --> 00:44:18,136
there’s--there’s, um, IEDs.
830
00:44:18,136 --> 00:44:20,474
If they’re not hitting you,
they’re hitting nearby.
831
00:44:20,474 --> 00:44:21,576
There’s attacks.
832
00:44:21,576 --> 00:44:23,012
It’s unbelievable.
833
00:44:24,549 --> 00:44:28,122
Rumor has it there is a, uh,
bounty out.
834
00:44:28,122 --> 00:44:31,028
The insurgents
will give anyone $15,000
835
00:44:31,028 --> 00:44:32,832
if they get
one of our gunner shields
836
00:44:32,832 --> 00:44:35,705
with the skull and ice axes.
837
00:44:39,111 --> 00:44:40,448
When you’re out there, uh,
838
00:44:40,448 --> 00:44:43,052
you start to think about
reality, and the reality is:
839
00:44:43,052 --> 00:44:45,257
Why the fuck
am I sitting here
840
00:44:45,257 --> 00:44:46,860
guarding this truck
full of cheesecake?
841
00:44:46,860 --> 00:44:48,497
Are these people crazy?
842
00:44:50,033 --> 00:44:54,576
I feel like the priority
of KBR making money
843
00:44:54,576 --> 00:45:00,053
outweighs the priority
of safety.
844
00:45:05,798 --> 00:45:07,468
Whoa, did you see that
off to the right, Mike?
845
00:45:07,468 --> 00:45:08,537
What?
846
00:45:08,537 --> 00:45:10,708
-That.
-That was an IED.
847
00:45:12,177 --> 00:45:13,514
All right,
we’re coming up on--
848
00:45:16,253 --> 00:45:18,590
Well, it went off
just to our right there.
849
00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:20,093
How the fuck
does he set off an IED
850
00:45:20,093 --> 00:45:21,797
when there’s Bradleys here?
851
00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:27,708
Ah, there is shit pouring out
of that truck right there.
852
00:45:31,115 --> 00:45:35,524
Seems to have shrapnel in
his left bicep and arm area.
853
00:45:35,524 --> 00:45:38,363
We are trying to get him out
of the turret as we speak.
854
00:45:38,363 --> 00:45:39,299
Over.
855
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:47,882
Come on, motherfuckers,
856
00:45:47,882 --> 00:45:50,220
I dare you
to shoot just once.
857
00:46:05,885 --> 00:46:07,955
They’re coming
from the left side.
858
00:46:07,955 --> 00:46:09,626
Come on, motherfucker,
keep going, brother.
859
00:46:09,626 --> 00:46:11,262
You wanna play?
860
00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:14,702
They’re shooting at me.
861
00:46:14,702 --> 00:46:16,806
I don’t give a fuck
if they’re the pope.
862
00:46:20,814 --> 00:46:22,418
You knew you liked the army.
863
00:46:24,221 --> 00:46:27,093
We’re tired, we’re so cynical
right now, man.
864
00:46:27,093 --> 00:46:28,664
I, you know,
I support the mission.
865
00:46:28,664 --> 00:46:30,834
And I support
a lot of things.
866
00:46:30,834 --> 00:46:32,705
But I’m starting
to say to myself,
867
00:46:32,705 --> 00:46:34,509
"What the fuck?
868
00:46:34,509 --> 00:46:36,613
Shit or get off the pot."
869
00:46:36,613 --> 00:46:38,450
If the problem
is not going away,
870
00:46:38,450 --> 00:46:39,752
then kick it up a notch.
871
00:46:39,752 --> 00:46:41,656
And I don’t give a fuck
872
00:46:41,656 --> 00:46:44,094
if that means nuking
this fucking country.
873
00:46:44,094 --> 00:46:45,598
Yep.
874
00:46:45,598 --> 00:46:47,067
Meanwhile,
there are fucking innocent
875
00:46:47,067 --> 00:46:50,608
fucking U.S. soldiers
getting killed.
876
00:46:50,608 --> 00:46:52,979
It’s only a matter of time
before our number’s up.
877
00:47:04,602 --> 00:47:06,806
People say they’re evil
and they hate our way of life
878
00:47:06,806 --> 00:47:08,910
and that they don’t see that
we’re trying to liberate ’em.
879
00:47:08,910 --> 00:47:10,681
Well, if Canada
invaded tomorrow
880
00:47:10,681 --> 00:47:11,716
and they said,
you know,
881
00:47:11,716 --> 00:47:13,453
"We’re here to liberate
you guys from Bush,
882
00:47:13,453 --> 00:47:15,023
’cause we think
Bush is bad for you,"
883
00:47:15,023 --> 00:47:16,091
there’s gonna be
definitely some people
884
00:47:16,091 --> 00:47:17,294
that take
to those mountains
885
00:47:17,294 --> 00:47:20,199
and do some serious
guerrilla fighting.
886
00:47:20,199 --> 00:47:21,903
The insurgents
got their principles
887
00:47:21,903 --> 00:47:23,440
and we got ours.
888
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,944
You gotta respect it.
889
00:47:25,944 --> 00:47:28,483
At a practical level,
when I’m on the road,
890
00:47:28,483 --> 00:47:30,788
it’s my guys versus them.
891
00:47:32,290 --> 00:47:34,495
The hell with our morality,
but I want one thing,
892
00:47:34,495 --> 00:47:36,198
and one thing only: combat.
893
00:47:38,302 --> 00:47:40,039
Where was that?
894
00:47:40,039 --> 00:47:41,476
Where was it?
895
00:47:49,425 --> 00:47:51,228
-Where?
-Like 200 yards--
896
00:47:51,228 --> 00:47:52,965
All right,
you gotta fucking tell me.
897
00:47:58,510 --> 00:48:00,814
Go back in my convoy ’cause
these idiots are starting
898
00:48:00,814 --> 00:48:02,385
and we’re gonna
push on through.
899
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,089
Hey, come here, you!
900
00:48:15,176 --> 00:48:17,548
My main fear is
not being a good leader.
901
00:48:17,548 --> 00:48:20,119
I got guys,
and the army has entrusted me
902
00:48:20,119 --> 00:48:21,388
with their lives.
903
00:48:21,388 --> 00:48:24,695
And if I make a bad call,
their lives are on the line.
904
00:48:24,695 --> 00:48:26,433
Fucking Christ.
905
00:48:26,433 --> 00:48:27,768
Bravo. One.
906
00:48:29,939 --> 00:48:32,277
Any signs of fucking body parts
or anything?
907
00:48:34,347 --> 00:48:36,586
I don’t smell burning dead guy.
908
00:48:36,586 --> 00:48:38,055
No.
909
00:48:38,055 --> 00:48:40,092
Usually--usually get
a leg bone or something.
910
00:48:40,092 --> 00:48:41,128
Yeah.
911
00:48:41,128 --> 00:48:42,965
Usually the femur’s left,
you know?
912
00:48:49,779 --> 00:48:50,781
We’re at Taji here.
913
00:48:50,781 --> 00:48:52,585
Our convoy got pulled in.
914
00:48:52,585 --> 00:48:54,789
Uh, we got hit with an IED, uh,
915
00:48:54,789 --> 00:48:57,026
we have an injured TCN driver.
916
00:48:57,026 --> 00:48:58,463
Waiting on medics to come now.
917
00:48:59,966 --> 00:49:02,671
The TCNs are
Third Country Nationals.
918
00:49:02,671 --> 00:49:05,644
They can be anything
from Pakistanis to Filipinos
919
00:49:05,644 --> 00:49:08,182
to Turks to Egyptians.
920
00:49:08,182 --> 00:49:09,585
Let’s go look at the guy
that’s injured.
921
00:49:11,789 --> 00:49:13,292
How are you feeling? You okay?
922
00:49:15,296 --> 00:49:17,233
Let’s look at your leg here.
923
00:49:17,233 --> 00:49:18,870
Let’s look at your leg here.
924
00:49:18,870 --> 00:49:22,076
Right there is probably
some shrap metal in his leg.
925
00:49:22,076 --> 00:49:24,314
The medics are coming in now.
There they are.
926
00:49:24,314 --> 00:49:25,551
Most of them
don’t speak English,
927
00:49:25,551 --> 00:49:26,953
so if they’re ever hurt,
928
00:49:26,953 --> 00:49:29,090
we’ve really got no way
of communicating with them.
929
00:49:29,090 --> 00:49:32,096
There’s such
a language barrier.
930
00:49:32,096 --> 00:49:35,036
This is un-fucking-believable.
931
00:49:35,036 --> 00:49:36,438
This is the kind of shit
we deal with.
932
00:49:36,438 --> 00:49:38,877
This truck left the yard
like this.
933
00:49:38,877 --> 00:49:42,718
And this driver’s expected
to drive a vehicle
934
00:49:42,718 --> 00:49:45,591
with no windows
and no windshield.
935
00:49:45,591 --> 00:49:46,593
You know why?
936
00:49:46,593 --> 00:49:48,028
’Cause he’s not KBR.
937
00:49:48,028 --> 00:49:52,270
’Cause he’s not worth enough
to this operation
938
00:49:52,270 --> 00:49:55,109
for him to have
any kind of safety whatsoever.
939
00:49:55,109 --> 00:49:58,349
He’s a Third Country National
trying to make a living.
940
00:50:07,868 --> 00:50:10,540
We’re at the Iraqi
Highway Patrol Headquarters
941
00:50:10,540 --> 00:50:13,580
in downtown Baghdad.
942
00:50:13,580 --> 00:50:15,182
There’s a lot of progress
being made here
943
00:50:15,182 --> 00:50:18,523
as far as training and--
and recruiting and...
944
00:50:18,523 --> 00:50:20,426
uh, you know,
arming them with--
945
00:50:20,426 --> 00:50:22,196
with weapons and...
946
00:50:22,196 --> 00:50:23,900
Needless to say,
947
00:50:23,900 --> 00:50:25,904
the insurgency
doesn’t like that.
948
00:50:27,407 --> 00:50:29,244
Working with
the Iraqi police guys.
949
00:50:30,781 --> 00:50:32,350
Part of the strategic approach
950
00:50:32,350 --> 00:50:34,622
that’s set by President Bush is
951
00:50:34,622 --> 00:50:36,959
kinda shift the burden,
of running the country,
952
00:50:36,959 --> 00:50:38,262
protecting it, to the Iraqis.
953
00:50:38,262 --> 00:50:41,001
Faster we train, the better
for the overall mission,
954
00:50:41,001 --> 00:50:42,303
and the sooner
we can all go home.
955
00:50:44,975 --> 00:50:46,979
He said, "Let me take off
this vest because--"
956
00:50:46,979 --> 00:50:48,148
-No!
-Can’t do it.
957
00:50:48,148 --> 00:50:48,950
Hey, Smiley.
958
00:50:50,954 --> 00:50:52,858
Tell him we can’t!
959
00:50:52,858 --> 00:50:55,997
He’s not gonna say,
"Hey, so Zakawi,
960
00:50:55,997 --> 00:50:59,572
you wait, I take my vest off,
then I shoot you!"
961
00:50:59,572 --> 00:51:00,774
Are you--
962
00:51:00,774 --> 00:51:01,843
Come on, come on, come on.
963
00:51:01,843 --> 00:51:02,911
Serious!
964
00:51:02,911 --> 00:51:05,049
Elbows in, cheek to--
965
00:51:05,049 --> 00:51:06,451
Hey, ADD, look at me,
motherfucker.
966
00:51:06,451 --> 00:51:08,055
Yes, yes.
967
00:51:13,833 --> 00:51:18,375
Breathe.
Squeeze.
968
00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:19,712
He’s not having a baby.
969
00:51:26,391 --> 00:51:29,397
What the fuck
are you shooting at, man?
970
00:51:29,397 --> 00:51:30,967
What the fuck, huh?
971
00:51:30,967 --> 00:51:33,038
Lookit, I guarantee it--
take the fucking thing off,
972
00:51:33,038 --> 00:51:34,574
I bet you still can’t hit--
973
00:51:34,574 --> 00:51:35,509
Take it off!
974
00:51:39,685 --> 00:51:41,054
Don’t tell me!
975
00:51:41,054 --> 00:51:42,758
Now let me see what the fuck.
976
00:51:42,758 --> 00:51:44,194
You better hit it!
977
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:51,508
-Fuck.
-Uh, no.
978
00:51:56,218 --> 00:51:57,721
Cameraman, huh?
979
00:52:10,012 --> 00:52:11,281
Okay.
980
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:22,704
-Okay? Thank you.
-Thank you.
981
00:52:22,704 --> 00:52:24,407
Thank you
for the shout-out to my mom.
982
00:52:31,822 --> 00:52:33,158
Bazzi, Bazzi, look.
983
00:52:36,031 --> 00:52:37,266
Are you scared?
984
00:52:43,478 --> 00:52:45,616
They’re not gonna
cut your head off, Ahmed.
985
00:52:54,902 --> 00:52:56,772
It was the deadliest
insurgent attack
986
00:52:56,772 --> 00:52:59,845
in a wave of violence
that swept across Iraq today.
987
00:52:59,845 --> 00:53:03,051
A suicide bomber killed
at least 16 Iraqi policemen
988
00:53:03,051 --> 00:53:05,055
at a station
near a U.S. Marine base
989
00:53:05,055 --> 00:53:07,326
in Baghdad in Western Iraq.
990
00:53:07,326 --> 00:53:09,430
Many dead in Baghdad.
991
00:53:09,430 --> 00:53:13,171
Forty-two dead and 140 injured.
992
00:53:13,171 --> 00:53:16,411
-No fucking way.
-Including 10 U.S. soldiers.
993
00:53:16,411 --> 00:53:19,150
-Is that 10 dead or 10 injured?
-Don’t know.
994
00:53:19,150 --> 00:53:22,356
But we hit the milestone
of 1,000 dead!
995
00:53:22,356 --> 00:53:24,627
Why the fuck they call that
a milestone, I have no idea.
996
00:53:24,627 --> 00:53:25,797
You think they said milestone?
997
00:53:25,797 --> 00:53:28,635
One thousand,
that’s a fucking milestone?
998
00:53:28,635 --> 00:53:30,272
Everybody’s expendable.
999
00:53:31,876 --> 00:53:33,746
Do I think
we’re making progress?
1000
00:53:33,746 --> 00:53:35,282
No. I don’t know.
1001
00:53:35,282 --> 00:53:37,386
I think any country
should be allowed
1002
00:53:37,386 --> 00:53:38,588
to have its own civil war
1003
00:53:38,588 --> 00:53:41,127
without people
getting in the way.
1004
00:53:41,127 --> 00:53:42,663
But I also believe
that there are
1005
00:53:42,663 --> 00:53:44,935
some pretty dangerous people
in Iraq.
1006
00:53:46,404 --> 00:53:48,876
I wanna see this fight.
1007
00:53:48,876 --> 00:53:50,212
Let’s get a look
at the contenders
1008
00:53:50,212 --> 00:53:51,281
before we go in there.
1009
00:53:51,281 --> 00:53:52,583
In this corner.
1010
00:53:52,583 --> 00:53:53,585
Look at him there.
1011
00:53:53,585 --> 00:53:54,888
Oh, yeah.
1012
00:53:54,888 --> 00:53:56,357
He’s ready.
1013
00:53:56,357 --> 00:53:58,261
And who’s this guy?
1014
00:53:58,261 --> 00:53:59,430
That’s Fred.
1015
00:53:59,430 --> 00:54:01,802
-Fred?
-Yeah, keep the lights on.
1016
00:54:01,802 --> 00:54:03,840
Bang! Oh, boy.
1017
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:05,542
Who’s your money on, Warren?
1018
00:54:05,542 --> 00:54:08,248
Well, last time, the spider
was pretty fucking quick.
1019
00:54:08,248 --> 00:54:09,985
This is gonna be a battle.
1020
00:54:09,985 --> 00:54:11,789
Oh, shit!
1021
00:54:11,789 --> 00:54:12,858
I don’t know,
the last scorpion died
1022
00:54:12,858 --> 00:54:14,895
when the spider bit it
in the face.
1023
00:54:14,895 --> 00:54:16,431
What are they waiting on, then?
1024
00:54:16,431 --> 00:54:17,733
Attack!
1025
00:54:17,733 --> 00:54:19,570
Yeah! Oh, shit!
1026
00:54:19,570 --> 00:54:20,940
Oh!
1027
00:54:20,940 --> 00:54:22,042
Oh, he drew blood.
1028
00:54:22,042 --> 00:54:24,313
-Where? Where’s he bleeding?
-On the spider.
1029
00:54:24,313 --> 00:54:26,584
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
1030
00:54:26,584 --> 00:54:28,255
Geez!
1031
00:54:28,255 --> 00:54:29,724
This is great.
1032
00:54:29,724 --> 00:54:31,896
There we go.
1033
00:54:31,896 --> 00:54:33,298
So now he gets the tank,
right, Warren?
1034
00:54:33,298 --> 00:54:34,300
Yup!
1035
00:54:34,300 --> 00:54:36,004
He’s like, "Yeah,
this is my bitch now."
1036
00:54:39,277 --> 00:54:42,283
Just goes to show you
there’s always a bigger badass.
1037
00:55:20,392 --> 00:55:22,696
Ah, whatever. I quit.
1038
00:55:28,241 --> 00:55:29,744
Like in my company,
it’s a bunch of white guys
1039
00:55:29,744 --> 00:55:30,779
from New Hampshire,
1040
00:55:30,779 --> 00:55:32,516
and literally,
besides one or two guys,
1041
00:55:32,516 --> 00:55:33,986
everybody else
thinks the same way.
1042
00:55:33,986 --> 00:55:36,124
That’s not an accident
or a coincidence.
1043
00:55:36,124 --> 00:55:38,863
That’s just groupthink
taking effect, you know?
1044
00:55:38,863 --> 00:55:40,565
I think five guys
outta the whole company
1045
00:55:40,565 --> 00:55:43,238
did not vote for Bush.
1046
00:55:43,238 --> 00:55:46,044
And they probably kept it low.
1047
00:55:46,044 --> 00:55:49,183
If you’re a guy, you know,
the whole Bush, macho,
1048
00:55:49,183 --> 00:55:51,554
"let’s kick ass" thing
sounds pretty good.
1049
00:55:56,698 --> 00:55:58,335
All right, we’re back here
at the cache
1050
00:55:58,335 --> 00:56:00,940
for the second time tonight!
1051
00:56:00,940 --> 00:56:04,046
Hileman got hit with the IED.
1052
00:56:04,046 --> 00:56:06,150
We got facial injuries here.
1053
00:56:06,150 --> 00:56:07,887
Let’s go.
1054
00:56:07,887 --> 00:56:10,058
The blast knocked me
into the truck.
1055
00:56:10,058 --> 00:56:12,563
When I did become alert,
the first thought in my head,
1056
00:56:12,563 --> 00:56:14,367
I could feel the blood
running down my face.
1057
00:56:14,367 --> 00:56:17,106
I only need one person in here,
and I need a stretcher.
1058
00:56:17,106 --> 00:56:19,677
"How fucked up am I?"
You know what I mean?
1059
00:56:19,677 --> 00:56:21,614
How bad are these wounds?
1060
00:56:21,614 --> 00:56:23,953
You know, really couldn’t tell.
1061
00:56:23,953 --> 00:56:26,758
The thoughts started becoming
just more anger and pissed off
1062
00:56:26,758 --> 00:56:29,730
that I got hit, and, you know,
9 out of 10 times,
1063
00:56:29,730 --> 00:56:33,037
most ambush-type incidents
are IEDs,
1064
00:56:33,037 --> 00:56:34,240
and you can’t do shit about it.
1065
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:37,379
There’s no way to defend it.
1066
00:56:37,379 --> 00:56:39,951
Lucky to be alive,
all these guys.
1067
00:56:51,407 --> 00:56:53,812
All right, this is, uh...
1068
00:56:53,812 --> 00:56:56,952
This is
a depressing place to be.
1069
00:56:56,952 --> 00:57:00,258
This is the equipment graveyard
here at Anaconda.
1070
00:57:01,929 --> 00:57:06,270
Every one of these pieces
of equipment that’s damaged
1071
00:57:06,270 --> 00:57:08,775
has a story behind it,
and you can imagine the story.
1072
00:57:19,864 --> 00:57:21,133
There’s someone’s father.
1073
00:57:21,133 --> 00:57:23,271
Or someone’s mother.
1074
00:57:23,271 --> 00:57:26,277
That was somebody’s--
somebody’s son.
1075
00:57:26,277 --> 00:57:27,746
Or daughter.
1076
00:57:32,322 --> 00:57:33,358
Whew.
1077
00:57:36,430 --> 00:57:38,434
It goes on and on and on.
1078
00:57:52,095 --> 00:57:54,333
Um, you know, I support
George Bush and everything,
1079
00:57:54,333 --> 00:57:59,810
but for him to say that
major combat operations are over
1080
00:57:59,810 --> 00:58:01,447
kinda conflicts
with what we’re seeing
1081
00:58:01,447 --> 00:58:03,384
and dealing with every day.
1082
00:58:10,799 --> 00:58:13,504
Downtown, Die Hard City.
1083
00:58:13,504 --> 00:58:15,275
Thousands of U.S.
and Iraqi troops
1084
00:58:15,275 --> 00:58:18,181
are steeling themselves
for a possible all-out assault
1085
00:58:18,181 --> 00:58:20,552
in the stronghold of Fallujah.
1086
00:58:20,552 --> 00:58:22,522
As heavily outnumbered
resistance gunmen
1087
00:58:22,522 --> 00:58:24,360
vow to fight to the death,
1088
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:27,666
analysts fear
this could be Iraq’s Alamo.
1089
00:58:29,203 --> 00:58:31,874
All right, today is Thursday,
November 18th,
1090
00:58:31,874 --> 00:58:33,378
10 in the morning.
1091
00:58:33,378 --> 00:58:37,352
First Platoon has been assigned
MSR patrol in Fallujah.
1092
00:58:43,131 --> 00:58:45,535
Hold at the base,
hold at the base...
1093
00:58:54,553 --> 00:58:55,588
Hey, dude, look at this.
1094
00:58:55,588 --> 00:58:57,159
Look at this terrain
all around us.
1095
00:58:57,159 --> 00:58:59,697
Just look at this madness.
1096
00:58:59,697 --> 00:59:00,799
What’s that Forbidden Zone
1097
00:59:00,799 --> 00:59:02,536
from the original
Planet of the Apes?
1098
00:59:04,306 --> 00:59:06,510
Oh. We’re in the wrong area,
1099
00:59:06,510 --> 00:59:08,915
all the action’s
taking place somewhere else.
1100
00:59:12,456 --> 00:59:17,099
Every time you hear a boom,
somebody’s going to heaven.
1101
00:59:17,099 --> 00:59:18,634
Or hell.
1102
00:59:18,634 --> 00:59:20,271
-Hey, Astor.
-What?
1103
00:59:20,271 --> 00:59:23,511
Kinda face due west
a little more.
1104
00:59:23,511 --> 00:59:25,882
Your ass crack is
right in my face, and...
1105
00:59:27,919 --> 00:59:29,723
I think that’s more
of a threat to my health
1106
00:59:29,723 --> 00:59:31,093
and mental well-being than...
1107
00:59:31,093 --> 00:59:32,562
Exactly.
1108
00:59:32,562 --> 00:59:34,099
Point your weapon at Fallujah.
1109
00:59:36,203 --> 00:59:39,576
Can we build a wall
around the country and leave?
1110
00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:41,881
Wall? Just leave it alone
and leave.
1111
00:59:41,881 --> 00:59:43,618
Fuck the oil, man. Fuck that.
1112
00:59:43,618 --> 00:59:44,620
Not worth it.
1113
00:59:44,620 --> 00:59:45,688
I’ll walk everywhere in the U.S.
1114
00:59:45,688 --> 00:59:48,059
I’ll recycle everything, dammit!
1115
00:59:48,059 --> 00:59:51,065
I’ll even drive
a Honda Insight.
1116
00:59:51,065 --> 00:59:53,805
Little hybrid thingies.
1117
00:59:53,805 --> 00:59:56,110
See, lookit, you’re the reason
why we always go to war, Bauer.
1118
00:59:56,110 --> 00:59:58,681
You and your little
Ford F1000s.
1119
00:59:58,681 --> 01:00:00,418
Redneck fuck.
1120
01:00:00,418 --> 01:00:03,157
I can’t haul anything
with a Honda Insight.
1121
01:00:03,157 --> 01:00:05,060
How often you gotta throw
all 16 bags
1122
01:00:05,060 --> 01:00:08,033
of fucking Budweiser cans out?
1123
01:00:08,033 --> 01:00:09,203
Everybody wants safety, right?
1124
01:00:09,203 --> 01:00:10,638
"Ooh, my kids, I want ’em safe."
1125
01:00:10,638 --> 01:00:12,107
So they buy more SUVs.
1126
01:00:12,107 --> 01:00:13,411
Well then, the people
without SUVs say,
1127
01:00:13,411 --> 01:00:15,381
"Holy shit,
if I get hit by an SUV,
1128
01:00:15,381 --> 01:00:16,784
my kids are gonna be crushed.
1129
01:00:16,784 --> 01:00:20,057
So, I want safety,
so I’m gonna buy an SUV."
1130
01:00:20,057 --> 01:00:21,994
Buy a Volvo
if you’re worried, Bazzi.
1131
01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:23,931
Oh, everybody’s worried
about safety, man.
1132
01:00:23,931 --> 01:00:25,401
I’m not.
1133
01:00:25,401 --> 01:00:27,405
As long as I have
a full-sized truck with a frame,
1134
01:00:27,405 --> 01:00:28,507
I’m not scared.
1135
01:00:28,507 --> 01:00:29,676
In fact, we’re so worried
about safety,
1136
01:00:29,676 --> 01:00:31,780
that’s why we’re here.
1137
01:00:31,780 --> 01:00:35,255
Make sure we have safety
in the U.S.
1138
01:00:38,427 --> 01:00:41,767
Okay, so we’re here
in the city of Fallujah.
1139
01:00:44,773 --> 01:00:47,312
There’s not much left
of this place.
1140
01:00:47,312 --> 01:00:51,420
And stuff’s going boom.
1141
01:00:51,420 --> 01:00:53,824
Marines are probably
shooting at something.
1142
01:00:53,824 --> 01:00:57,299
You know, I’m sure a lot of guys
lost their lives here.
1143
01:00:57,299 --> 01:00:59,303
So I kinda feel
a little guilty coming in here
1144
01:00:59,303 --> 01:01:02,776
and--and, uh,
taking pictures and...
1145
01:01:17,439 --> 01:01:20,511
You guys hear small arms fire?
1146
01:01:20,511 --> 01:01:22,114
Did anybody
clear those rooms yet?
1147
01:01:22,114 --> 01:01:23,584
-Negative.
-Okay.
1148
01:01:36,777 --> 01:01:38,848
We’re not gonna get them.
1149
01:01:46,095 --> 01:01:48,601
Sergeant Smith is down?!
1150
01:01:48,601 --> 01:01:50,538
Smith is down.
1151
01:01:50,538 --> 01:01:52,575
Is there anything behind me?
1152
01:01:52,575 --> 01:01:54,913
All right, I’m movin’!
1153
01:01:54,913 --> 01:01:57,117
Where’s the fire coming from?
1154
01:01:57,117 --> 01:01:59,489
-Where’s the fire coming from?
-I don’t know!
1155
01:02:02,027 --> 01:02:03,564
If I back up, can you get...
1156
01:02:05,968 --> 01:02:07,505
What the--
1157
01:02:07,505 --> 01:02:10,244
Guys, what can I do?
1158
01:02:10,244 --> 01:02:11,880
Where can I get
(unintelligible)?
1159
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:22,635
Jesus!
1160
01:02:22,635 --> 01:02:24,673
Is there anybody behind me?
1161
01:02:24,673 --> 01:02:25,975
There they are!
1162
01:02:25,975 --> 01:02:27,712
Right there!
1163
01:02:27,712 --> 01:02:29,516
Corner of that building!
1164
01:02:29,516 --> 01:02:31,487
Ready? Go forward!
1165
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:43,511
There they are! Light ’em up!
1166
01:02:58,340 --> 01:03:00,243
That’s it! Cease fire!
1167
01:03:00,243 --> 01:03:02,448
Cease fire!
1168
01:03:02,448 --> 01:03:05,120
He’s down!
1169
01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:06,924
Get Smith, where’s Smith?
1170
01:03:06,924 --> 01:03:08,092
Get Smith!
1171
01:03:08,092 --> 01:03:09,028
Get him!
1172
01:03:14,906 --> 01:03:16,275
Gah, shit.
1173
01:03:16,275 --> 01:03:18,146
November 29th.
1174
01:03:18,146 --> 01:03:20,651
Sergeant Smith from First Squad
got shot in the leg.
1175
01:03:20,651 --> 01:03:21,687
The round entered his calf
1176
01:03:21,687 --> 01:03:23,156
and blew out
the front of his shin,
1177
01:03:23,156 --> 01:03:25,126
shattering the bone,
exposing flesh
1178
01:03:25,126 --> 01:03:26,730
and fat and muscle,
1179
01:03:26,730 --> 01:03:29,903
like hot pizza cheese
sliding from the slice.
1180
01:03:33,911 --> 01:03:35,781
All the blood over there.
1181
01:03:35,781 --> 01:03:38,420
Oh, yeah, yeah, that’s where
he was shot right there.
1182
01:03:38,420 --> 01:03:39,823
Our patrol shift came on,
1183
01:03:39,823 --> 01:03:42,194
and we were immediately
sent out to the area
1184
01:03:42,194 --> 01:03:44,666
where the firefight occurred.
1185
01:03:44,666 --> 01:03:47,037
Our job was to keep an eye
on the bodies
1186
01:03:47,037 --> 01:03:49,709
until the toe-taggers
showed up.
1187
01:03:49,709 --> 01:03:52,849
Yeah, this is where the guy
got cut in half with a .50 cal.
1188
01:03:52,849 --> 01:03:55,186
Well, it was quick.
1189
01:03:55,186 --> 01:03:56,255
Not really.
1190
01:03:56,255 --> 01:03:58,694
Got shot in the legs.
1191
01:03:58,694 --> 01:04:01,533
For nine months, I had never
seen these guys face to face.
1192
01:04:01,533 --> 01:04:03,604
I mean, I heard the bullets
crack over my head,
1193
01:04:03,604 --> 01:04:05,206
I’d seen the IEDs
and the mortars
1194
01:04:05,206 --> 01:04:07,311
and the VBIEDs
and all that go off.
1195
01:04:07,311 --> 01:04:09,549
Hey, look,
he dropped his AK rounds.
1196
01:04:09,549 --> 01:04:12,054
I felt, you know, proud
for the job that they--
1197
01:04:12,054 --> 01:04:14,024
the guys in 1st Squad did.
1198
01:04:14,024 --> 01:04:16,797
I felt jealous
that it wasn’t us.
1199
01:04:16,797 --> 01:04:19,369
We weren’t able to--
to get those guys
1200
01:04:19,369 --> 01:04:22,408
and kill ’em.
1201
01:04:22,408 --> 01:04:26,950
I, uh, decided that I needed
to film these guys.
1202
01:04:26,950 --> 01:04:30,491
I’d scan the bodies
with the camera,
1203
01:04:30,491 --> 01:04:33,296
and I had a few
choice words for ’em.
1204
01:04:33,296 --> 01:04:35,300
I basically said,
you know, it was--
1205
01:04:35,300 --> 01:04:37,170
"I’m glad they’re dead."
1206
01:04:37,170 --> 01:04:38,607
That’s one less guy
that we’ve got
1207
01:04:38,607 --> 01:04:41,980
that’s gonna fire an RPG
at a--at a Humvee, you know?
1208
01:04:43,784 --> 01:04:46,456
So I hand in the tapes.
1209
01:04:46,456 --> 01:04:49,061
Someone said the, uh,
the first sergeant was--
1210
01:04:49,061 --> 01:04:51,700
was, "visually upset"
or "physically upset"
1211
01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:53,604
or something--I don’t know,
maybe that means he was--
1212
01:04:53,604 --> 01:04:55,941
his stomach got sick
or something, I’m not sure.
1213
01:04:55,941 --> 01:04:57,210
Um.
1214
01:04:57,210 --> 01:04:59,616
But it was deemed
unappropriate footage.
1215
01:04:59,616 --> 01:05:02,287
You know, maybe, probably
because of my commentary
1216
01:05:02,287 --> 01:05:03,791
while filming, you know?
1217
01:05:03,791 --> 01:05:06,228
But, I mean,
if we’re trained to--
1218
01:05:06,228 --> 01:05:08,834
to shoot our weapons
and kill these guys,
1219
01:05:08,834 --> 01:05:10,003
how do you expect us to talk?
1220
01:05:10,003 --> 01:05:11,405
What do you want me to say?
1221
01:05:11,405 --> 01:05:14,879
You know, "Oh, geez, I’m sorry,
you--" I don’t know.
1222
01:05:14,879 --> 01:05:16,416
At one point a dog came along,
1223
01:05:16,416 --> 01:05:19,989
and there was like human flesh
kinda around the body,
1224
01:05:19,989 --> 01:05:22,194
and the dog, you know,
picked up some flesh
1225
01:05:22,194 --> 01:05:23,697
and started eating.
1226
01:05:23,697 --> 01:05:25,066
And I didn’t see
a problem with it.
1227
01:05:25,066 --> 01:05:27,037
And neither did
any of the guys we were with.
1228
01:05:27,037 --> 01:05:29,642
You know?
1229
01:05:29,642 --> 01:05:32,280
I didn’t care about that.
1230
01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:34,151
And I guess,
after the fact, you know,
1231
01:05:34,151 --> 01:05:36,590
the command wanted me
to shoot the dog or--
1232
01:05:36,590 --> 01:05:38,927
or do something like that,
but I’m sorry,
1233
01:05:38,927 --> 01:05:40,464
we never got briefed
on shooting a dog
1234
01:05:40,464 --> 01:05:42,067
or what to do about that.
1235
01:05:42,067 --> 01:05:43,269
And at the same rate,
1236
01:05:43,269 --> 01:05:45,073
I don’t care what
the dog’s eating, you know?
1237
01:05:45,073 --> 01:05:46,141
Good for him.
1238
01:05:46,141 --> 01:05:48,045
I hope he fills his belly.
1239
01:05:58,065 --> 01:06:01,305
We need to get everything ready,
’cause we need to go.
1240
01:06:01,305 --> 01:06:03,677
You looking
at your cool doll, Matthew?
1241
01:06:05,514 --> 01:06:07,117
Oh, sorry, it’s a G.I. Joe
1242
01:06:07,117 --> 01:06:09,789
-or Special Ops or whatever?
-It’s a G.I. Joe!
1243
01:06:09,789 --> 01:06:13,497
Daddy said that’s got
all the stuff that he’s got.
1244
01:06:13,497 --> 01:06:15,166
Pretty cool, huh?
1245
01:06:17,137 --> 01:06:19,842
Whoa, slippery!
1246
01:06:19,842 --> 01:06:21,980
Sing, "Jingle bells,
jingle bells,
1247
01:06:21,980 --> 01:06:24,318
jingle all the way!"
1248
01:06:24,318 --> 01:06:26,322
When Mike first
went over there,
1249
01:06:26,322 --> 01:06:27,692
we just told Matthew
he was gonna go
1250
01:06:27,692 --> 01:06:29,529
and beat up the bad guys.
1251
01:06:29,529 --> 01:06:31,967
There’s my school!
1252
01:06:31,967 --> 01:06:33,670
And then, at daycare one day,
1253
01:06:33,670 --> 01:06:34,806
a little girl there said,
1254
01:06:34,806 --> 01:06:38,179
"You know, people get killed
over there."
1255
01:06:38,179 --> 01:06:40,049
-Bye!
-Bye!
1256
01:06:40,049 --> 01:06:41,653
It just completely
freaked him out.
1257
01:06:41,653 --> 01:06:43,523
Like, "Is Daddy gonna die?"
1258
01:06:43,523 --> 01:06:46,563
And, you know, it was really,
really hard for him.
1259
01:06:49,636 --> 01:06:52,340
But I’m afraid,
I’m afraid for Mike.
1260
01:06:53,744 --> 01:06:55,313
Hey, it’s Randi.
1261
01:06:55,313 --> 01:06:57,450
Just wanted to let you know
about J. Jill.
1262
01:06:57,450 --> 01:07:01,960
Three-month buyer’s
a size 2X or 22 and above.
1263
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:03,129
You hear the horror stories
1264
01:07:03,129 --> 01:07:05,968
of people from Vietnam
that come back.
1265
01:07:07,337 --> 01:07:09,207
He likes
to play macho sometimes,
1266
01:07:09,207 --> 01:07:10,978
like it hasn’t
really affected him,
1267
01:07:10,978 --> 01:07:13,282
but I know that it has.
1268
01:07:14,786 --> 01:07:16,990
He has seen so much.
1269
01:07:21,365 --> 01:07:22,467
We were headed north
1270
01:07:22,467 --> 01:07:24,706
doing a convoy escort
out of Anaconda.
1271
01:07:26,810 --> 01:07:28,212
Normally we’re lead vehicle,
1272
01:07:28,212 --> 01:07:30,718
but in this convoy
we were the 10th truck back.
1273
01:07:30,718 --> 01:07:33,122
This is--this is crazy
going this fast through here.
1274
01:07:33,122 --> 01:07:34,424
Yeah.
1275
01:07:34,424 --> 01:07:37,097
Yeah, you see? Fucking moron.
1276
01:07:37,097 --> 01:07:39,367
These people will run out
in front of anything.
1277
01:07:43,944 --> 01:07:45,413
It was pitch black out.
1278
01:07:45,413 --> 01:07:47,150
This vehicle come out
aggressively,
1279
01:07:47,150 --> 01:07:48,519
and I started
to think to myself,
1280
01:07:48,519 --> 01:07:50,189
"This guy’s not gonna pull out
in front of us."
1281
01:07:50,189 --> 01:07:52,026
Sure enough, he did.
1282
01:07:52,026 --> 01:07:54,197
You fucking asshole!
1283
01:07:54,197 --> 01:07:56,636
He pulled out close enough
where I stood up
1284
01:07:56,636 --> 01:07:58,572
and got my weapon ready,
1285
01:07:58,572 --> 01:08:01,311
and, uh, he went right across
the front of our Humvee
1286
01:08:01,311 --> 01:08:03,149
and pulled into the shoulder.
1287
01:08:03,149 --> 01:08:04,284
Just as that happened,
1288
01:08:04,284 --> 01:08:06,856
I heard Specialist Baril
scream, "Oh my God!"
1289
01:08:06,856 --> 01:08:08,225
I snapped forward.
1290
01:08:08,225 --> 01:08:11,398
I saw a young woman
stepping out
1291
01:08:11,398 --> 01:08:14,004
from the same direction
the truck came from.
1292
01:08:14,004 --> 01:08:16,609
We heard the--the crash,
1293
01:08:16,609 --> 01:08:18,546
of her body
hitting the Humvee.
1294
01:08:19,749 --> 01:08:22,487
As I opened up my door
to get out quickly
1295
01:08:22,487 --> 01:08:25,994
to open up the back door
to get my CLS bag,
1296
01:08:25,994 --> 01:08:29,669
the worst thing of my life...
I saw.
1297
01:08:29,669 --> 01:08:30,971
I’m like, "Oh, my God."
1298
01:08:30,971 --> 01:08:34,477
The convoy trucks were
barreling at 50 miles an hour.
1299
01:08:34,477 --> 01:08:35,881
They didn’t even see us
pull over--
1300
01:08:35,881 --> 01:08:37,885
coming up the line.
1301
01:08:37,885 --> 01:08:40,323
And this woman was laying
directly in their path.
1302
01:08:40,323 --> 01:08:42,093
And she was unconscious.
1303
01:08:50,644 --> 01:08:53,616
It’s a fucking girl,
and she’s, uh...
1304
01:08:53,616 --> 01:08:54,785
She’s in pieces right now,
1305
01:08:54,785 --> 01:08:56,789
and they just dragged her
out of the road.
1306
01:08:58,225 --> 01:09:00,062
She ran out in front of us.
1307
01:09:00,062 --> 01:09:01,331
Ugh.
1308
01:09:01,331 --> 01:09:02,500
There’s pieces of her head
over there,
1309
01:09:02,500 --> 01:09:04,204
for Christ’s sake.
1310
01:09:04,204 --> 01:09:07,110
Un-fucking-believable.
1311
01:09:07,110 --> 01:09:08,680
Baril, don’t look at it, bud.
1312
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:10,483
You’re good.
1313
01:09:10,483 --> 01:09:11,920
Stay cool, all right?
1314
01:09:13,757 --> 01:09:16,763
I remember looking down,
and I see crumbled cookies.
1315
01:09:16,763 --> 01:09:18,667
Like, ugh, God.
1316
01:09:18,667 --> 01:09:19,769
She was carrying cookies,
1317
01:09:19,769 --> 01:09:21,638
and it was spread
all over the MSR.
1318
01:09:21,638 --> 01:09:23,542
Hey, you got gloves
in the CLS bag?
1319
01:09:23,542 --> 01:09:25,847
I thought of my mother.
1320
01:09:27,617 --> 01:09:29,722
It was next door to a mosque.
1321
01:09:29,722 --> 01:09:32,193
Then they started the prayer
over the speaker.
1322
01:09:33,730 --> 01:09:37,103
I don’t know if it was
her dignity or what--I...
1323
01:09:37,103 --> 01:09:38,305
We had to get her
out of the road--
1324
01:09:38,305 --> 01:09:40,343
get what was left
out of the road.
1325
01:09:47,457 --> 01:09:50,096
I will remember that
for the rest of my life.
1326
01:09:53,102 --> 01:09:55,907
That guy rolling the body
onto the body bag
1327
01:09:55,907 --> 01:09:57,176
and zipping her up.
1328
01:10:04,124 --> 01:10:06,028
The Iraqi people are
who we’re there to help,
1329
01:10:06,028 --> 01:10:07,831
and we just killed one of them.
1330
01:10:15,112 --> 01:10:17,650
It will be a better country
in 20 years
1331
01:10:17,650 --> 01:10:19,287
because we were there.
1332
01:10:19,287 --> 01:10:20,656
I hope.
1333
01:10:21,993 --> 01:10:23,863
-Do we know who she is?
-Negative.
1334
01:10:23,863 --> 01:10:25,466
-We don’t know who she is?
-No ID?
1335
01:10:37,891 --> 01:10:39,762
The Combat Infantryman’s Badge
1336
01:10:39,762 --> 01:10:42,100
provides special recognition
1337
01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:45,539
of the unique role
of the Army infantryman,
1338
01:10:45,539 --> 01:10:48,178
the only soldier
whose daily mission
1339
01:10:48,178 --> 01:10:51,351
is to close with
and destroy the enemy
1340
01:10:51,351 --> 01:10:53,522
and to seize and hold terrain.
1341
01:10:55,894 --> 01:10:58,699
A Combat Infantryman’s Badge
1342
01:10:58,699 --> 01:11:00,436
is something many of us
have dreamt about
1343
01:11:00,436 --> 01:11:02,440
since we were kids.
1344
01:11:05,613 --> 01:11:07,517
You see a soldier with a CIB,
1345
01:11:07,517 --> 01:11:08,519
you look at him, you think,
1346
01:11:08,519 --> 01:11:10,322
"Geez, what he must’ve seen,"
1347
01:11:10,322 --> 01:11:13,395
or "What he must’ve done
to earn that CIB."
1348
01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:17,703
When I get home,
the war stories start,
1349
01:11:17,703 --> 01:11:19,741
do I have something to defend?
1350
01:11:19,741 --> 01:11:21,946
Did I not experience war
1351
01:11:21,946 --> 01:11:26,354
because I did not console
my buddy as he died in my arms?
1352
01:11:26,354 --> 01:11:28,125
Did I not experience
enough combat,
1353
01:11:28,125 --> 01:11:29,527
because I still want
nothing more
1354
01:11:29,527 --> 01:11:31,799
than to kill insurgents
at a range close enough
1355
01:11:31,799 --> 01:11:33,937
that I can see them
fall to the ground and die?
1356
01:11:44,290 --> 01:11:45,326
Woo!
1357
01:11:45,326 --> 01:11:47,697
All right,
we’re getting on the C-130.
1358
01:11:47,697 --> 01:11:51,571
This is the last time
we’ll be in Iraq.
1359
01:11:51,571 --> 01:11:53,876
When we get off,
we’ll be out of the country.
1360
01:12:16,354 --> 01:12:17,657
The captain just came on,
1361
01:12:17,657 --> 01:12:22,266
said we’re about 20 minutes
from Fort Dix.
1362
01:12:23,435 --> 01:12:25,739
We’re all
pretty tired right now.
1363
01:12:30,984 --> 01:12:32,787
On behalf of
this entire flight crew,
1364
01:12:32,787 --> 01:12:34,757
it’s been a pleasure
serving you today.
1365
01:12:36,728 --> 01:12:38,732
Please remain seated
with your seatbelt fastened.
1366
01:12:46,481 --> 01:12:48,185
Welcome home!
1367
01:12:48,185 --> 01:12:49,520
Welcome back.
1368
01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:51,624
-Sir. How are ya?
-Thank you.
1369
01:12:54,731 --> 01:12:58,004
I--I swore to God that
I was gonna get down and kiss--
1370
01:12:58,004 --> 01:13:00,242
kiss the ground
like a lot of people do,
1371
01:13:00,242 --> 01:13:03,382
but I had my two weapons
with me in my assault pack
1372
01:13:03,382 --> 01:13:05,786
and I was so exhausted.
1373
01:13:05,786 --> 01:13:08,225
Everybody was so, so exhausted.
1374
01:13:09,761 --> 01:13:10,897
Hey!
1375
01:13:19,046 --> 01:13:20,883
I guess you could say
this is the culmination
1376
01:13:20,883 --> 01:13:22,286
of our deployment.
1377
01:13:23,855 --> 01:13:28,198
It’s time to get back
into the civilian world.
1378
01:13:29,968 --> 01:13:31,271
Hey, man, is there any way
I could get you
1379
01:13:31,271 --> 01:13:33,341
to turn this radio up,
just a little bit?
1380
01:13:37,850 --> 01:13:41,324
Make my dream come alive
1381
01:13:45,232 --> 01:13:47,002
Oh, yeah
1382
01:13:47,002 --> 01:13:50,008
I’m caught up in a dream
1383
01:13:50,008 --> 01:13:53,248
I’m gonna wish for it all
1384
01:13:53,248 --> 01:13:56,321
No one’s gonna tell me how
1385
01:13:56,321 --> 01:13:59,460
No way, this is my dream now
1386
01:13:59,460 --> 01:14:02,968
I’m caught up in what seems
1387
01:14:02,968 --> 01:14:05,806
simply impossible
1388
01:14:05,806 --> 01:14:08,980
I ain’t gonna change a thing
1389
01:14:08,980 --> 01:14:10,315
No way...
1390
01:14:10,315 --> 01:14:11,986
Welcome home, ass-weasels!
1391
01:14:14,524 --> 01:14:16,394
-Welcome home!
-Welcome back.
1392
01:14:16,394 --> 01:14:17,863
Great to see you, welcome home!
1393
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:40,776
Where’s my wife?
1394
01:15:05,592 --> 01:15:08,798
It’s a long way to Tipperary
1395
01:15:13,375 --> 01:15:17,182
It’s a long, long way
to Tipperary
1396
01:15:17,182 --> 01:15:21,057
But my heart’s right there
1397
01:15:42,031 --> 01:15:43,668
Are you kidding?
1398
01:15:43,668 --> 01:15:45,372
Daddy, let’s have some candy!
1399
01:15:48,311 --> 01:15:51,350
I’m ready to start
flicking the channels.
1400
01:15:51,350 --> 01:15:53,655
And not watch a damn thing,
just flick.
1401
01:15:53,655 --> 01:15:55,125
Ah.
1402
01:15:55,125 --> 01:15:57,429
I’m tired.
1403
01:15:57,429 --> 01:15:59,967
-It’s been a long day.
-Yeah.
1404
01:16:05,645 --> 01:16:07,950
What are we gonna do tonight?
1405
01:16:07,950 --> 01:16:09,653
-This.
-We’re gonna snuggle?
1406
01:16:09,653 --> 01:16:11,324
Watch a movie?
1407
01:16:11,324 --> 01:16:13,762
Maybe we should buy
50 pounds of chocolate bars.
1408
01:16:13,762 --> 01:16:15,632
Yes!
1409
01:16:15,632 --> 01:16:20,040
Ooh, we’re all gonna get bloated
and unattractive tonight!
1410
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:21,210
Ow.
1411
01:16:27,422 --> 01:16:31,430
They could offer me $500,000,
1412
01:16:31,430 --> 01:16:33,368
and I would not go back there.
1413
01:16:34,804 --> 01:16:39,213
It’s like saying,
"If I gave you $500,000
1414
01:16:39,213 --> 01:16:42,352
for your son
to never see you again,
1415
01:16:42,352 --> 01:16:43,788
would you take it?"
1416
01:16:45,024 --> 01:16:46,861
I’m so glad I went.
1417
01:16:46,861 --> 01:16:49,500
I hated it
with a God-awful passion,
1418
01:16:49,500 --> 01:16:51,337
and I will not go back.
1419
01:16:51,337 --> 01:16:52,906
I have done my part,
1420
01:16:52,906 --> 01:16:56,280
and I feel like
it’s someone else’s turn.
1421
01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:59,787
My views of the war
haven’t changed.
1422
01:16:59,787 --> 01:17:01,524
You’ve heard people say,
you know,
1423
01:17:01,524 --> 01:17:02,993
"We’re over there
for the oil," you know?
1424
01:17:02,993 --> 01:17:04,230
"That’s the only reason
we’re in Iraq,
1425
01:17:04,230 --> 01:17:05,432
it’s oil, it’s oil, it’s oil!"
1426
01:17:05,432 --> 01:17:06,467
Well, listen, no.
1427
01:17:06,467 --> 01:17:09,139
We’re not there for the oil.
1428
01:17:09,139 --> 01:17:10,375
If it were for oil,
1429
01:17:10,375 --> 01:17:12,913
would that not be
enough reason to go to Iraq?
1430
01:17:12,913 --> 01:17:14,683
You bet your ass it would be.
1431
01:17:14,683 --> 01:17:17,823
If you took oil away
from this country tomorrow,
1432
01:17:17,823 --> 01:17:19,360
what do you think would happen
to this country?
1433
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:22,031
It would be--
it would be devastating.
1434
01:17:23,801 --> 01:17:27,041
So let’s all stop crying
about whether we had reason
1435
01:17:27,041 --> 01:17:28,311
to go in there or not,
1436
01:17:28,311 --> 01:17:30,014
because we could fight
about that forever.
1437
01:17:30,014 --> 01:17:32,519
It’s a done deal,
we’re in Iraq.
1438
01:17:32,519 --> 01:17:35,325
Support what it takes
to make this thing work
1439
01:17:35,325 --> 01:17:36,727
or shut up.
1440
01:17:44,944 --> 01:17:47,081
We hired Mike
probably three or four months
1441
01:17:47,081 --> 01:17:49,486
before he was called away
to duty.
1442
01:17:49,486 --> 01:17:51,390
We had explained to him:
when you come back,
1443
01:17:51,390 --> 01:17:52,426
it’s gonna be like
you never left
1444
01:17:52,426 --> 01:17:54,763
when you walk back
through the door again.
1445
01:17:54,763 --> 01:17:55,865
Me and you, we’ll go in there
1446
01:17:55,865 --> 01:17:57,001
and we’ll finish
the paint work on that.
1447
01:17:57,001 --> 01:17:58,170
By the time
we’re done with that,
1448
01:17:58,170 --> 01:17:59,373
it’ll be time to go home and--
1449
01:17:59,373 --> 01:18:00,976
Yeah.
1450
01:18:00,976 --> 01:18:02,646
-Time to drink beer?
-Time to have a couple beers.
1451
01:18:02,646 --> 01:18:03,614
Whiskey.
1452
01:18:06,187 --> 01:18:09,158
I was at the V.A. yesterday.
1453
01:18:09,158 --> 01:18:10,228
One of the biggest things
1454
01:18:10,228 --> 01:18:13,100
that’s driving me crazy
is my hands.
1455
01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:14,168
I used to sit in the turret
1456
01:18:14,168 --> 01:18:17,141
and hold onto my SAW,
my weapon.
1457
01:18:17,141 --> 01:18:18,611
Over time, my hands
would go numb.
1458
01:18:18,611 --> 01:18:21,116
It didn’t hurt,
it’d just get really numb.
1459
01:18:22,652 --> 01:18:24,423
They told me it’s carpal tunnel.
1460
01:18:26,192 --> 01:18:28,364
And the vibrating tools’ll
make it worse.
1461
01:18:31,871 --> 01:18:33,875
I have some appointments
set up--
1462
01:18:33,875 --> 01:18:36,280
uh, physical therapy
and occupational therapy
1463
01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:37,883
for my neck and back,
1464
01:18:37,883 --> 01:18:40,422
and my whole back was in knots
1465
01:18:40,422 --> 01:18:42,091
because of the body armor.
1466
01:18:42,091 --> 01:18:45,899
All I know is...it hurts,
1467
01:18:45,899 --> 01:18:51,310
and I take about
3200 mg of ibuprofen a day,
1468
01:18:51,310 --> 01:18:53,981
and, uh, you know,
1469
01:18:53,981 --> 01:18:55,852
that usually doesn’t work
at this point.
1470
01:18:55,852 --> 01:18:58,925
I, like, think I got used to it.
1471
01:18:58,925 --> 01:19:00,060
How are you, gentlemen?
1472
01:19:00,060 --> 01:19:01,964
Thank you for coming out.
1473
01:19:01,964 --> 01:19:05,170
Mike rejoined us
after more than a year of Iraq,
1474
01:19:05,170 --> 01:19:06,807
and being shot at and...
1475
01:19:06,807 --> 01:19:09,446
Today is the anniversary
of the worst day of my life.
1476
01:19:09,446 --> 01:19:12,252
Is that the day
you got hung up on an ambush?
1477
01:19:12,252 --> 01:19:13,421
I just realized that.
1478
01:19:13,421 --> 01:19:16,460
There’s gotta be 50
or 60 guys shooting at you,
1479
01:19:16,460 --> 01:19:18,029
and--and there’s mortars:
1480
01:19:18,029 --> 01:19:20,502
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
1481
01:19:20,502 --> 01:19:23,073
My frustration, coming back,
is I go to work,
1482
01:19:23,073 --> 01:19:26,914
and I talk to guys,
and they don’t care.
1483
01:19:26,914 --> 01:19:28,751
I think it’s
they don’t understand.
1484
01:19:28,751 --> 01:19:30,722
I earned my CIB
in my first day.
1485
01:19:30,722 --> 01:19:32,392
Somebody will even
ask me a question:
1486
01:19:32,392 --> 01:19:33,895
"Geez, do you have
any pictures?"
1487
01:19:33,895 --> 01:19:35,932
And--and I will say, "Sure."
1488
01:19:35,932 --> 01:19:37,802
I’ll take out some pictures,
and I’ll start to show them.
1489
01:19:37,802 --> 01:19:40,274
They’ll, "Yeah, yeah, yeah,"
and I’m like--
1490
01:19:40,274 --> 01:19:41,343
I wanna grab them by the throat
1491
01:19:41,343 --> 01:19:43,213
and say, "You will look
at my effing pictures.
1492
01:19:43,213 --> 01:19:44,783
You asked me to look at them,
1493
01:19:44,783 --> 01:19:47,087
okay, I’m not going around
showing ’em off to everybody,
1494
01:19:47,087 --> 01:19:48,256
you asked me to look at them.
1495
01:19:48,256 --> 01:19:51,630
Give me the goddamn respect
of looking at my pictures.
1496
01:19:51,630 --> 01:19:54,202
Do you have any idea
what I’ve done?"
1497
01:19:56,473 --> 01:19:59,613
If I gave them 10 minutes
to feel that fear...
1498
01:20:01,517 --> 01:20:05,257
that loneliness,
and that sacrifice,
1499
01:20:05,257 --> 01:20:08,129
they might pay
a little bit more attention.
1500
01:20:10,969 --> 01:20:12,204
-See you later.
-All right.
1501
01:20:12,204 --> 01:20:15,110
He’s not the same person
anymore, he’s not.
1502
01:20:18,116 --> 01:20:21,055
He had really worked
on his temper.
1503
01:20:21,055 --> 01:20:23,527
Before he went to Iraq,
he was great!
1504
01:20:23,527 --> 01:20:25,765
He was so much calmer than me,
1505
01:20:25,765 --> 01:20:27,969
and just being in Iraq,
1506
01:20:27,969 --> 01:20:31,543
his temper’s just--it’s back.
1507
01:20:31,543 --> 01:20:34,683
We have actually
had flashbacks.
1508
01:20:34,683 --> 01:20:35,885
We were driving,
1509
01:20:35,885 --> 01:20:37,522
and I saw a spider
on the window,
1510
01:20:37,522 --> 01:20:38,824
and went...
1511
01:20:39,860 --> 01:20:41,930
...and he just
completely freaked out.
1512
01:20:41,930 --> 01:20:42,999
He had a flashback,
1513
01:20:42,999 --> 01:20:44,135
he thought he was
gonna hit somebody,
1514
01:20:44,135 --> 01:20:45,605
and then he just had
a flashback of them
1515
01:20:45,605 --> 01:20:50,213
hitting the woman,
and just got very upset,
1516
01:20:50,213 --> 01:20:52,852
and he’s like,
"Don’t ever do that again,"
1517
01:20:52,852 --> 01:20:57,662
and we would up getting
into an argument about it.
1518
01:20:59,231 --> 01:21:01,704
What him and I
struggle with is
1519
01:21:01,704 --> 01:21:03,574
he so badly wants me
to understand
1520
01:21:03,574 --> 01:21:05,043
what he went through.
1521
01:21:05,043 --> 01:21:06,914
I will never understand,
1522
01:21:06,914 --> 01:21:10,788
just as he will never understand
what I went through.
1523
01:21:10,788 --> 01:21:14,963
Sometimes I feel like
he doesn’t live in reality.
1524
01:21:14,963 --> 01:21:18,036
He so badly wants to be okay
1525
01:21:18,036 --> 01:21:19,840
that he’s just gonna
believe that,
1526
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:21,944
and everything will be fine.
1527
01:21:24,783 --> 01:21:27,655
I took a vow with him--
for better, for worse,
1528
01:21:27,655 --> 01:21:30,795
sickness and in health,
till death do us part.
1529
01:21:30,795 --> 01:21:32,632
I don’t wanna get out of that!
1530
01:21:32,632 --> 01:21:34,970
There are days that
I don’t like him, absolutely,
1531
01:21:34,970 --> 01:21:36,640
there are days I don’t like him.
1532
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:38,577
But I still love him.
1533
01:21:38,577 --> 01:21:40,046
Give me the hugs.
1534
01:21:40,046 --> 01:21:41,950
I just can’t imagine my life
without him,
1535
01:21:41,950 --> 01:21:43,454
I just can’t.
1536
01:21:43,454 --> 01:21:44,790
You love Dada?
1537
01:21:48,497 --> 01:21:49,766
Thank you, appreciate it, guys.
1538
01:21:49,766 --> 01:21:51,202
Glad to see you.
1539
01:21:54,643 --> 01:21:55,912
Compared to
what they were or--
1540
01:21:55,912 --> 01:21:57,080
-No.
-No?
1541
01:21:59,018 --> 01:22:01,657
I don’t wanna tell people
what it was like over there.
1542
01:22:01,657 --> 01:22:04,663
It’s a fucking mess, you know?
1543
01:22:04,663 --> 01:22:07,802
I went over there and did
the job I was supposed to do.
1544
01:22:07,802 --> 01:22:09,773
People tend to ask
some ignorant questions.
1545
01:22:09,773 --> 01:22:12,679
You know,
"Did you kill anybody?"
1546
01:22:12,679 --> 01:22:15,651
Um, "What’s it like over there?"
1547
01:22:15,651 --> 01:22:17,822
Or, "When do you have
to go back?"
1548
01:22:17,822 --> 01:22:18,824
That woman?
1549
01:22:18,824 --> 01:22:20,661
She was like, "Hey,
it’s good to have you home."
1550
01:22:20,661 --> 01:22:22,431
-You like that?
-That was, like, just right.
1551
01:22:22,431 --> 01:22:23,901
-I know--
-That’s all you need to say,
1552
01:22:23,901 --> 01:22:25,070
-you know?
-Yeah, that’s it.
1553
01:22:25,070 --> 01:22:27,074
Well, people don’t know
what to say, I think.
1554
01:22:27,074 --> 01:22:29,546
That, that’s exactly
what you say.
1555
01:22:29,546 --> 01:22:31,783
Sometimes I don’t know
what to say.
1556
01:22:33,787 --> 01:22:35,056
Yeah, but, you know,
1557
01:22:35,056 --> 01:22:36,927
we’ve got plenty of other things
to talk about.
1558
01:22:36,927 --> 01:22:38,697
Yeah, we do.
1559
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:42,472
We have decisions to make.
1560
01:22:43,707 --> 01:22:45,343
What do you mean?
1561
01:22:45,343 --> 01:22:47,047
Oh, nothing serious.
1562
01:22:47,047 --> 01:22:48,951
Look at--look at the look!
1563
01:22:48,951 --> 01:22:50,555
-Like what, like jobs?
-Calm down.
1564
01:22:50,555 --> 01:22:52,959
-Yeah.
-Yeah, we’ll get jobs.
1565
01:22:52,959 --> 01:22:55,063
I like the engagement ring.
1566
01:22:55,063 --> 01:22:56,633
I mean, the promise ring.
1567
01:22:56,633 --> 01:22:59,238
Whoa, it’s not
either one of those.
1568
01:22:59,238 --> 01:23:01,108
I like that ring that’s on her--
1569
01:23:01,108 --> 01:23:03,046
-her ring finger.
-Yeah.
1570
01:23:03,046 --> 01:23:04,181
-She likes the ring.
-It’s pretty.
1571
01:23:04,181 --> 01:23:06,085
-Yeah.
-It’s a vacation ring.
1572
01:23:06,085 --> 01:23:07,321
Wait, what’s a vacation ring?
1573
01:23:07,321 --> 01:23:08,423
I don’t know, like you could--
1574
01:23:08,423 --> 01:23:09,759
So does that mean
you’re gonna get me one
1575
01:23:09,759 --> 01:23:10,861
for Portland, too?
1576
01:23:10,861 --> 01:23:12,665
You coulda just, like,
gone to Italy on a whim
1577
01:23:12,665 --> 01:23:14,502
-with, like, any random guy.
-Yeah.
1578
01:23:14,502 --> 01:23:16,238
And you woulda gotten that.
1579
01:23:17,474 --> 01:23:19,679
-That’s like...
-What?
1580
01:23:19,679 --> 01:23:22,652
-You make no sense.
-No, I guess not.
1581
01:23:26,325 --> 01:23:30,300
Stephen has changed a lot
since he’s come back from Iraq.
1582
01:23:30,300 --> 01:23:32,371
I don’t know why he says
everything’s fine,
1583
01:23:32,371 --> 01:23:33,941
because it’s not.
1584
01:23:35,176 --> 01:23:37,447
Why the fuck are we there?
1585
01:23:37,447 --> 01:23:39,051
We better get that oil, right?
1586
01:23:39,051 --> 01:23:41,422
The U.S. Army
is not the fucking Peace Corps.
1587
01:23:41,422 --> 01:23:42,925
The Marines are not
the Peace Corps,
1588
01:23:42,925 --> 01:23:44,495
that’s not why we’re in Iraq.
1589
01:23:44,495 --> 01:23:46,032
We’re in Iraq for money and oil.
1590
01:23:46,032 --> 01:23:48,136
Look at any other war
in the history of the world,
1591
01:23:48,136 --> 01:23:49,873
and tell me
it’s not about money.
1592
01:23:49,873 --> 01:23:51,342
This better be about money,
1593
01:23:51,342 --> 01:23:53,212
and if we don’t get that oil
and that money,
1594
01:23:53,212 --> 01:23:54,983
then all the lives
that are gone right now--
1595
01:23:54,983 --> 01:23:56,687
what’s it, 1,800 it’s at?
1596
01:23:56,687 --> 01:23:57,889
Something around there?
1597
01:23:57,889 --> 01:23:59,191
They’re all in vain.
1598
01:23:59,191 --> 01:24:01,195
But you don’t put
150,000 troops
1599
01:24:01,195 --> 01:24:02,832
from all over the country
in there
1600
01:24:02,832 --> 01:24:07,307
and say we’re there
to create democracy.
1601
01:24:07,307 --> 01:24:09,178
We’re there to create money,
you know?
1602
01:24:09,178 --> 01:24:11,550
We’re there to make money,
for us, you know?
1603
01:24:11,550 --> 01:24:13,186
Somebody other than Dick Cheney
1604
01:24:13,186 --> 01:24:15,156
better be getting
their hands on it pretty soon.
1605
01:24:20,634 --> 01:24:22,839
He can’t sleep nights.
1606
01:24:22,839 --> 01:24:26,512
He won’t say it’s nightmares,
but I know they are.
1607
01:24:27,849 --> 01:24:28,917
I’m locked into the V.A.
1608
01:24:28,917 --> 01:24:30,353
I went there,
1609
01:24:30,353 --> 01:24:33,459
and, I don’t know,
they say I got asthma
1610
01:24:33,459 --> 01:24:34,763
and hearing loss
1611
01:24:34,763 --> 01:24:38,469
and post-traumatic stress
disorder.
1612
01:24:38,469 --> 01:24:40,306
Which is all right,
I mean, I don’t know.
1613
01:24:40,306 --> 01:24:42,444
I...
1614
01:24:42,444 --> 01:24:44,148
Yeah, reel it in.
1615
01:24:44,148 --> 01:24:46,552
Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey! Stop.
1616
01:24:46,552 --> 01:24:48,824
He doesn’t like
to talk about it.
1617
01:24:48,824 --> 01:24:51,362
-This reel’s broken.
-It’s not broken.
1618
01:24:51,362 --> 01:24:52,932
I feel like he thinks
if he doesn’t talk about it
1619
01:24:52,932 --> 01:24:54,736
then he’ll forget about it.
1620
01:24:55,971 --> 01:24:57,742
It’s still there
and it still hurts,
1621
01:24:57,742 --> 01:25:01,750
and I still feel it.
1622
01:25:04,488 --> 01:25:07,360
And I wanna cry a lot.
1623
01:25:08,596 --> 01:25:11,202
-Dog tags?
-Wear ’em.
1624
01:25:11,202 --> 01:25:13,272
Yeah, I don’t know why.
1625
01:25:13,272 --> 01:25:15,611
-Can I see?
-Yeah, they’re still on.
1626
01:25:22,658 --> 01:25:24,494
-Do you know why?
-I don’t know.
1627
01:25:29,071 --> 01:25:31,475
I just haven’t taken ’em off,
that’s all.
1628
01:25:41,595 --> 01:25:44,101
Do I hope and wish that
we’re together in 20 years?
1629
01:25:44,101 --> 01:25:46,305
Yeah.
1630
01:25:46,305 --> 01:25:48,843
I have no clue if we’re gonna
be together in two weeks.
1631
01:25:55,891 --> 01:25:57,460
Good evening, Mom.
1632
01:26:06,545 --> 01:26:07,949
Don’t leave.
1633
01:26:09,351 --> 01:26:13,192
I wanna hug him
for one year and half.
1634
01:26:16,131 --> 01:26:17,735
Okay, Mom.
1635
01:26:24,983 --> 01:26:28,255
All right, Mom.
It’s not a big deal.
1636
01:26:28,255 --> 01:26:31,863
Oh, not big--oh, my God.
1637
01:26:31,863 --> 01:26:34,769
-Sixteen months not big?
-Mom.
1638
01:26:37,875 --> 01:26:40,446
-So...
-Oh.
1639
01:26:40,446 --> 01:26:42,083
The Patriots won.
1640
01:26:45,690 --> 01:26:48,997
Probably gonna go see Jim
after this.
1641
01:26:48,997 --> 01:26:50,666
Now?
1642
01:26:50,666 --> 01:26:51,903
Well, I just got to stop by,
say hello.
1643
01:26:51,903 --> 01:26:53,305
No, call him, he’ll come over.
1644
01:26:53,305 --> 01:26:54,776
-He’ll come here.
-I’ll give him a call.
1645
01:26:54,776 --> 01:26:56,311
Yeah, please.
1646
01:26:56,311 --> 01:26:59,719
Don’t tell me
you’re gonna go any place now.
1647
01:26:59,719 --> 01:27:01,422
I never thought in my life,
1648
01:27:01,422 --> 01:27:06,198
for 16 months I have in my mind
Iraq day and night.
1649
01:27:06,198 --> 01:27:08,569
Sixteen months, day and night,
1650
01:27:08,569 --> 01:27:10,908
Iraq in my head.
1651
01:27:10,908 --> 01:27:12,243
Ah!
1652
01:27:12,243 --> 01:27:14,014
Wake up, Iraq.
1653
01:27:14,014 --> 01:27:16,318
Close my eyes, Iraq.
1654
01:27:18,824 --> 01:27:19,992
Okay.
1655
01:27:23,065 --> 01:27:25,938
He always smart.
1656
01:27:25,938 --> 01:27:28,375
And handsome.
1657
01:27:28,375 --> 01:27:31,048
Ah, he doesn’t like that,
I know.
1658
01:27:32,885 --> 01:27:35,056
I like to say
he’s smart and handsome,
1659
01:27:35,056 --> 01:27:37,895
he like it or not,
what’s he gonna do?
1660
01:27:37,895 --> 01:27:39,231
Shoot me?
1661
01:27:44,307 --> 01:27:49,217
He’s not emotional like me,
especially lately.
1662
01:27:49,217 --> 01:27:53,292
He doesn’t like me
to be emotional, too.
1663
01:27:53,292 --> 01:27:57,000
I think the army has to do
something with it.
1664
01:27:57,000 --> 01:28:02,343
He was soldier for too long,
and he saw a lot.
1665
01:28:03,712 --> 01:28:06,418
Do you think
he’ll go back to Iraq?
1666
01:28:06,418 --> 01:28:08,289
I hope not.
1667
01:28:13,365 --> 01:28:16,505
Just young people
get killed for nothing.
1668
01:28:16,505 --> 01:28:18,442
Nothing gonna change.
1669
01:28:22,283 --> 01:28:23,853
God willing...
1670
01:28:28,028 --> 01:28:29,531
Good afternoon.
1671
01:28:29,531 --> 01:28:31,268
I’d like to welcome you all.
1672
01:28:31,268 --> 01:28:32,604
What’s gonna take place today
1673
01:28:32,604 --> 01:28:35,776
is you’re gonna become
a citizen of the United States.
1674
01:28:35,776 --> 01:28:37,513
I’ve always wanted
to be a soldier.
1675
01:28:37,513 --> 01:28:39,885
It’s not because--to make me
more of an America
1676
01:28:39,885 --> 01:28:43,158
or to legitimize me more
in somebody else’s eyes.
1677
01:28:43,158 --> 01:28:45,263
-Please stand.
-I personally don’t feel
1678
01:28:45,263 --> 01:28:46,598
the need to legitimize myself
1679
01:28:46,598 --> 01:28:48,302
to a civilian
who’s never served.
1680
01:28:48,302 --> 01:28:49,939
Please raise your right hand.
1681
01:28:49,939 --> 01:28:52,744
In fact, I would laugh
if somebody said that to me.
1682
01:28:52,744 --> 01:28:55,116
I think a good American
will always love their country
1683
01:28:55,116 --> 01:28:56,953
and be suspicious
of their government.
1684
01:28:56,953 --> 01:29:01,028
-"I..."
-I, Zaher Muhammed Bazzi...
1685
01:29:01,028 --> 01:29:02,730
...that each of the individuals
1686
01:29:02,730 --> 01:29:05,636
who just took
the oath of allegiance
1687
01:29:05,636 --> 01:29:09,177
is now a citizen of
the United States of America.
1688
01:29:24,641 --> 01:29:26,178
Most soldiers,
they wanna think
1689
01:29:26,178 --> 01:29:29,017
that they’re there
for a good cause.
1690
01:29:29,017 --> 01:29:30,386
Something noble.
1691
01:29:30,386 --> 01:29:33,792
You’re fighting for freedom
and everything that’s right.
1692
01:29:33,792 --> 01:29:35,931
It was tough,
because you have to do
1693
01:29:35,931 --> 01:29:38,769
some not-so-nice things
sometimes.
1694
01:29:38,769 --> 01:29:41,007
I remember, one time
my platoon became attached
1695
01:29:41,007 --> 01:29:42,577
to a different
military police battalion,
1696
01:29:42,577 --> 01:29:48,722
and the orders was that nobody
is allowed on this road.
1697
01:29:48,722 --> 01:29:50,860
There’s, like,
a hospital on one side,
1698
01:29:50,860 --> 01:29:54,969
and a lot of people live
on the other.
1699
01:29:54,969 --> 01:29:56,438
Obviously,
it became very apparent
1700
01:29:56,438 --> 01:29:59,611
that I was the one
that spoke their language.
1701
01:29:59,611 --> 01:30:01,983
This guy comes up and is...
1702
01:30:01,983 --> 01:30:03,285
he’s like, "I got a sick baby.
1703
01:30:03,285 --> 01:30:04,854
Can I just cross the road
to go to the hospital?"
1704
01:30:04,854 --> 01:30:09,999
And we’re a disciplined army,
so we had to say no, but...
1705
01:30:09,999 --> 01:30:13,372
that didn’t make
any tactical sense.
1706
01:30:13,372 --> 01:30:15,042
It got to the point
where I stopped translating,
1707
01:30:15,042 --> 01:30:16,946
because the squad leader’d
come up to me:
1708
01:30:16,946 --> 01:30:19,985
"Hey, well,
tell this guy he, uh...
1709
01:30:19,985 --> 01:30:22,023
he can’t take his sick baby
to the hospital."
1710
01:30:22,023 --> 01:30:23,358
I’m like, "You know what?
I’m not gonna do that.
1711
01:30:23,358 --> 01:30:25,663
Just--you tell him."
1712
01:30:25,663 --> 01:30:27,433
And, "Well, we’re
just following orders."
1713
01:30:27,433 --> 01:30:30,906
"I know,
but I don’t wanna translate."
1714
01:30:30,906 --> 01:30:32,076
If the colonel wanna do it,
1715
01:30:32,076 --> 01:30:34,414
he can come down himself
and do it.
1716
01:30:34,414 --> 01:30:36,918
It goes against why we’re there.
1717
01:30:36,918 --> 01:30:39,057
It goes against
a lot of our beliefs
1718
01:30:39,057 --> 01:30:41,528
and the value system
we operate under
1719
01:30:41,528 --> 01:30:43,967
as American soldiers.
1720
01:30:48,809 --> 01:30:51,581
There’s a big demand now
for patriotism and flags
1721
01:30:51,581 --> 01:30:54,120
and yellow ribbons and...
1722
01:30:54,120 --> 01:30:55,289
I got my living off the war
1723
01:30:55,289 --> 01:30:57,193
by going there
and getting a paycheck,
1724
01:30:57,193 --> 01:30:59,130
and the guy that makes
the yellow ribbons,
1725
01:30:59,130 --> 01:31:01,234
which is the biggest
fashion fad nowadays,
1726
01:31:01,234 --> 01:31:02,537
makes his living off of it,
1727
01:31:02,537 --> 01:31:04,374
and Caterpillar
makes living off of it,
1728
01:31:04,374 --> 01:31:07,179
and the companies that make
the smart bombs
1729
01:31:07,179 --> 01:31:10,052
that we drop on those guys
make a living off of it.
1730
01:31:10,052 --> 01:31:11,688
And the Humvee company
makes a living out of it,
1731
01:31:11,688 --> 01:31:13,859
and you guys are making
a living off it.
1732
01:31:13,859 --> 01:31:17,833
It’s just, I don’t really
look at it as something...
1733
01:31:20,205 --> 01:31:22,143
more than that, I suppose.
1734
01:31:25,950 --> 01:31:28,422
I love being a soldier.
1735
01:31:28,422 --> 01:31:30,125
The only bad thing
about the army is
1736
01:31:30,125 --> 01:31:31,828
you can’t pick your war.
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