Citizen Soldier

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( Birds chirping )

- ( Soldier panting )

- Soldier #2:
You all right?

( Radio chatter)

Soldier over radio:

3-6, go ahead.

Soldier #2:

Roger, we're set in.

Got security set up. Over.

Soldier #1:
Roger.

We're gonna start down.

( Radio chatter)

Yeah, prepare to copy,

my group.

Soldier:

Send it.

Whiskey Delta 9-1

430, break.

- 5-2903.

- 5-2903.

( Chattering )

( Soldier speaking over broken

transmission )

Soldier:
Behind the sacks,

there's ammunitions.

Soldier:
Sergeant Byrne,

they're getting ammunition

from the house right now.

Soldier over radio:

3-3, this is 3-6.

Go ahead and move down.

Soldier #2:

Roger, we're moving. Over.

Soldier #3:

That's a good copy, 3-6 out.

Soldier:
We're not going

to get any closer standing here.

Soldier over radio:

3-3-3, this is 3-6.

Whenever you guys are ready,

go ahead and push up.

- Soldier:
Let's roll out!

- Soldier #2:
Come on!

( Pulsating explosions )

- Soldier:
Oh!

- ( Soldier #2 grunting )

Soldier over radio:

3-6, this is 3-2.

I need you

down here now, over.

Go there, start callin'

a 914, right now!

Spread out

and find your cover.

( Machine gun firing )

- Hey, what are you doing?

- Take these guys...

- Roger!

- You guys have to move him.

- Let's go.

- Let's grab that weapon.

I need you to stop

this bleeding

- as soon as we got here.

- I got it.

- Let's go, boys. Move. Move.

- Soldier:
Move, move, move.

- Let's get a head count.

- Soldier:
Keep going.

- Nice...

- Almost there, almost there.

- Estevez?

- Keep going, keep going.

Soldier:

Let's go, guys. Keep moving.

- Keep going, guys.

- Smith?

- Keep going.

- McKean?

Almost there.

Let's go, all the way up.

Soldier:

F***, I'm missing one.

- (Explosion)

- Go, go, go, go!

- Go, go.

- Where's he at?

( Distant gunfire )

( Explosion )

Soldier:
LT, stay in the middle.

Spread out.

All right?

Spread out. Stay spread.

That way if he shoots again,

he only gets one of us.

- ( Gunfire continues )

- Stay spread.

F***.

( Birds chirping )

Soldier over radio:

We're pretty much

in an L shape right now, over.

Okay, roger.

Just make sure

we keep

that right flank security.

We got guys flanking hard

on your right flank.

Soldier over radio:

Roger, I copy.

Guys flanking hard

on our flank.

Roger. You're about

to get the brunt of it, over.

Come on, come on.

All right, let's go.

Soldier:

Go, go, go!

- Get on line!

- Contact! Contact!

Someone better flex...

flex right.

Immediately,

flex right.

Immediately,

flex right.

Right there,

right there.

Get that saw up!

( All firing )

Soldier:

Hey, cease fire. Cease fire!

Soldier #2:

Cease fire.

Hold up!

- Everybody stop!

- Soldier:
Hey!

Soldier over radio:

Index, index.

Index.

End of exercise.

( Chattering )

Soldier:

We gotta figure something out.

Eran Harrill:

Barber, are you missing a lens?

Yeah, I got

my dark eye pro on me.

In your glasses,

are you missing a lens?

Barber:

Yeah.

You're missing a lens?

He is, yeah.

Barber:
I can see

out of this one

more than I can this one.

Is that your firing eye?

How'd you lose a lens?

Barber:

My glasses were already broken

and while I was getting

my dark Eye Pro out,

the movement and the contact,

last iteration, it fell out.

So we're talking

a week and a half ago.

Barber:

Roger.

Eran Harrill:

Goodness gracious, Barber.

You have other glasses

you wear at home?

- Maybe.

- So now you're missing a lens.

That means when you go back

to civilian life,

you're still going

to be missing a lens, right?

- Yes, sergeant.

- Gosh, man.

This isn't a military thing.

Guys, individual things.

You have

to f***ing correct that.

Like, your own self.

You have to be like, "Eh,

"when I go back, I'm only

going to have one lens.

"I got work.

I got other things...

I gotta drive."

- You hear what I'm saying?

- Yes, sergeant.

I shouldn't have

to preach to you guys

how to be grown men.

And that's what I'm...

this conversation

is just teaching you

how to be a grown man.

It has nothing to do

with military.

Gentlemen, nobody's going

to f***ing care about you

more than you.

So if you don't care

about you,

and we're not tracking on it.

We're not going to push you

'cause we don't know.

- Make sense?

- All:
Yes, Sergeant.

All right.

Harrill:
What happened

with Barber at training,

I mean, is unacceptable.

But for me

as a leader,

something

that I have to correct.

Being a citizen soldier,

we all have

our civilian obligations

that we have in addition

to our military duties.

For instance, on this

last appointment myself,

I was a marketing director.

Colt Floyd was a combatives

and weapons instructor.

Damon Leehan was an X-ray tech

at a hospital.

Jared Colson

was a correctional officer.

Mycal Prince

was a police officer.

He was the first K9 officer

of his precinct.

Tyler Brown

was a mechanic.

So you have this whole group

of diverse individuals

who on the civilian side,

are doing regular,

normal, everyday stuff.

But now,

six months later,

they're on the side

of a mountain

fighting alongside

each other

in some of the worst conditions

that you can think of.

What's up, man?

So today I'm getting together

with Colt Floyd and Tyler Brown,

two guys that I deployed

with back in 2011.

I'm gonna throw some burgers on.

You guys want some brats too?

- Absolutely.

- All right.

For me,

one thing that I always felt

like I got in for was

to deploy at some point in time.

So then to have an opportunity

to get on this one

with the Guard seemed like

another natural thing.

I don't think

it still really hit me,

you know... we're actually

going on deployment,

going to Afghanistan,

gonna be in some tough stuff.

And even up to Shelby...

my impression of Shelby

when we got there was just,

like, you gotta be kidding me.

You know?

"This is gonna

get us ready for war?"

Yeah... "This is gonna

get us ready for war?"

Harrill:
Hattiesburg

is just a tad bit different

from Afghanistan

- and Laghman Province.

- Soldier:
Poquito.

- ( Soldiers laughing )

- Soldier:
Just a little.

Take away the mountains,

it was the same.

Take away the mountains,

it was the exact same thing.

Soldier over radio:

All right, fire, boys,

and engage your target.

Engage your target.

Colt Floyd:
Camp Shelby

sucked for the terrain aspect.

But we had a lot of time

to really build

that platoon relationship,

you know,

amongst ourselves.

( All laughing )

That's where the whole bond

starts... right there.

You know, Shelby...

that's where it really

all started.

Soldier:

Set him down, set him down!

Harrill:
I remember one day,

Sergeant Wolff

had everybody grab

LT Leehan

and dunk him in the mud

as an introductory

to being first platoon's

platoon leader.

Cameraman:

Leehan, still smiling.

No, get him!

Get him!

( All laughing )

- Aw, man!

- All right, everybody down.

Harrill:
Just the way

that LT Leehan handled that

really personified

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