Citizen Soldier Page #4

- Harrill:
Contact! Contact!

- Where is it?

- Colson:
Shh. Hey, hey.

Shut up, shut up.

Let's move down

in that ravine right there

and reconsolidate

from there. Roger?

- Harrill:
Yeah, roger.

- All right, get your guys.

Damn, I'm out.

I'm out. I need more rounds.

I need another round

of ammo.

There is was,

an RPG right beside us.

- RPG... oh!

- Damn it!

Brown:
Roger. I'm feeling

this is a serious kick.

We need air support

like an hour ago, over.

Soldier:

F*** me!

( Gunfire continues )

Colson:
We ran into

about a 35-foot drop-off.

Just straight down...

straight drop-off.

Harrill:
There was only one

way that we were going

to leave that mountain.

And that was jumping

down this... this cliff.

( Harrill panting )

We can't go down that.

Colson:

There's enemy combatants

on the other side

of this ridge over here

firing down on the village.

We gotta go down.

- We gotta go down.

- Harrill:
Okay.

How are we going

to do that?

Colson:

We gotta shed our gear.

Brown:
The whole time

we were sitting there,

rounds were just coming off

left and right.

But there was no way

we were leaving

until we

got those guys down.

( All shouting )

Byrne:

There's muzzle flashes coming

from all over

that f***ing cornfield.

Floyd:
It's jammed again.

I hate this thing. Sh*t.

Just had a round crack

over my head

and this thing's jammed.

Argh! It's jammed.

Hey, Sergeant Byrne,

it's jammed.

Soldier:
All right,

take it easy. Take it easy.

Soldier #2:

Take it slow, take it slow.

Harrill:
Thank you...

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!

Oh!

Floyd:
Oh, it's not...

it's not f***ing moving!

Why the f*** is this piece

of sh*t not working?

F*** it.

( Fires )

Oh, God. Sh*t.

- Oh my...

- Colson:
You good?

I'm good.

I'm gonna be all right.

My hand's f***ed up.

Colson:

Hey, everybody good?

- Yeah.

- Any broken bones?

Nah.

All right, come on.

Let's go.

Harrill:
3-6, 2-1 Bravo,

we have all made it

down the cliff

and suited back up.

We are now headed back

towards your direction,

towards the truck

on the road. How copy.

Air support's on their way.

Here come the birds!

( Radio chatter)

Soldier:

F*** yeah.

Let's air support

this b*tch.

Colson:

Yeah!

Well, you know,

that's what happens

when people shoot at you.

F***.

Floyd:
2-1 Bravo,

what's your location?

Harrill:
Roger.

We're coming up

right behind you

in the truck right now.

Floyd:
Roger.

See if maybe you can

hurry it up a little bit.

You guys are kinda taking

your sweet time. Over.

Harrill:

Roger that. 3-2.

I'm trying to get back

for Taco Tuesday as well.

How copy-

Floyd:

Yeah, roger. 3-2 out.

Harrill:
We all made it...

we all made it off the cliff.

Colson:
I remember thinking

after I came home,

I swore to myself

I was never going

to climb another flight

of f***ing stairs

for the rest of my life.

I was gonna take the elevator

everywhere I went

just 'cause I was

so damn tired of climbing.

When I commissioned,

I had two contracts

sitting in front of me...

the Fires brigade

and the Infantry brigade.

So I'm sitting

across the desk

from the female

that was there.

And she's like,

"All right,

you get 10 grand

to go to the Fires brigade.

But you have to give it up

to go to the Infantry brigade."

That was the first time

I had heard that...

that I had to give up

my bonus.

And I was like,

"Gosh dang."

But I wanted to go

to Ranger school,

so, you know, I picked...

I picked the Infantry.

Looking back on it now,

like, do you ever think

to yourself, "I should've

took the 10 grand"?

No, no, never, man.

I don't... I don't regret

giving that up.

Not one second.

I wouldn't trade it

for nothing.

( Man chanting prayer

over loudspeaker )

Harrill:
On the morning

of August 14th,

we were sent on a mission

to do convoy security

for a support company.

Our mission

was to move supplies

up to Alingar District Center.

Along Route Iowa.

Erik Wolff:
All Red elements,

all Red elements,

let's go ahead

and move out.

We have been cleared

to continue mission, over.

Wagoner:
On the way to the FOB,

we had some intense talks

in that truck.

I remember

Lieutenant Leehan telling us

that he got off the phone

with his daughter

I believe the night

before that.

Her pet passed away

and so he was dealing

with that.

And he just...

he wanted to be there

to help with his daughter

and give her the support.

Hey, guys.

What are you up to?

I am... I'm in a truck.

Army truck.

Anyways, I thought

I'd give you guys a video.

Just say hi

and I miss you guys.

Love you.

Anyway, I'll talk to you later.

Love you, bye.

Wolff:
On the way up

to Alingar District Center,

we had no issues.

No sights,

no true intel

of any possible lEDs

being set up.

Wagoner:
The IED threat...

it was always there for us.

You're just anticipating

that detonation

on your truck.

- ( Thumping )

- Whoa, whoa.

Wolff:
We arrived

at the Alingar DC on time.

Echo Company

off-loaded their trucks.

Wagoner:
Unloading took

a little bit longer

than we thought we really

needed to get out.

So Lieutenant Leehan

decided

that we were going

to be lead vehicle.

Hey, it's Daddy-

Just thought I'd say hi.

Hi, Ethan.

Hi, Ethan.

Love you, buddy.

All right.

Give your mom hell. Love you.

Wagoner:
Being the first

in the convoy,

me and Lieutenant Leehan

would dismount,

do our checks

on certain areas.

If something didn't look right,

we would just get out,

check it,

and then if it was good,

we'd get back in

and drive off.

Wolff:

Red-1, this is Red-7.

Need you to go ahead

and halt the convoy. Break.

Wagoner:

Hold on, hold on.

Yeah, it's nothing good.

Wolff:
Better go ahead

and get your dismounts out.

Need to go ahead

and start clearing the route

for lEDs.

Break.

Wagoner:
MZ, if I were you,

I'd walk behind us.

- There you go.

- ( Radio chatter)

Wolff:
Report anything

out of the ordinary

back up to me

and I will relay to Red-6

and up to Battalion, over.

Soldier over radio:

2-3 Alpha, this is 2-7.

- Leehan:
See anything?

- I don't see anything.

- Just garbage?

- Yeah.

Soldier over radio:

Roger, Red-1, I copy.

Route's clear.

Go ahead and load up,

dismount,

and then continue

on the mission.

2-1 Bravo, this

is 2-3 Alpha. Over.

Wagoner:
Leehan,

are we good to start moving?

Hey, start going.

You're good.

Leehan:
He's got...

oh, he's got room, sir.

Soldier over radio:

2-2 Bravo 7...

...to get all

these people out...

if we can get them

to our location, over.

Leehan:
Trying to get

some speed to get up the hill.

Hey, driver, when you stop,

man, you've got to try

to be aware

of your surroundings.

Wolff:

Red-6, Red-6...

( Explosion )

( Muffled shouting )

Soldier:

Oh, we're hit.

- IED.

- Soldier:
Sh*t.

Wolff:

IED! IED! IED!

Hit the number one VIC!

Wolff:
Red-6, Red-6,

This is Red-7, over.

Wolff:
Red-6, Red-6,

This is Red-7, over.

( Shouting, clamoring )

( Radio beeping )

Wolff:
Red-6, Red-6,

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