Citizen Soldier Page #5

This is Red-7, over.

( Beeping )

Wolff:

Dismounts, I'm getting

negative response

from Red-6.

Wagoner:
We were all buckled

in and hanging upside down

trying to think to yourself,

what just happened?

And we kept screaming

for Lieutenant Leehan

and we weren't hearing

anything.

You know,

you just knew.

- We've got guys down.

- It's Leehan!

Hey! We need the medic!

- He can't breathe.

- They're coming right now.

Medic!

Leehan is not responding!

You all right, man?

Medic:
Anywhere else hurt?

In your chest?

You felt... your arms?

Legs?

X-ray, this is 2-6...

Wagoner:

Get his f***in' kit off.

Soldier:

Leehan!

Wolff:
The noise

of that IED going off

sounded like no other explosion

I'd ever heard before.

I tried four or five times

if not more

to try to raise his truck

on the radio.

Red-6, Red-6,

this is Red-7, over.

Negative contact.

Red-7 out.

All I ever got back

was static.

The one thing that sticks

to me about Damon

was just his smirk.

No matter what was going on,

good or bad,

he always smirked.

Soldier:

Aw, man!

All right,

everybody down.

Cameraman:

Smile for the camera.

Smile for the camera.

Welcome

to First Platoon, sir.

- All:
Ooh!

- All right.

Wolff:
He was truly

irreplaceable.

He was the glue

that kept... kept us together.

I would say

we were best friends.

I had to cram

all those emotions

down deep inside

to continue

on the mission.

Harrill:
The memorial service

for LT Leehan

was going to be

a Mihtarlam

It was about a three,

four-hour drive.

We wanted to make sure

that we were there

so we could pay

our respects

to an incredible leader.

Brown:
I think we were

almost halfway down there.

And I'm in the lead vehicle

with Sergeant Prince.

Prince is in the turret

and we're slowly

creeping up the hill.

And Prince

tells me to stop,

tells us to stop.

So Colt stops the vehicle.

Hold on, hold on, hold...

Prince:

It's right there.

Yeah, it's an IED.

Brown:

Hey, roger, be advised,

3-2 Alpha has eyes

on a possible IED. Over.

Really?

Another IED?

It's right here.

I'm looking at it.

Is it this little

paper bag thing?

Wagoner:

Yeah, it's the paper bag thing.

Yeah, with f***ing wires

hooked on it?

Yeah.

Who called that?

Brown:

Roger, 2-1 Bravo.

Be advised,

Prince has eyes on it.

That's a good f***ing spot.

Brown:

Hey, good job, Prince.

I wouldn't have

even seen that, man.

Soldier:

Nice job, Prince.

Brown:
We finally

get a call from battalion

telling us to hold tight,

EOD is on the way.

We decide to set up

360 security around the IED.

Soldier:

As-salamu alaykum.

2-1 Bravo,

this is 3-6. Over.

Harrill:

Roger, Go for 2-1 Bravo.

Brown:

Get with your 2-7 element

and see if I can

get some of you guys

to push to the high ground

to provide security. Over.

Harrill:

Roger. That's good copy.

Brown:

2-1 Bravo, 3-6.

Let me know when you guys

get set in.

Harrill:

Right, that's a good copy.

- RPG!

- ( Explosion )

- Whoa!

- Sh*t, that was close.

I head an RPG

over our heads.

( Explosion )

Soldier:

RPG! RPG!

Hey, we gotta go.

We gotta go, we gotta go.

Harrill:

3-6, be advised that the RPG

hit about 30 meters

from us. Break.

( Beeping )

We're going to push up

and we're going to try

to get a clear view

across the river. How copy?

Hammy, Hammy,

come on! Come on!

Let's go! Come on.

Brown:

Hey, Prince! Hey!

They're shooting from

the other side of the river.

Hey, look

on the other side!

Gunter! Hey, go grab

some ammo from the truck.

Hurry UP!

Prince:
Damn it,

show me some movement.

Harrill:
All right, now there...

there's buildings up there.

There's buildings up there.

Okay, all right.

We're in this

dangerous situation.

You got three lEDs

that are daisy-chained

together.

And the trigger man

is out there still somewhere.

At any point in time,

they could set these off.

Brown:

3-6, 3-6, 2-1 Bravo.

Colson:

3-6, go ahead.

Harrill:

Roger, 3-6, be advised

that there's

some buildings up here

that we're going

to have to clear.

Once we get them cleared,

let's try to establish

a clear line of sight

along that road

watching the rest

of the convoy. How copy?

Brown:

Hey, roger, I copy all.

Don't push too far

into that village, though.

( Harrill panting )

All right.

All right, no,

I'm right behind you.

I'm right behind you.

I'm right behind you.

- All right.

- Is it clear?

- You see anything?

- Hammy:
All clear, all clear.

All right.

Harrill:

You see anything?

All right, go through

the next one.

Now see that?

See that clearing right there?

We can see

over the road.

I'm taking over here.

Hammy, come over here.

Set up right there.

Brown:

Roger. Be advised,

they're setting up position.

How copy?

Soldier:

663!

Brown:
Hey, Prince, you got eyes

on those guys over there?

- Prince:
I'm looking!

- Brown:
Hey, make sure

you're watching

down in that group of trees.

Prince:
Hey, sir, sir!

Across the way.

- Movement on the roof.

- Brown:
What?

Harrill:

You good?

You good?

All right.

Hey, we got a guy

on the roof. Hey.

Hammy, get up here.

Get up here.

Right across the river.

Right up on the roof.

3-6, be advised,

directly to our right,

we have some villages.

It looks like there's individuals still

on the road.

We'll keep you advised

of the situation. How copy?

Brown:
Roger that,

2-1 Bravo. Good copy.

Soldier:
He does not look

like a local Afghan.

Harrill:

I think he has a weapon.

Let me see.

Yeah, he has a weapon.

All right.

You got a clean shot.

( Gun firing )

Did you get him?

I got him.

Brown:

2-1 Bravo, 3-6.

Road is clear.

We're ready to move out.

Get your guys to move

back down to the base.

3-6 out.

Brown:

Finally EOD shows up.

You know, we're telling...

we're briefing him,

"Hey, we just got hit,

you know, twice.

We need you

to take care of this IED

so we can

get out of here."

Soldier:
EOD is up!

We're ready.

Yep, let's get going.

Soldier #2:
Yeah.

Harrill:
It's a good thing

that Sergeant Prince

spotted the IED

'cause with that,

he saved a lot of damn lives.

Damn.

Soldier:
That was...

that was, like,

actually way bigger

than the first two.

Soldier #2:
Yeah, that

looked like the actual charge.

Yeah.

From the point

of us loading up

and actually arriving

in Mihtarlam,

I bet we stopped,

like, six or seven times

due to the damage that

the RPGs did on the vehicles.

Remember, we used one

of the medic's surgical tape...

Yeah, tape

on the brake lines.

Put the tape

on the brake lines.

We made it through,

so talkin' about adapting

and overcoming...

Specifically,

'cause I remember thinking,

"Gosh damn it, can't you

just leave us alone?"

- Right, give us a day.

- For one day? For one day?

Can you just leave me alone

for one day?

- Let me go do this?

- Yeah.

And then you can jack

with me all you want...

- We'll play tomorrow.

- All you want.

Yeah, they just...

they wouldn't let up.

( Gun firing )

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