Citizen Soldier Page #8

Soldier:
We're not

getting any closer sitting here.

Brown:

Hey, 3-3,

this is 3-6.

3-2 is ready.

Whenever you guys

are ready,

go ahead

and push up.

- Alex:
Let's roll out.

- Floyd:
Come on!

- Cover!

- ( Explosion )

( Soldier grunting )

Floyd?

( Explosion )

Alex:
Now there's stuff

flying over my head

and the CamelBak

landed in front of me.

So I knew something bad

happened.

And...

Alex:

Get up, get up, get up!

( Gunfire )

Go. Spread out.

Brown:
3-2, 3-3. Be advised.

Direct hit, direct hit.

( Gunfire continues )

Soldier on radio:

We got eyes on...

Soldier #2 on radio:

Do we have any... over?

Soldier:

Hey! No, no!

F***in' hit...

f***in' hit.

( Chattering, shouting )

Justin Smith:

Bomb inbound!

Bomb's inbound!

Cover!

( Explosion )

Motherf***er.

Harrill:

Coming down, coming down.

Soldier:

Reset!

- Where do you want it?

- Hey, we need to move.

Take these guys out...

( Overlapping chatter)

Get these guys up

and move 'em, let's go!

Roger.

Soldier:

2038 to 2-8,

move it down the ridge,

approximately 150 meters

in a large group of trees.

Brown:
Coleman,

I need you to stop his bleeding

- as soon as you get up there.

- I got it.

Let's go, boys.

Move, move.

Move, move, move.

Hey, LT, I'll show you

right where I saw 'em.

Brown:

Where, man?

That RPG

came from that f***in'

big rock face, 100 meters.

Straight... right there.

Right there.

It came right on top

of that big rock.

Let's get some mortars

down here.

- Mortars.

- Anybody with mortars...

Smith:
If you've got a

mortar in your pack, get it out!

Hey, Alex?

Anybody with mortars,

bring 'em down!

Soldier:

...176 meters.

Hey, Alex?

( Gun firing )

Soldier:

263 degrees, be advised...

Brown:

320s on that motherf***er!

320, go up!

Soldier:
Stay right there.

I got more rounds coming.

( Explosion )

Smith:
Up 10 meters.

Up 10 meters.

( Chattering )

Hey.

Kruse:
Keep your eyes

on that road over there.

Sounds like they have

reinforcements on their way.

We're spread pretty thin

and if they come at us,

- they got us.

- Kennemer:
Oh, I know.

Roger.

From that last impact,

move up the ridge

approximately 50 to 60 meters.

- All right, no more mortars.

- Soldier:
No more mortars!

Cease fire!

Smith:

Bombs inbound!

Soldier #2:

Bombs inbound!

( Bomb exploding )

Once the engagement

went to a lull,

gave me the ability

to assess casualties

a little bit better.

Floyd:
All right,

let's get a head count.

Keep going, brother.

You're almost there.

- Floyd:
Maxon, two...

- Almost there, almost there.

- Tevis...

- Keep going, keep going.

Floyd:
Let's go, guys.

Keep moving.

- Smith.

- Keep going, almost there.

- Floyd:
McKean.

- Let's go, all the way up.

Keep going, guys.

You're almost there.

Almost there.

- Almost there, dude.

- Floyd:
Torres...

- Almost there.

- Floyd:
Sherlow...

- Almost there.

- Floyd:
F***, I'm missing one.

Watch up there,

watch up there.

- You got it?

- Yeah.

There you go.

Kennemer:
Hey, start scanning

that ridgeline up top.

We got somebody up there.

Christopher Gunter:

3-6!

Hey, what's up?

I'll relay!

Sergeant Prince is hit!

Hey, Sergeant Prince

is hit!

Brown:

How? Gunshot or what?

What?

( Soldier shouting )

( Explosion )

Brown:

How's he hurt?

Alex and I,

we took off

kind of back

that direction

and started looking

for Prince.

That's the guy

that I was missing.

( Radio chatter)

Alex:

Where's he at?

F***.

Floyd:

3-6, this is 3-2.

I need you

down here now, over.

Brown:
I take off running

down to where Floyd's at.

Gunter! Start calling

a 9-line for us!

Right now!

Gunter, make it quick.

Gunter:
3-7, 3-7, 3-6 Romeo,

prepare to copy 9-line.

Brown:
I come around

kind of the corner

and Floyd's standing right up

in the middle of the trail.

And I stop.

( Exhales )

You know,

he's just looking at me

with a... with a blank

stare on his face.

And he...

you know, he said,

"Prince is dead and he's

fallen off the side."

Brown:

Say again?

Alex:
I f***ing pulled him

out and his f***ing...

- He's dead?

- Yes.

Brown:
We're going

back to get him

as soon as this

bomb drops, all right?

Soldier:
Gonna be

southwest 150 meters

down the ridge line,

large group of trees.

You were just there

right beside him?

Call sign Juliet Bravo.

Kruse:

You doing all right?

Just calm down.

Remember your training

and just let the rounds fly.

All right?

Sergeant Prince, man.

Kruse:
You can't worry

about that now.

All right?

Right now we got to

make sure you get home.

Roger.

Three friendly wounded.

One friendly KIA.

You all right, brother?

Yeah. I got hit with some frag

and it took my leg out.

Brown:
Hey, guys,

we gotta remember,

we gotta spread out,

all right?

Brown:
We took a few minutes.

I got a team together.

And I said,

"All right,

"as soon as this bomb

hits 'em,

"we're going to...

a group of us

are gonna go down

and... and get Prince."

03... 28...

cleared hot.

Brown:
After the birds

drop this bomb,

me, Carlson and Alex

are going to go down

and get Prince, okay?

Roger that.

We're watching.

Brown:
You guys

continue to drop mortars

the entire time

we're down there.

Roger that.

Gunter:

I'm going with you.

I'm leaving my kit right here.

Hey, get this off.

Get this off.

Suck it up, all right?

Suck it up, all right?

Soldier:

Copy that.

Sir, One Mike you'll be in,

this may be danger close.

Brown:
Hey, One Mike,

we've got a bomb inbound.

3-3, I need you to continue

with that 9-line.

I need it ASAP.

You need to tell the birds

they need to be escorted

out of here.

Soldier over radio:

We've got enemy

within 200 meters

of our location.

Roger, line one.

Whiskey Delta niner-one,

44-niner-52884.

Break.

Soldier over radio:

Line two,

036 Romeo

47-15.

Line eight, you in.

Coming through.

Hey, man, hey, hey.

Stay with it, stay with it.

What you gotta do?

What's the next thing

you gotta do?

- I gotta...

- What's the next thing

- you gotta do?

- I got to...

Tell me what it is out loud.

Say it.

Make sure everybody's safe

and I get the 9-line called in

- and we get...

- Is the 9-line done?

- Roger.

- What's the next thing

YOU got to do?

- Make sure...

- Hey, don't flag your weapon.

Okay? Who do you

got to make sure is okay?

I gotta make sure

Max and Tevis...

Where are they?

They're down there.

They were hit.

LT is checking on them now.

Okay, so you need

to go back there.

Okay. Right?

Is that what you're saying?

Roger.

Are you...

are you good to go back there?

- Roger, sir.

- You sure?

Yes.

3-7, 3-6 on my way.

Floyd:
Roger.

Say again line one

and line eight, over?

Roger. Line one,

Whiskey Delta,

niner-1452...

( Chattering )

9-line is called up.

3-7. 3-6...

Smith:
Bomb inbound!

Get down.

( Taliban speaking

Pashto over radio )

Interpreter:

Shooting four more rockets.

Kruse:
They're gonna...

they're gonna shoot

four more rockets.

Four more rockets.

Soldier over radio:

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