Restrepo

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00:00:44 All right, this is what's going on.
00:00:46 Me, O'Bizzle... O'Bizzle.
00:00:49 - I got it, I got it, man I'm the narrator.
00:00:51 Me, Peebs, and Kim.
00:00:54 Kim, you got something to say?
00:00:56 - Yeah, you got something to say.
00:01:00 You all know tonight
00:01:04 Stupid crazy.
00:01:06 What's your sole mission, O'Byrne?
00:01:08 Man, to keep you out of hand.
00:01:10 You can't... you can't tame the beast.
00:01:14 Peebs, tell them. How do we roll?
00:01:16 Got 'em. Got 'em.
00:01:20 Tune in next time
00:01:22 and getting ready to go to war.
00:01:25 - What?
00:01:27 - War, Afghanistan, what?
00:01:30 - I didn't even sign my passport.
00:01:32 - I didn't even sign my passport.
00:01:34 We're going to war. We're going to war.
00:01:40 Roger.
00:02:36 Oh, we're fucking hit.
00:02:38 - This is an IED, over.
00:02:40 - Keep going, keep going! Keep...
00:02:42 - Shots.
00:02:44 - Get on that gun!
00:02:47 Aim for that draw! Right now!
00:02:50 That way.
00:02:54 We gotta get out. We gotta get out of here.
00:02:57 We're getting out!
00:02:58 Fucking motherfucker.
00:03:00 Shot, eight o'clock. 300 meters.
00:03:04 Shot, eight o'clock. 102 meters.
00:03:36 You know what?
00:03:38 When they told me
00:03:41 I really didn't, uh, I didn't read
00:03:44 I wanted to go in there with an open mind.
00:03:46 The Colonel told me initially
00:03:50 I was like, God, how the hell do you take
00:03:53 You got to go out there and go kill
00:03:55 Quit being, you know, scared.
00:03:56 Go out there and get 'em.
00:03:58 And the Colonel and I
00:04:01 what we thought was going to be
00:04:03 after two months of being there I would fix
00:05:13 The very first day, I remember coming in,
00:05:16 and one of the pilots and stuff,
00:05:18 if you look over there to your left,
00:05:21 You know, and we're like, you know,
00:05:25 And then they're all mountains,
00:05:29 And as you go in elevation,
00:05:35 And then we go up into the Korengal Valley.
00:05:44 I remember looking out the little bubble
00:05:48 because I was right next to the window.
00:05:50 And I could see when the Chinook
00:05:56 I was like, holy shit.
00:05:59 We're not ready for this.
00:06:00 We flew around for about half- hour,
00:06:04 and you're just looking down there,
00:06:07 and you're like,
00:06:10 You're away from everything.
00:06:13 Honestly, when I first got to the Korengal,
00:06:19 My mindset was like, oh snap,
00:06:25 I remember getting off the bird
00:06:30 Hey, Jones, you guys standing up
00:06:33 Come on, guys, better get moving.
00:06:35 And just sucking...
00:06:40 and thinking what are we doing?
00:06:46 It started getting dark,
00:06:51 And I thought they were Taliban.
00:06:53 And I thought, holy shit they're close.
00:06:58 Everybody's like,
00:06:59 And they feel sorry for you
00:07:01 I'm like, dude,
00:07:03 I show up there
00:07:07 You know, you're living in a tent.
00:07:09 I literally lived in a bunker, you know,
00:07:14 See bullet holes all rattled into the Hescos
00:07:17 I don't even know why I have Hescos here
00:07:19 because they're not going to stop the bullets
00:07:23 So I felt like I was...
00:07:39 They're gathering intel right now,
00:07:43 because they haven't...
00:07:47 on how to treat us right now,
00:07:50 because they haven't had to deal with people
00:07:55 you know, dealing with guys that are
00:07:58 with as much fighting,
00:08:24 Hey, go on that ridgeline, fucking now!
00:08:47 Hey, roger, I'm up here by OP four.
00:08:49 We're scanning and if we have to,
00:08:52 I got myself, Riegel, and Thomas over here.
00:08:55 Roger, over.
00:08:57 Hey, I'm about to find this bastard,
00:09:00 Okay, roger.
00:09:02 We should be firing on those here
00:09:07 Hang it!
00:09:09 Fire! Firing!
00:09:31 The Korengal Outpost is at the 6-3 gridline,
00:09:35 the insurgency has, like, drawn
00:09:40 and every time the guys
00:09:42 and they cross the 6-2 gridline,
00:09:44 I mean, like, no shit, every time they cross
00:09:48 So I want to extend the security bubble,
00:09:53 and wherever I can provide security
00:09:55 is where I'm going to be able to
00:09:58 The hard part is, is that they're so deeply
00:10:03 and because of religious ideals, that getting
00:10:09 and basically push out their family members
00:10:12 Right now the road ends
00:10:17 and where the road ends
00:10:26 We've been getting reports that they've been
00:10:29 so the contact right now
00:10:45 - Good to see you.
00:10:48 Do you want chai?
00:10:50 We don't have time to sit down
00:10:52 I just wanted to come in and talk to you
00:10:54 How many people are you actually
00:10:59 What's up?
00:11:01 You see that last house, to the right of it?
00:11:03 Brownish fucking bush
00:11:06 Yeah?
00:11:07 Someone turned around that corner,
00:11:23 We're going to be moving in darkness.
00:11:26 We could move now if you need to.
00:11:44 Okay, spread out.
00:12:04 I'm pushing up here.
00:12:06 Whoa, a tracer came right by here!
00:12:14 Hey!
00:12:16 There's fire coming. They're shooting.
00:12:18 Over there!
00:12:20 Where? Over where?
00:12:22 Kim!
00:12:32 The first friend I lost was Vimoto,
00:12:35 and that was right at the beginning
00:12:38 And then a month after that, I lost Restrepo.
00:12:43 The day that Restrepo got killed,
00:12:46 it came across the net
00:12:49 Then they called back in
00:12:52 I need you to give me fire, Cortez.
00:12:55 We didn't know who it was, because nobody
00:13:01 When you hear someone's hit,
00:13:02 your first reaction
00:13:04 And then you start going through your head
00:13:09 and wanting to eliminate your friends
00:13:13 you know, not this guy.
00:13:18 You know, your heart just sank.
00:13:20 You were like, fuck.
00:13:22 I mean, it was Doc Restrepo.
00:13:28 He was shot in the neck twice...
00:13:33 but he was stable,
00:13:37 We say, okay, he's going to be okay,
00:13:39 When he gets on the aircraft,
00:13:42 But he, it hit his, um, artery in his neck,
00:13:47 and he bled out.
00:13:49 He bled out on the helicopter ride
00:13:53 where they take you when you get shot.
00:14:00 - This is the big danger area right now.
00:14:03 Because if we're here
00:14:06 You're in between.
00:14:07 But if we clear down, you guys could
00:14:12 for where they are,
00:14:15 Shoot anything up the mountain.
00:14:17 I would say since we haven't been down here
00:14:22 I'm going to fucking assume the worst,
00:14:25 and that they have fortified fighting
00:14:27 Okay.
00:14:29 What were we doing in the Korengal?
00:14:33 Our purpose in the Korengal...
00:14:36 and the intent was this road to go through
00:14:41 to be able to connect the locals
00:14:44 where they can have an easy route
00:14:48 And our job there was to try
00:14:54 to allow them to build that road.
00:14:56 You know, five, ten years from now,
00:14:59 the Korengal Valley is going to have
00:15:03 And we can make more money,
00:15:05 make you guys more powerful.
00:15:09 is I need you to join with the government,
00:15:13 or help us provide you guys
00:15:16 And I'll flood this whole place
00:15:19 and with healthcare and with everything.
00:15:37 Remember last week when we said that
00:15:40 when Captain McKnight was here...
00:15:43 Captain Kearney's got a new slate.
00:15:50 Let's put it behind, and let's get on
00:16:01 Growing up in Oregon, I wasn't allowed
00:16:06 because my mom was a fucking hippie.
00:16:10 And she's always have us doing, like,
00:16:14 making, like, homemade paper or painting
00:16:22 It was a nice childhood.
00:16:25 or anything like that,
00:16:28 little toy guns or, like, violent video games
00:16:33 Like I had a toy squirt gun that was
00:16:38 because it said "squirt gun"...
00:16:40 Fire!
00:17:01 Right now priority...
00:17:11 For the first few months of the deployment...
00:17:16 we'd get rocked hard. They'd hit us from...
00:17:18 They'd ambush us at 360 degrees.
00:17:23 I remember thinking, you know, holy shit,
00:17:25 did everybody from the entire country
00:17:29 Is nobody else fighting anymore?
00:17:33 Oh, shit!
00:17:36 Motherfuckers.
00:17:38 In the entire country of Afghanistan,
00:17:40 we dropped something close
00:17:45 All the bombs that were dropped
00:17:50 were dropped in the Korengal Valley.
00:17:52 As CNN dubbed it one day
00:17:54 and said, you know,
00:17:56 the Korengal Valley.
00:17:59 But to my family,
00:18:04 until about halfway into the deployment.
00:18:08 I didn't tell them when Vimoto died.
00:18:10 I didn't tell them
00:18:13 I didn't tell them when Pisec got shot.
00:18:18 And then when Restrepo got killed was
00:18:22 So I had to... I had to suck it up
00:18:27 and act like everything was okay and say
00:18:33 like, "Yeah, I am doing really good out here,
00:18:56 The change came when we in OP Restrepo.
00:19:00 In the middle of the night we put up
00:19:04 that they had used as their enemy kinetic,
00:19:11 or of origin of their attack,
00:19:17 We walked up the Spur
00:19:22 We worked all though the night just
00:19:26 We slept for maybe a couple hours each,
00:19:30 That day we got in five, seven firefights.
00:19:34 Everybody good?
00:19:36 - Yeah, we're gonna...
00:19:40 We'd dig. They'd shoot at us.
00:19:42 They'd see us digging,
00:19:44 We'd shoot back. Once it lulled down,
00:19:48 When the boys built that base,
00:19:52 the Taliban, or the AAF forces in the valley,
00:19:56 It was like a middle finger sticking out.
00:19:59 And they realized once they could not knock
00:20:06 They started becoming afraid.
00:20:08 Eat some, turban head!
00:20:10 Hey, hit the bottom right.
00:20:13 - Get this!
00:20:23 Hey, Solo, that's you.
00:20:26 - Let's go, let's go!
00:20:30 - He's down in the draw.
00:20:32 How close?
00:20:55 Buno, get your coms up.
00:21:00 Make sure you got fucking SAW
00:21:03 - You're taking Wilson, Cortez.
00:21:06 Don't worry, I'll...
00:21:14 Don't worry. There's very few
00:21:23 A month or two into it, it was still
00:21:28 digging all the time, getting in firefights,
00:21:34 And so we... the majority of us really didn't
00:21:41 It was just a shitty place. It was just...
00:21:44 It just didn't resemble
00:22:14 Scuffing up my notes.
00:22:25 Feels like longer than forever, yeah
00:22:29 My home is now a distant land
00:22:33 If I had one wish, I wish I could be
00:22:37 Back on that rock
00:22:41 My heart is calling me to the islands
00:22:45 Blue skies and tropical breeze
00:22:49 I want to go back home
00:22:53 Swim in the Pacific sea
00:22:57 You can take the boy from the island
00:23:01 But not the island from the boy
00:23:05 The island stays in your heart
00:23:09 I'll never forget where I'm from
00:23:16 Oh, no, I'll never forget
00:23:21 Where I'm from
00:24:00 Sir. How you doing, sir?
00:24:02 Good seeing you again.
00:24:04 Welcome to the KOP.
00:24:06 maybe just try to give you
00:24:09 This is the southern Korengal.
00:24:12 This is, uh, I guess you could call it,
00:24:15 This is where it's all happening.
00:24:17 This is where the majority of the population
00:24:21 and probably about 90% of the fighting.
00:24:24 If you look just to the south here
00:24:28 which is called Honcho Hill, that is like
00:24:32 limit of advance for us.
00:24:34 Like, we can't go
00:24:36 - What do you call it... Honcho?
00:24:39 - Honcho Hill.
00:24:42 and you go all the way up here,
00:24:43 - and you might be able to see that...
00:24:46 that top of the OP.
00:24:49 That's OP Restrepo.
00:24:51 Everything south of that
00:24:55 Battle 6, Battle 2-5,
00:25:00 Nothing out of the ordinary as far
00:25:04 Nothing but women and children
00:25:09 Enemy assessment... we've got the AAF
00:25:14 and moving and getting everything in place.
00:25:17 Last 24, conduct a movement
00:25:22 separate the AAF from the populace
00:25:43 Hey, Cunningham, on a side note,
00:25:49 How's the what?
00:25:52 - The fam.
00:25:54 Billy.
00:25:56 Good. They're pretty good.
00:26:01 Were they happy to see your crazy self?
00:26:04 Yeah, yeah, it was a good time, man.
00:26:07 Got to hang out at the ranch
00:26:10 Got to see pretty much everyone
00:26:15 Your family owns a ranch?
00:26:19 Of course.
00:26:22 Like cows and pigs and chickens
00:26:26 No.
00:26:28 Like what kind of ranch, then?
00:26:38 It's like a ranch
00:26:41 with gates and stuff and trucks and whatnot.
00:26:44 Some guns, some wildlife,
00:26:48 Okay, so it's just a whole bunch of land
00:26:54 Yeah. It's kind of like this.
00:26:57 Yeah, but we're not hunting animals,
00:27:07 Hearts and minds.
00:27:11 Fucking feed tray.
00:27:13 Yeah. We'll take their hearts,
00:27:23 All right, listen up. Today we're going
00:27:26 The purpose is to talk to the locals
00:27:30 as far as the road construction team
00:27:32 Get some workers from their village
00:27:34 Talk about the cow incident.
00:27:38 - Also...
00:27:41 Talk about anything out of the ordinary
00:27:45 See if they can give us
00:27:47 Anyone have any questions?
00:27:53 Guys, it's gonna suck, but I'm going
00:27:57 I need you guys to go out there
00:28:00 because I need you to keep
00:28:03 I need you to go out there
00:28:05 so we can buy some white space,
00:28:07 so you guys can go back up there
00:28:09 filling up these sandbags
00:28:12 you get hit but you got
00:28:15 And the best defense is
00:28:23 3-3-4.
00:28:25 6-1-4-9.
00:28:28 Elevation 1-5-7-9.
00:28:32 And we are set in Koringal.
00:29:41 What's your father do?
00:29:45 A shepherd? What do you do?
00:29:52 Let me see your hands.
00:29:54 He's got pretty clean hands
00:30:05 Where'd you get that watch, man?
00:30:07 You guys got a lot of goats?
00:30:09 60 goats.
00:30:12 60 goats?
00:30:15 Yeah.
00:30:17 Well, what do you know about
00:30:29 He says...
00:30:38 Roger, we haven't found
00:30:41 We're going to start pushing back now.
00:30:44 Hey, 2-2, this is Bravo 1.
00:31:00 Oh, fuck.
00:31:23 What have they got?
00:31:25 Oh, I guess a guy running.
00:31:27 - A guy running?
00:31:29 Hey, Liz!
00:31:33 Lookit. See?
00:31:35 We've seen a guy run from that house
00:31:38 I just don't like the way it is.
00:31:40 I don't like how it feels right now.
00:31:42 You want him watching towards
00:31:45 - Towards the back side of the house.
00:31:56 Hey!
00:32:01 Sit down.
00:32:03 Sit down.
00:32:21 They found a BDU top.
00:32:30 Hey, keep on searching
00:32:34 Yeah, yeah, like this, good. Okay.
00:32:37 Who does this belong to?
00:32:41 Never mind.
00:32:43 Hey...
00:32:57 "If I go with you,
00:33:00 - I will come back to the KOP."
00:33:04 This guy, he was already at the house.
00:33:06 This guy came up later, saw us,
00:33:10 I got him, and ever since he started doing
00:33:17 Hey, tell these guys I'm gonna sit them
00:33:24 Right now what we're tracking
00:33:28 There's fifteen 107-milimeter rockets,
00:33:34 The fear is always there,
00:33:37 especially at night when you can't
00:33:42 When we started there, we only had
00:33:47 I mean, it doesn't take much.
00:33:49 A few automatic weapons will keep,
00:33:53 while they could easily come up
00:33:58 and, you know, go basically clear house.
00:34:01 Nobody's going to help you.
00:34:03 The KOP is only seven hundred,
00:34:08 but that might as well be
00:34:12 because they're not getting to you.
00:34:14 Not in time.
00:34:37 KOP's taking indirect right now.
00:34:40 KOP's taking indirect.
00:34:53 Can't see shit what they're doing.
00:34:56 Day sight. It's something.
00:34:58 Better than anything else we got.
00:34:59 I need more fucking 240 here!
00:35:02 One's by Karingal, the other's by Dallas.
00:35:11 Right up there.
00:35:19 The birds we love.
00:35:25 Okay, roger, he's pretty much worked
00:35:29 Want to push him southeast up to 3-0,
00:35:40 Big firefight, great.
00:35:42 Fucking packing up rounds.
00:35:47 You can't get a better high.
00:35:49 It's like crack, you know?
00:35:51 You can sky dive or bungee jump
00:35:54 but once you've been shot at,
00:35:57 There's nothing, you can't top that.
00:35:59 How are you going to go back
00:36:00 I have no idea.
00:36:04 Hey, did you hear me go cyclic?
00:36:06 - I had the barrel smoked!
00:36:08 Yeah, what the fuck was that first
00:36:11 You was crazy as shit with that.
00:36:12 Hey, soon as I popped my head up,
00:36:16 And you just slid down the stairs.
00:36:19 - Common game planning. I was like...
00:36:41 The flight path over...
00:36:51 He's an excellent cook,
00:36:53 by far the best cook in the Korengal,
00:36:56 Came up to Restrepo one time,
00:36:58 cooked us fresh cow,
00:37:02 That was a good day.
00:37:11 Jonesie, you want another grill, man?
00:37:14 No, I don't like to fuck on a full stomach.
00:37:20 Dude, we're on TV.
00:37:23 Come in here for the real thing.
00:37:27 Don't fight it, don't fight it.
00:37:47 Why don't they mess
00:37:49 I was one of the first ones
00:37:53 Well, look at him, look how sexy he is.
00:37:55 He's a beautiful man.
00:38:26 Let's talk about the road
00:38:37 What guy?
00:38:39 Who did we detain?
00:38:41 He says that you detain a guy.
00:38:44 Haji Se, Haji Se.
00:38:47 Naiim was dropped off
00:38:50 by another local in Kalaygal
00:38:54 who told us that he was bad
00:38:56 and that he was working with Sadikula
00:39:00 in the...
00:39:02 what the fuck is Sadikula
00:39:06 Yeah, he's working with the Muj.
00:39:07 And, he was working
00:39:10 I told you guys from the very get go
00:39:13 that if somebody says that they're bad,
00:39:16 So now NDS is talking to him.
00:39:19 He's not being treated bad,
00:39:21 he's being talked to
00:39:24 I think we've been pretty upfront
00:39:27 that we talk to and question.
00:39:29 We've been pretty fair.
00:39:31 I'm not like Jim McKnight
00:39:33 and stick them in Bagram
00:39:43 He says were happy you're here,
00:39:46 but he's saying that you detained
00:39:48 now Mohammed Youssef
00:39:51 Rudy, who the fuck
00:39:54 Mohammed Kalam's son,
00:39:57 That's because I saw the video
00:40:04 I saw him do it.
00:40:08 I saw him with my own two eyes.
00:40:16 You're not understanding
00:40:21 And the thing that's sad to me is that as
00:40:24 and conduct different Shuras
00:40:26 and tell them about the positives
00:40:29 it seemed like it didn't go anywhere.
00:40:31 You know?
00:40:34 We took one step forward
00:40:35 and it seemed like
00:40:56 We've got three village elders
00:40:59 Not sure what they want
00:41:02 It's a good sign.
00:41:04 It's the first time it's happened
00:41:06 We've had people come in...
00:41:07 elders come in and say before
00:41:11 but never shown up to us,
00:41:13 So this is a positive sign.
00:41:16 Do you hear about the cow that...
00:41:18 - The cow?
00:41:21 - They killed...
00:41:23 So they came because of that.
00:41:25 They want to get information
00:41:28 He is the owner of cow.
00:41:30 All right, the cow?
00:41:33 because it ran into our constantine wire
00:41:36 and it was mangled
00:41:40 so we had to kill it
00:41:43 because if we would have got it out,
00:41:46 - That's why we killed it.
00:41:49 - Illegal?
00:41:51 - To kill it?
00:41:57 - What do you want to do?
00:41:59 What do they want us
00:42:12 Do they want to be
00:42:14 He says that it is up to you,
00:42:18 How much does a cow cost?
00:42:21 It's going to be like four
00:42:23 which is going to be twenty,
00:42:29 Did we kill this cow?
00:42:33 Well, it was tangled up in a wire,
00:42:36 324 ended up cutting it up. Over.
00:42:47 We're not going to be able
00:42:50 But what we can give him
00:43:01 Now, the HA that they will receive
00:43:03 is going to be, you know,
00:43:07 Whatever the weight of the cow was
00:43:09 will be the weight of return of HA
00:43:27 - Is that good?
00:43:28 We're not going to be able
00:43:32 If that's all he came for,
00:43:42 626 perstat, I have 20 at Restrepo,
00:43:46 15 at the KOP, 4 at OP1,
00:43:48 4 on leave,
00:43:49 6 ANA and one terp
00:43:51 at Restrepo, break.
00:43:53 Talk louder, nobody
00:43:57 626 perstat,
00:44:00 I have 20 at Restrepo,
00:44:01 15 at the KOP,
00:44:03 4 at OP1,
00:44:04 4 on leave,
00:44:05 1 photo journalist,
00:44:07 6 ANA, and 1 terp...
00:44:08 I didn't know they had algebra two.
00:44:14 Yeah! Burning the poop!
00:44:17 Got the black man
00:44:19 Hey, man, just watch yourself, God damn it.
00:44:23 Second platoon killed that cow
00:44:27 I still wanna see Spanky
00:44:30 - Vaughn would fucking destroy Spanky.
00:44:34 Vaughn!
00:44:38 Vaughn, you're going
00:44:41 He's coming up here,
00:44:43 Dude, if you lose, so help me God.
00:44:44 It's going to reflect poorly
00:44:47 You better not let
00:44:50 Make him tough.
00:44:53 - Vaughn.
00:44:58 - Come on, fight back!
00:45:06 All right, go ahead.
00:45:08 - Stretch them out.
00:45:11 You gonna let him
00:45:13 - Let him get tired.
00:45:18 Yeah, there you go!
00:45:23 Nice, there you go.
00:45:25 You suck!
00:00:03 We're not talking about cherry
00:00:05 we're talking about cherry at life.
00:00:06 Vaughn here is very cherry at life.
00:00:09 But we're making him into a man.
00:00:11 That's all that's important here.
00:00:17 ...we talked about the road being built.
00:00:20 Continued to hear from the elders
00:00:22 that they don't want
00:00:25 despite what it is that you
00:00:28 So if you guys get these local...
00:00:33 to come and start getting
00:00:36 to bypass all the elder...
00:00:38 I don't think...
00:00:41 If we really fucked them up
00:00:45 then they are just chilling,
00:00:47 It's just like what we would be doing.
00:00:50 You know, seven...
00:00:53 I mean seven dudes wounded,
00:00:56 we wouldn't be going out strong.
00:00:59 We'd be resting at Blessing right now.
00:01:02 You know what I mean?
00:01:04 That's what I think
00:01:08 Are you wondering why it is so quiet?
00:01:10 Yeah, it's got me baffled right now.
00:01:12 Baffled or worried?
00:01:14 Just confused.
00:01:16 He's worried.
00:01:18 He's worried. He's scared.
00:01:25 Most scared.
00:01:26 Or worried. Whatever.
00:01:28 Yeah.
00:01:30 I'd have to say Rock Avalanche.
00:01:32 If I had to pick a moment,
00:01:34 I'd probably say Rock Avalanche.
00:01:36 Operation Rock Avalanche
00:01:41 I saw a lot of professional
00:01:42 get weak in the knees.
00:01:46 I'll go ahead and orient you guys
00:01:49 Up on Divpat where the C2 element
00:01:53 The Taliban
00:01:55 they got very, very audacious
00:01:58 and tenacious during Rock Avalanche.
00:02:02 Physically putting their hands on soldiers,
00:02:06 able to get so close to us
00:02:09 steal the equipment,
00:02:11 I mean...
00:02:15 that's ballsy.
00:02:16 We'll be releasing with Wildcat One,
00:02:21 somewhere between Busch and Coors.
00:02:22 Moving in on Rock Avalanche
00:02:24 with going into areas like Yaka China
00:02:29 Those are areas
00:02:32 you know, during the deployment.
00:02:34 North goes that way
00:02:37 south is this way towards me
00:02:39 To go in there not ever having
00:02:42 hearing the stories
00:02:47 getting fucked up down,
00:02:49 in areas where they
00:02:51 We're going to be moving out
00:02:56 In Rock Avalanche we knew
00:02:58 to get engaged going up there,
00:03:00 but we all knew that.
00:03:02 In the location where we was actually going
00:03:05 was where the bad guys,
00:03:08 They wasn't coming to you.
00:03:10 Sometimes you had to go out there
00:03:21 Go into program,
00:03:24 and then where it says
00:03:27 change that to ANDVT.
00:03:32 - Coming after you, motherfucker.
00:03:34 Let's do this, motherfucker!
00:03:39 I'm coming back, don't worry.
00:03:40 Do you get nervous
00:03:44 I get nervous for the guys.
00:03:47 I mean, I just...
00:03:51 and I'll try calling my wife
00:03:53 just one last "I love you"
00:03:55 And, you know, the guys,
00:03:59 you know, if something happens to me,
00:04:01 there's not much I can do
00:04:03 But it takes a little bit out of you
00:04:07 every time you see one of your boys
00:04:11 It's really like a big family.
00:04:29 We flew in the middle of the night.
00:04:32 Guess what, they're not
00:04:36 The enemy's awake now.
00:04:38 What the fuck are the Americans
00:04:43 So now everybody's on
00:04:45 you know, "Hey, the Americans
00:04:47 So we got on the ground
00:04:50 be on alert, you know,
00:05:57 If we could get one going
00:06:06 It's real hot.
00:06:08 - All right, break.
00:06:10 I'd like you to come in
00:06:14 Come down in elevation in that draw
00:06:23 So you did hit the target.
00:06:28 This house right there.
00:06:45 This is the aftermath of what AH-64s do.
00:06:49 Good old attack helicopters.
00:08:05 He said that there is
00:08:08 and ten of the females and kids already,
00:08:14 Show me which of them is the Taliban.
00:08:18 There is no Taliban.
00:08:26 Damn it.
00:08:28 You know?
00:08:29 I need to figure this stuff out better
00:08:31 so that I can do this,
00:08:33 so that I'm not killing these people
00:08:35 I mean, first impressions
00:08:38 That's the first time anybody's been
00:08:41 I kill a bunch of bad guys,
00:08:45 but in the same instance,
00:08:48 I'm killing five locals
00:08:51 that may not have been
00:08:54 but in some way shape or form,
00:09:01 There you go.
00:09:20 Dishka?
00:09:25 Afghan dishka,
00:09:32 This is divorce paper.
00:09:34 - What?
00:09:35 - Di-wars?
00:09:37 - What does that mean?
00:09:38 Like some woman you getting married
00:09:42 - Divorce papers?
00:09:43 Okay.
00:09:46 Who owns the house?
00:09:53 Did you ask him where the pistol was?
00:09:58 Eight RPG heads.
00:10:02 Got four boosters,
00:10:29 This is Colonel Ostlund,
00:10:31 you know, the one I always tell you.
00:10:37 We brought the Colonel
00:10:39 and we did that because
00:10:43 for the fact that we injured
00:10:46 and that we killed
00:10:48 The ACM that comes in
00:10:52 to carry this stuff
00:10:53 and tells you that
00:10:56 and go fight the Americans
00:10:58 is doing nothing for you
00:10:59 except making you a slave
00:11:02 as he hides on a mountain,
00:11:04 because he won't fight my soldiers.
00:11:06 These foreigners,
00:11:08 They hide on a mountain in a cave,
00:11:10 under a rock and talk on a radio
00:11:12 and pay your sons
00:11:15 to go ahead
00:11:18 and my soldiers
00:11:30 But this is the deal we'll make.
00:11:31 Everybody needs a job,
00:11:33 and we're going to try to bring
00:11:36 and Captain Kearney will talk
00:11:39 about some job projects.
00:11:47 The whole time we were there,
00:11:49 When's it coming?
00:11:51 They're going to hit us.
00:12:15 - This sucks, dude.
00:12:18 ICOM chatter right now
00:12:21 a guy named Obed's talking
00:12:23 and apparently said that the elders
00:12:28 The elders basically want
00:12:31 and whatever they want, they'll...
00:12:34 so we'll see what happens.
00:12:36 But it doesn't sound
00:13:07 Hey, Sergeant Patterson,
00:13:09 I found four fighting positions
00:13:11 I'm going to push to this next hilltop.
00:13:13 I'm also getting ICOM traffic
00:13:20 Getting intel saying that they've got eyes
00:13:24 and they're getting close to them.
00:13:33 So they've got eyes on us
00:13:35 this high ground there,
00:13:37 there's some more spurs back there,
00:13:38 there's one we crossed
00:13:41 They could have easily had eyes on us
00:13:52 What the fuck was that?
00:13:56 Did you hear that?
00:13:58 It might be the birds, sir.
00:13:59 Shooting?
00:14:05 Am I just jumpy?
00:14:09 Fucking Christ, monitor this.
00:14:31 Sergeant P...
00:14:34 do we got guys in these
00:14:38 Do we?
00:14:57 When the attack finally happened,
00:15:01 I remember it was myself
00:15:03 on the south eastern corner
00:15:07 of basically the area
00:15:10 We got ambushed, like,
00:15:12 just every single position got hit
00:15:15 They placed a PKM a machine gun
00:15:19 and one orientated
00:15:21 and just rained down hell.
00:15:24 I just look over to my right
00:15:25 and I see rounds breaking
00:15:28 They were shooting RPGs at us,
00:15:31 they were shooting
00:15:33 When I got hit,
00:15:35 with enough force
00:15:38 You know, initial thought was,
00:15:42 I felt pain, you know,
00:15:45 placed my hand there
00:15:47 because that's where I felt,
00:15:50 pulled my hand out,
00:15:53 I looked up in time from all fours
00:15:56 to watch a guy come over the crest
00:16:00 to fire an RPG directly at me.
00:16:03 Initial thought was, "Wow,
00:16:06 because the guy was so close.
00:16:08 And, you know,
00:16:12 Took shrapnel all throughout
00:16:16 kind of did...
00:16:18 "I'm still here, I'm still alive,"
00:16:21 and then proceeded to basically roll
00:16:26 And they were all up in position,
00:16:29 I could hear them talking to each other.
00:16:31 To our north we heard somebody
00:16:35 I was the first one that heard it.
00:16:38 telling him if I could go
00:16:41 Myself along with Cortez
00:16:46 we started bounding towards where
00:16:48 We didn't know who it was.
00:16:49 I got to the wounded and found out
00:16:51 I yelled back it was Vandenberge
00:16:54 He was just bleeding real bad.
00:16:55 His whole left side of his body
00:16:58 And all he kept on saying was,
00:17:01 Just rocking back and forth.
00:17:02 Saying "I'm bleeding out,
00:17:06 Just stuff like that.
00:17:08 Started handing him
00:17:10 Just started packing
00:17:13 I had my finger
00:17:15 Ended up stopping the bleeding.
00:17:17 I'm asking,
00:17:19 Where's the Taliban at?
00:17:21 Last time he saw them,
00:17:27 And just was I was
00:17:30 Sergeant Stichter
00:17:32 and carried on from there.
00:17:34 Sergeant Patterson and all them took over,
00:17:37 We didn't bound,
00:17:39 we just ran in a straight line
00:17:40 and got to Rice as quick as we can.
00:17:44 At that point I kind of realized,
00:17:47 "You know, I been here
00:17:49 I'm still breathing,
00:17:52 Kind of evaluating myself.
00:17:54 So basically just gave them orders to...
00:17:57 "Hey, you need
00:17:59 And push up
00:18:02 As I went up,
00:18:04 I took a knee and set up security,
00:18:06 and when I turned to my right,
00:18:08 I saw Sergeant Rougle just laying there.
00:18:09 I ran up and I saw
00:18:11 and it didn't even click.
00:18:14 I ran past him.
00:18:15 I saw his face, how it was,
00:18:20 I wanted to cry, but didn't.
00:18:26 I was shocked, honestly.
00:18:28 I was shocked because I saw
00:18:34 It was... It was chaos.
00:18:39 And when we finally had a second
00:18:42 to stop and think,
00:18:44 that's when I realized that
00:18:47 one of my good friends
00:18:50 and I started hearing about
00:18:53 I didn't even know that they
00:18:56 And...
00:19:09 I need a...
00:19:10 Yeah, time out. Hold on.
00:19:17 I'm just trying to keep
00:19:39 Have that box ready.
00:19:42 Hey, I need immediate
00:19:44 They enemy's pushed up
00:19:49 We're not getting shit.
00:19:55 512255, if we've got A-10s,
00:19:58 I want gun runs from east to west
00:20:03 The hill's been taken over by the enemy.
00:20:05 That hill right here?
00:20:07 Wildcat's hill.
00:20:08 All right, we're going to go around
00:20:15 Hey, Abdul!
00:20:17 Tell these guys we're pushing up
00:20:21 Hey, he wants us to go up
00:20:23 There's fucking dudes right there.
00:20:25 If we do that, we're going to have
00:20:27 We're going to have
00:20:29 - Yeah, but we...
00:20:31 We don't know where they're at.
00:20:32 That's why we have
00:20:49 Look, they took fire
00:20:51 Okay?
00:20:53 Hey, who's down?
00:20:56 We got Sergeant Rougle and them up?
00:20:58 Hey.
00:21:00 What?
00:21:06 Where they at?
00:21:09 Just keep down.
00:21:11 - Get down.
00:21:14 - What's going on?
00:21:16 - Chill the fuck out out.
00:21:19 Oh, my God.
00:21:23 Shut up.
00:21:26 Move, man.
00:21:28 Is Sergeant Rice still alive?
00:21:30 - He's alive?
00:21:35 - There's nothing we could do.
00:21:37 Hey, we've got friendlies here
00:21:41 Vandenberge all right?
00:21:42 Vandenberge's already...
00:21:47 That ain't Sergeant Rougle.
00:21:50 You're lying, right, man?
00:21:52 Why would I lie about
00:21:55 Where'd he get hit?
00:21:57 Don't look at him.
00:21:59 Tell me, dude.
00:22:00 It was quick.
00:22:06 There was nothing we could do, bro!
00:22:16 Where the bad guys at?
00:22:18 Battle Six Romeo, this is two-six.
00:22:20 I've pushed to the site
00:22:26 Right now we have the hilltop.
00:22:28 It's in the same vicinity as my last grid.
00:22:30 Right now we're going
00:22:32 there's two of them...
00:22:34 When Captain Kearney
00:22:39 that Staff Sergeant Rougle was killed,
00:22:43 it was gut wrenching.
00:22:49 You know, there's different
00:22:52 He was one of the best,
00:22:58 And I think that was what was tough
00:23:02 you know, kind of knowing that
00:23:04 well, if the best guy we have
00:23:07 where's that put me?
00:23:08 What's going to happen to me?
00:23:10 What's going to happen
00:23:21 Hey, we're going down here
00:23:35 - Hey, let's go.
00:23:37 It was a coordinated attack.
00:23:38 They drew all our attention
00:23:41 These guys over here
00:23:44 They fucking flanked them.
00:23:46 You can see where the path is here
00:23:52 Okay, where's this fucking compound?
00:23:54 Let's go.
00:23:57 - Stichter, destroy it now.
00:24:13 After we go ahead
00:24:16 I want gunmetal to search
00:24:21 Hijar believes that he has a blood trail,
00:24:24 I want them to be getting
00:24:26 and see where this guy's stopped.
00:24:28 It's likely that where
00:24:30 is where we find everybody else.
00:24:34 Hijar, make sure he understood that.
00:25:03 Watch the pine trees.
00:25:04 Just on the north side of that,
00:25:06 As it cuts like that?
00:25:08 It comes almost like an L shape.
00:25:09 - See the terraces right there?
00:25:11 Okay, now, the fucking
00:25:15 there's a fucking... there's a dude
00:25:19 - About a thousand meters.
00:25:23 Hey, Raeon's got a guy
00:25:26 on top of a building
00:25:30 - Any other info?
00:25:32 He was looking up this way,
00:25:34 and he just came off the roof,
00:25:36 and he went back in his house.
00:25:37 Roger, acknowledge.
00:25:38 Raeon, next time you see that dude,
00:25:45 Where's that range finder at?
00:25:49 He was a good dude, man.
00:25:51 Sergeant Rougle?
00:25:55 - You want a real cigarette?
00:26:00 I'm worried about the rest of the guys.
00:26:04 One Alpha's kind of
00:26:06 because we couldn't
00:26:08 but the thing he's got to understand
00:26:10 He was dead instantly.
00:26:12 There's nothing you can do right there.
00:26:34 Actually, I can't even sleep, honestly.
00:26:37 I've been on about four or five
00:26:39 and none of them help.
00:26:41 That's how bad the nightmares are.
00:26:43 I prefer not to sleep
00:26:45 than sleep and...
00:26:48 just see the picture in my head is...
00:26:50 pretty bad.
00:26:58 That actually stuck with me
00:27:04 Stuck with me through
00:27:09 I still obviously haven't...
00:27:12 figured out how to deal
00:27:19 The only hope
00:27:22 eventually I'll be able
00:27:24 I'm never going to forget it.
00:27:27 Never going to even let go of it.
00:27:30 I don't want to not
00:27:34 because that was tone of the moments
00:27:36 that makes me appreciate
00:29:37 Steiner?
00:29:40 Steiner, come on!
00:29:51 Not yet. Not yet.
00:30:32 Still working to try to bring about
00:30:33 the Korengal
00:30:38 Are you really drawing
00:30:42 It's the only thing
00:30:49 I just send it home in letters.
00:30:53 Just draw.
00:31:18 So do you have a songbook or something,
00:31:20 or an exercise book to practice with?
00:31:23 You just fuck around?
00:31:24 Yeah I'm just fucking around.
00:31:26 You need one of those books,
00:31:29 Yeah, I need... that would be nice.
00:31:31 Restrepo was teaching me that stuff,
00:31:33 but he... he taught me like a few,
00:31:37 but I wrote just one, a C chord,
00:31:40 but, you know, I don't know.
00:31:43 I still have his...
00:31:46 I actually still have
00:31:49 or whatever it is.
00:31:50 How to play guitar flamenco,
00:31:52 He was amazing on guitar.
00:31:56 - It was just beautiful music.
00:31:58 He used to grow
00:32:00 and put like nail hardener.
00:32:02 So we always used
00:32:05 Yeah, but... with his teeth...
00:32:07 "yeah, but can...
00:32:08 "can you play the guitar
00:32:11 Shun?"
00:32:34 Twenty seven May,
00:32:37 Task disrupt, purpose prevent AAF
00:32:41 That concludes my report. Over.
00:32:47 - How long till he gets tired?
00:32:49 Ow, my hip.
00:32:53 Is he squeezing you
00:33:00 - Heart punch, heart punch.
00:33:03 Walker!
00:33:07 I think they just changed,
00:33:10 I just want to see.
00:33:12 - Walker.
00:33:14 Say something to your wife.
00:33:16 Hey, babe, I miss you.
00:33:18 Can't wait to get home and...
00:33:23 Hurry up, hurry up!
00:33:25 Do you want to know
00:33:29 All right, what's been told
00:33:32 we'll be back in Italy,
00:33:34 back in Italy between
00:33:38 So look at your fucking watch.
00:33:40 Two months from today
00:33:43 That's bad news if you're
00:33:46 "Fuck, I love it here and I wanted
00:33:48 and get an extra thousand dollars."
00:33:49 And if that's you, I don't care.
00:33:51 Fuck you.
00:34:00 Today things were a little bit hectic.
00:34:03 We found out that one of our sister
00:34:06 up north of Camp Blessing,
00:34:09 starting a new base lost nine soldiers
00:34:12 and had an additional twelve US wounded
00:34:16 and an thirteen additional ANA
00:34:23 Hey, is this everybody?
00:34:25 We got the Mortars?
00:34:29 Okay, hey, listen up.
00:34:33 I'm going to talk to you guys
00:34:36 some of what happened
00:34:40 I want you guys to mourn,
00:34:42 and then I want you guys
00:34:45 Okay?
00:34:47 First... Hey, Proctor,
00:34:51 To fight for my country, sir.
00:34:52 - To fight for your country?
00:34:53 Did you expect that
00:34:56 Absolutely, sir.
00:34:57 Anybody join not knowing that
00:35:01 We lose PFC Vimoto on June 5th, 2007.
00:35:06 What happens the very next day
00:35:08 We go out on patrols,
00:35:13 Right.
00:35:15 July 22nd, we lose Restrepo, right?
00:35:20 What do we keep on doing after that?
00:35:22 Fighting.
00:35:23 We keep on fighting
00:35:25 What do you guys think would have
00:35:28 and acted like
00:35:31 and we stood our ground there,
00:35:33 didn't go out there doing
00:35:36 didn't go out there
00:35:38 which I think we'll all venture to say,
00:35:41 like, pretty much changed the entire
00:35:46 You guys know what
00:35:48 The same shit that happened
00:35:51 Now with Chosen Company,
00:35:53 they went into an area that they
00:35:55 They knew what they were getting into.
00:35:57 They've been talking about
00:36:02 We went there, they did it.
00:36:05 The fucking only way to bounce back
00:36:07 from shit like this is to go out there
00:36:09 and make the individuals
00:36:13 It's not to sit back here and hide.
00:36:15 It's not to go back down
00:36:18 and fucking feel sorry for ourselves
00:36:20 and get snuggled up in our woobie.
00:36:22 We go out there, we find
00:36:24 and we make them pay.
00:36:25 We make them feel
00:36:30 For those of you guys that pray,
00:36:32 let's go ahead and take
00:36:38 in remembrance the ten...
00:36:39 ten to nine soldiers that we lost today
00:36:42 and the families of them
00:36:44 and the families
00:36:47 and then I'll let you guys go ahead
00:36:48 and get about your business.
00:37:18 Get down.
00:37:43 Oh, wow, you can't see shit now.
00:37:48 Hey, can I shoot Sergeant Mac?
00:37:50 - Can I shoot?
00:37:51 Wait till he engages,
00:37:57 There he goes.
00:38:03 Low right, low right!
00:38:05 Low right!
00:38:10 - Hey, that motherfucker's done.
00:38:15 Hey, Olson, he's done.
00:38:19 Yeah!
00:38:20 A direct hit on that dude.
00:38:23 That motherfucker's done, man!
00:38:24 That motherfucker's done, dude!
00:38:27 Fuck you, bitches!
00:38:28 Body parts falling apart.
00:38:29 The L-Ras, dude,
00:38:31 it was him running
00:38:35 - Yeah?
00:38:37 There you go, motherfucker,
00:38:43 By the end, like I was...
00:38:47 I really didn't want to get overrun.
00:38:51 But I just wish they were closer
00:38:55 so I could have actually seen them
00:39:03 626 perstat,
00:39:04 I have twenty Restrepo.
00:39:07 The only question I have is tonight,
00:39:09 are we going to be doing
00:39:13 Today's twenty two July.
00:39:15 Over.
00:39:17 Yeah, we're planning
00:39:22 One last thing, seventeen tonight
00:39:26 they're shooting for Doc Restrepo.
00:39:28 Seventeen tonight.
00:39:31 He's fucking a little bit drunk.
00:39:33 I'm fucking...
00:39:36 And I see him...
00:39:37 I see him just eyeing everyone up,
00:39:40 Who is that, Kim?
00:39:41 No, Restrepo.
00:39:43 Eyeing everyone up.
00:39:45 I come up to him
00:39:46 He's like, "Yo, bro,
00:39:47 I'm going to stab these fools, yo."
00:39:49 I'm like, I see it in his hand.
00:39:51 He's got the fucking Gerber
00:39:54 fucking closed up, just ready
00:39:57 I'm like... and this is
00:40:00 we ended up down in the fucking
00:40:06 and I was peeing, in my pants.
00:40:17 What we did to mark
00:40:20 we shot off flares,
00:40:21 and where Restrepo died,
00:40:30 You know, and kind of raise one up.
00:40:33 Say a prayer,
00:40:36 and you move on.
00:42:07 Did my last patrol hopefully.
00:42:10 Hopefully I don't get called
00:42:14 Fly out of here in a few days.
00:42:17 It's kind of strange thinking you'll never
00:42:20 Yeah.
00:42:22 It's a good feeling, though.
00:42:24 It's been a long fucking
00:42:28 Leaving Restrepo?
00:42:31 It's too good to be true, you know?
00:42:33 We're going to die here.
00:42:36 - Roger, Sergeant.
00:42:38 God's going to fuck with our emotions
00:42:41 and kill us on the bird out.
00:42:45 I'm never coming back,
00:42:50 It's time to go.
00:42:57 That's heavy.
00:43:04 Goodbye, OP Restrepo.
00:43:08 I'm never going to have
00:43:13 Not that I didn't enjoy my time here,
00:43:17 but it's time to move on.
00:43:25 - Yes!
00:43:30 The high point for us was going home.
00:43:32 Getting out of there.
00:43:34 Going home, seriously.
00:43:37 Each one of my soldiers' face,
00:43:43 We done our job.
00:43:45 We did what we were supposed
00:43:47 and we out of here.
00:43:58 The Korengal, as far as...
00:44:01 I'm always going
00:44:03 Building Restrepo was the single
00:44:09 for the Korengal.
00:44:12 And how...
00:44:15 how the boys did it.
00:44:16 Fighting.
00:44:19 And then turning around
00:44:34 It makes us proud
00:44:37 they still call it Restrepo...
00:44:39 knowing that, you know,
00:44:41 we painted it on the walls,
00:44:43 The name fit the place after a while,
00:44:46 after it became built up,
00:44:49 after it became a better place.
00:44:51 But when I hear Restrepo,
00:44:54 I still think of the person.
00:44:57 You can't... You can't tame the beast.
00:45:01 You know?
00:45:03 Got him.
00:45:04 Yeah, he got him. He got him.
00:45:06 He did get him.
00:45:08 Hey, Lex, what's going on tonight?
00:45:09 Just tell us.
00:45:11 All I want to do
00:45:12 is find a miniature zebra,
00:45:14 put a little tiny saddle on it and ride it.
00:45:18 There ain't no zebras on the pub crawl.
00:45:19 I didn't... Miniature zebras.
00:45:23 My bad, there are miniature zebras.
00:45:27 Let's say goodbye,
00:45:29 Hey, tune in next time where
00:45:32 Saying goodnight
00:45:33 The same time,
00:45:35 because we're going
00:45:38 and getting ready to go to war.
00:47:51 Here or hea?
00:47:53 H-E-A. Hea.
00:47:56 "O'Byrne wuz hea."
00:47:59 That's how we roll.
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