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SOLDIER: Forward march!

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(marching footsteps)

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Mark time, Honor Guard.
Halt.

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Ready? Front.

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DUNFORD: Violent extremists
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and ideas at the speed of the Internet,

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and the military network
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But no one nation or group of nations
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This is gonna have to be
an enduring military campaign

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in support of
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that will take largely
a generation to address.

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But this actually presents us with
an opportunity to think about what's next.

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And, again, to have 75 chiefs of defense

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that literally represent
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You know, someone used
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"a powerful gathering," and I think it is.

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Each of you, I recognize,
will have a unique perspective.

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AL-BANYAN: The world knows
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are two faces of the same coin.

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They have no faith and no country.

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AKAR: Daesh will continue to inspire
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by effectively using
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The social, economic,
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of these violent extremist groups
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How do we then measure the success?

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RAHMAN: Think about 4 million children
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and growing up without hope
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When these 4 million children
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DUNFORD: The responsibility of many of us
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what is it that we're gonna leave
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It's a constant dialogue, a conversation,
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the environment
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and then the resources necessary
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(squeaking)

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(squeaking continues)

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BRADLEY:
Luke, when do you think I got these boots?

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A long time ago.

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Before -- Are they older than you
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BRADLEY:
It was my second tour in Afghanistan.

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Mitch Lane, he was my engineer sergeant.

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The conventional force and
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got in a large firefight,
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'Cause I was very close with Mitch
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He was the one that told me,
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and that things have to have a priority.

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Care for the wounded,
honor the fallen, and continue mission."

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Honor our fallen.

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NEWSCASTER: A remote area near
the Mali-Niger border last Wednesday.

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Now CNN is learning more

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about the routine patrol
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NEWSCASTER #2: Four U.S. soldiers
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NEWSCASTER #3:
Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, 39,

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NEWSCASTER #1: Staff Sergeant Bryan Black,
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NEWSCASTER #3: Staff Sergeant
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NEWSCASTER #1: Sergeant La David Johnson
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BRADLEY: No commander wants to lose
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This isn't a job.

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and it's important for me to stand up
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VAN SAUN:
What makes the Green Berets different,

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what makes Special Forces different,

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isn't the tab that's on your shoulder
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What makes us special is that
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shoot, move, communicate, and survive.

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Those soldier skills.

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We know them to
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anywhere in the world,
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12 Green Berets working alongside
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and 700 partner forces,
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SOLDIER: Ready? Go.

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(gunshots)

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VAN SAUN: Low signature, low footprint

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so that we can inevitably
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NARRATOR: Green Beret Major Alan Van Saun
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of the United States
Special Forces mission

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to train and assist the local army
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Today, he and his staff
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are receiving a visit
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VAN SAUN: SOC Forward NWA Commander.

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BRADLEY: Hey, everybody.
Sit down. Relax, relax.

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Diaz, how's my hair look?

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It's good for us to give you a perspective
on what the hell's going on around you.

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The United States is not at war
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but many of these nations are at war with
violent extremist organizations, right?

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That shouldn't be new to any of us.

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What becomes the center of the problem?

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You guys. Right?
Inside of Niger.

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Niger is regularly ranked as one
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In total, the United States
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its second-largest presence
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BRADLEY: The Nigerien government's asked
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Not for them, but help them
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Niger is landlocked in the middle
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and vast ungoverned spaces,

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the intersection of territories

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where a number of violent
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BRADLEY:
The Lake Chad Basin with Boko Haram.

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I abducted your girls.

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I will sell them in the market, by God.

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BRADLEY: The enemy threat
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north of the Niger River in Mali
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and AQIM, an al-Qaeda affiliate
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You've got ISIS within this region.

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Everything passes through Niger.

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If the instability
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to continue to expand and grow,

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then that's a cancer.

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This afternoon, Colonel Moses
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are meeting
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who, as their hosts, are responsible
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and determining where the Special Forces'
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BARDOU: The biggest problem now
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These guys are very mobile.

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They move on motorcycles, Land Cruisers.

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they will just try to work through
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They're just, like, scattered in villages.

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They only regroup to conduct an attack.

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Nigerien commander
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has seen dozens of soldiers killed
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So at his request, the U.S.
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We had thought that the focus of effort

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was gonna be in
and around this area, right?

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OFFICER: Lake Chad Basin.

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BRADLEY:
Counter Boko Haram and ISIS West Africa.

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-Right?
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Surprise to us, we still can't
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Ouallam is a town just 70 miles
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in a region Nigerien leaders
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is ideally located to secure the border.

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So the United States Special Forces
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with helping to build up
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My intent is to grow that unit

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into a battalion to conduct operations.

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you cannot make sure you seal
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We're trying
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Now, sometimes when I meet
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"Hey, why are you guys always fighting?"

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-You're defending your country.
-Yes!

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REPORTER: General, could we start
with Niger, if you don't mind?

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Was that Special Forces team
authorized to go after ISIS

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or al-Qaeda leaders in Niger?

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They were authorized to accompany
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when the prospects of enemy contact
was unlikely.

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NEWSCASTER: How did something
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was "unlikely"
turn into a firefight in Niger?

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NEWSCASTER #2: The loss of four American
troops continues to come under scrutiny.

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NEWSCASTER #3:
Did the mission change?

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NEWSCASTER #1: This group was ambushed,
outgunned, outmatched.

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NEWSCASTER #2: So many Americans had no
idea that there were U.S. troops in Niger.

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NEWSCASTER #4: Why were they there?

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I mean, why would they have been
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I think it's important that we complete
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we determine the facts,
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And at the time
we share the facts with you,

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we will answer all the questions
that you have.

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MAN: Thank you.

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NEWSCASTER: Mounting questions about
the extent of military operations in Niger

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following that ambush that left
four American soldiers dead.

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CNN's David...

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NEWSCASTER #2: Niger and even further
west, that is a very, very dangerous area,

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and yes, the French and the United States
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were supposed to be training
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DUNFORD: We can't wait till
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as they did in Iraq and Syria.

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In the wake of Mosul and Raqqa,
the enemy is gonna be forced to adapt

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and find other places for safe haven,
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this affects every corner of the globe.

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MAN: Look at, for instance,
what happened in Africa.

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In 2013,

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there was an action carried out by the
international community...

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...against a terrorist element
in northern Mali.

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Some fled, some hid themselves...

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...and now they are disrupting

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the security of the entire region.

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VAN SAUN: Alright, so we're gettin'
ready to load our bags

252
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and go across to the airfield,
fly out to see Team Ouallam,

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what we consider to be
the main effort right now.

254
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This will be my first time out to see
the guys since we've gotten here.

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♪♪

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United States Special Forces commander
in Niger,

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Major Alan Van Saun, is heading to visit
his newest team of soldiers,

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just two weeks into their mission

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in one of Niger's most volatile regions
along the border with Mali.

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VAN SAUN:
This terrain is wide open.

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If we leave this vast space unsecured,

262
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this provides a sanctuary right here
for those organizations to operate,

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to plan and resource attacks that
could then affect the rest of the world.

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♪♪

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Just 70 miles from the Malian border, the
remote region near the town of Ouallam

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is ideally located for the newest
Special Forces outstation in Niger.

267
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♪♪

268
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Here, a welcoming community allows
the team to carry out its mission --

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training the local army to defend itself
from the persistent threat

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of violent extremists in the area.

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(helicopter blades whirring)

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♪♪

273
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VAN SAUN: How are you? Hi.
Major Alan Van Saun.

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-Captain Almine.
-Very nice to meet you.

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Thank you so much for having us here.

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You are welcome, sir.

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Bonjour. Major Alan Van Saun.
Hi.

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My first opportunity to see the front
lines of what our mission is out here.

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♪♪

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Part of what we do as Green Berets
is getting here,

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embedding ourselves with the soldiers,
with the culture,

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and then understanding it
so that we can work with it

283
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and enable them to do
what they need to do.

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♪♪

285
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And this is the other part of the mission.

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♪♪

287
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It's not the fun part.
It's not the exciting part.

288
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It is camp life.

289
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Alright, guys, what's cooking?

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SOLDIER: Spaghetti and meat sauce.

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VAN SAUN:
Real Nigerien cuisine, right?

292
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And is this what you imagined
you'd be doing

293
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when you went through basic training --
to become a cook in the U.S. Army?

294
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Is this what they prepared you to do?

295
00:15:29,179 --> 00:15:32,015
No, this is actually, like,
the last thing I thought would be,

296
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is, like, on a team with 13 guys
in the middle of nowhere.

297
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(sizzling)

298
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VAN SAUN: So how are you guys doing
the food situation for this?

299
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For your setup here on the camp?
How's it working?

300
00:15:42,526 --> 00:15:44,903
Most of the food we get
is actually from in town.

301
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-Okay.
-So, we buy it from local farmers.

302
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First deployment, I was in Afghanistan,

303
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and we got all fresh food.

304
00:15:55,539 --> 00:15:56,957
Here, it's different.

305
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We just get an entire cow
and slaughter it.

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♪♪

307
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And we check, like, its vital signs,

308
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whether it can stand up or not,
make sure it's healthy meat. And...

309
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-VAN SAUN: Really?
-Yeah.

310
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'Cause actually, last deployment, I had
to wrestle a cow to the ground.

311
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Pretty intense.

312
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VAN SAUN:
Nothing surprises me on deployments.

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♪♪

314
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Unlike conventional
large-scale military bases

315
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in places like Iraq or Afghanistan,

316
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the Special Forces make do
with a bare-bones camp

317
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and limited resources,
often relying on the local community.

318
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SOLDIER: We have nothing really imported
from America.

319
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Everything's self-sustained
here from Niger.

320
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All of our operations
are actually conducted by,

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with, and through the host nation forces.

322
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And in order to use such a small footprint

323
00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:50,719
and be able to be far-reaching
working with the Nigeriens,

324
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we gotta have good, dependable vehicles.

325
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So our mechanic stays very busy.

326
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♪♪

327
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For team mechanic, La David Johnson,

328
00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:03,106
staying busy often means
wearing multiple hats.

329
00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:04,900
VAN SAUN:
I've come to check out the barbershop.

330
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I've heard good things.

331
00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:10,530
Who's next?

332
00:17:10,614 --> 00:17:12,240
-You, sir.
-(laughs) I'm good.

333
00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:14,159
I got mine in the capital the other day.

334
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:19,247
So when you're not cutting hair, what are
your other camp duties around here?

335
00:17:19,331 --> 00:17:21,875
Finding stuff to do,
like making sure my truck's good,

336
00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:23,502
making sure my generator's good.

337
00:17:23,585 --> 00:17:25,295
Like, regular maintenance on the daily.

338
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,048
VAN SAUN: Jack-of-all-trades?
Where'd you learn to cut hair?

339
00:17:28,131 --> 00:17:30,175
-JOHNSON: YouTube.
-VAN SAUN: You serious?

340
00:17:30,258 --> 00:17:31,468
Yes, sir. YouTube.

341
00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:34,763
So I watch videos, sit here,
and just cut my own hair.

342
00:17:34,846 --> 00:17:36,723
-VAN SAUN: Yeah.
-Keeping it regulations.

343
00:17:36,807 --> 00:17:41,353
Wow. What's one training
that you don't have right now

344
00:17:41,436 --> 00:17:44,231
that you wish you had
already on this trip?

345
00:17:44,314 --> 00:17:45,982
♪♪

346
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,443
JOHNSON: One training?

347
00:17:48,527 --> 00:17:50,570
VAN SAUN: Is there something
you haven't been able to fix or do

348
00:17:50,654 --> 00:17:52,489
that you've been asked to do on this trip?

349
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:54,032
-Negative, sir.
-VAN SAUN: Not yet?

350
00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:55,659
-Not yet. Not yet.
-VAN SAUN: Okay.

351
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:56,952
Well, when you figure out what that is,

352
00:17:57,035 --> 00:17:59,121
let us know, and we'll make sure
you get trained on it.

353
00:17:59,204 --> 00:18:00,914
Or you can just watch YouTube,
like you did with haircutting.

354
00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,707
Yes, sir. (laughs)

355
00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:09,172
♪♪

356
00:18:09,256 --> 00:18:10,340
PRODUCER: Did you blow (bleep) up
when you were a kid?

357
00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:14,511
SOLDIER: Oh, yeah. I was the guy that had
a tackle box full of fire crackers. So...

358
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,680
...they said I could get paid to do it.
I was like, "Oh, hell yeah."

359
00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:19,432
NARRATOR: Preparing the Nigerien army
to take on the enemy

360
00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:21,726
requires more than just combat skills.

361
00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:24,855
So engineers
like Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright

362
00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:28,900
are critical for their know-how,
like demolition expertise.

363
00:18:28,984 --> 00:18:31,903
-Well, this is how we set the charge.
-(laughs)

364
00:18:31,987 --> 00:18:34,406
-I feel like Tom Hanks.
-This will not make the final cut.

365
00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:36,408
Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan.

366
00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:38,451
I don't know.
This should make the final cut.

367
00:18:38,535 --> 00:18:40,328
Here we go.

368
00:18:40,412 --> 00:18:42,539
(humming)

369
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:46,626
Wright and the team are preparing
to detonate a bomb as a test

370
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so they can teach the process
to their Nigerien partners,

371
00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:54,384
who need to be able to blow up
enemy resources like weapons caches.

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SOLDIER: Explosives in my hand.

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♪♪

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00:18:57,429 --> 00:19:01,016
WRIGHT: I actually like this kinda stuff.
I mean, anybody can shoot a gun.

375
00:19:01,099 --> 00:19:04,060
You know?
Demo is something else.

376
00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:05,353
It's a lot more fun.

377
00:19:05,437 --> 00:19:06,354
♪♪

378
00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:09,024
SOLDIER: It all begins with
this nice little spark right here.

379
00:19:09,107 --> 00:19:11,067
♪♪

380
00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:12,485
Hold this for me.

381
00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:15,363
WRIGHT: The explosives we use in
and of themselves are very stable.

382
00:19:15,447 --> 00:19:19,284
You could roll that down the hill, and,
you know, nothing would happen to it.

383
00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:21,077
♪♪

384
00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:24,581
Unless you roll it down a hill into a fire

385
00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,666
and then something (bleep) landed on it.

386
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:31,421
♪♪

387
00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:36,176
♪♪

388
00:19:36,259 --> 00:19:37,636
There we go.

389
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♪♪

390
00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:44,851
WRIGHT: Mission success.

391
00:19:44,935 --> 00:19:49,522
♪♪

392
00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,733
(indistinct conversations)

393
00:19:51,816 --> 00:19:53,235
♪♪

394
00:19:53,318 --> 00:19:55,028
SOLDIERS: Hey!

395
00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:57,280
SOLDIER: It's Italian.

396
00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:58,865
(indistinct conversations)

397
00:19:58,949 --> 00:20:00,575
Italian Stallion.

398
00:20:00,659 --> 00:20:01,660
♪♪

399
00:20:01,743 --> 00:20:04,204
SOLDIERS: Whoa!

400
00:20:04,287 --> 00:20:05,914
SOLDIER #2: Put it on.
I want to see you sweat.

401
00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:08,833
And if you don't eat hot sauce a lot,
it's gonna be hot.

402
00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,335
SOLDIER #3: It's already hot.

403
00:20:10,418 --> 00:20:11,503
♪♪

404
00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:12,420
SOLDIER #4: You're gonna feel it.

405
00:20:12,504 --> 00:20:13,338
SOLDIER #5:
You gonna feel it later.

406
00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:14,923
(laughter)

407
00:20:15,006 --> 00:20:19,261
♪♪

408
00:20:19,344 --> 00:20:20,220
WRIGHT: I just like ranch.

409
00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:21,263
SOLDIER: Ketchup is spicy enough.

410
00:20:21,346 --> 00:20:22,973
WRIGHT: Ranch on everything.

411
00:20:23,056 --> 00:20:23,932
JOHNSON: Nah, blue cheese.

412
00:20:24,015 --> 00:20:25,809
-I'm a blue cheese.
-WRIGHT: You're a blue cheese guy?

413
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:27,769
Blue cheese.
I cannot do ranch.

414
00:20:27,852 --> 00:20:30,146
I thought we could be friends.
I'm not so sure now.

415
00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:31,648
(laughter)

416
00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:33,692
♪♪

417
00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:37,153
Yeah, the bread was a good touch though.
It's strengthening the enamel of my teeth.

418
00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:38,488
-(laughter)
-JOHNSON: Kept me alive.

419
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,115
This is what kept me alive.

420
00:20:40,198 --> 00:20:42,409
SOLDIER: Is it too much to ask
for garlic bread

421
00:20:42,492 --> 00:20:44,160
and Parmesan cheese on Italian night?

422
00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:46,121
(laughter)

423
00:20:46,204 --> 00:20:48,331
(indistinct conversations)

424
00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:50,709
♪♪

425
00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:52,419
SOLDIER #2: This is good.

426
00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:57,132
♪♪

427
00:20:57,215 --> 00:21:00,260
DUNFORD: Later today, we'll have
a discussion about the whole-of-government

428
00:21:00,343 --> 00:21:03,346
from a U.S. and a Coalition perspective
in the Middle East.

429
00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:06,474
We face an enduring threat,
and we need an approach

430
00:21:06,558 --> 00:21:09,436
that's both effective and sustainable.

431
00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:13,523
Local efforts have to be supported
by this global military network.

432
00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:17,527
Equally, our trans-regional approach
has to be informed by local efforts.

433
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,195
♪♪

434
00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:24,117
And while we're making progress today,
much more work needs to be done.

435
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,410
(man speaking native language )

436
00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:27,120
(men speaking native language)

437
00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:29,539
(man speaking native language)

438
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,499
(men speaking native language)

439
00:21:31,583 --> 00:21:34,961
NEWSCASTER: At least 15 Army Cadets
have been killed in an attack

440
00:21:35,045 --> 00:21:37,047
on a military academy in Afghanistan.

441
00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,924
A suicide bomber drove a car
full of explosives

442
00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:42,886
into a bus outside the training center
in Kabul.

443
00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:45,138
NEWSCASTER #2:
More than 200 soldiers and civilians

444
00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:48,892
have been killed in terrorist attacks
across Afghanistan this week.

445
00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:50,810
♪♪

446
00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:55,273
Amidst another deadly month
in the 16-year-long war in Afghanistan,

447
00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:58,735
new soldiers continue to sign up, train,

448
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:01,112
and prepare for what's yet to come.

449
00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:03,448
♪♪

450
00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:05,408
Sir, First Lieutenant Naquibullah.

451
00:22:05,492 --> 00:22:09,371
I've come here to receive my certificate.

452
00:22:09,454 --> 00:22:12,749
Many of them walking into
a war they were born into,

453
00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:16,252
fighting to achieve a peace
they've never known.

454
00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:19,381
I serve Afghanistan.

455
00:22:19,464 --> 00:22:21,883
(applause)

456
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:23,385
♪♪

457
00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:26,429
CLARK: All of their soldiers
deserve good leadership.

458
00:22:26,513 --> 00:22:30,642
They do not deserve
incompetent leaders, corrupt leaders,

459
00:22:30,725 --> 00:22:33,853
'cause them the ones that have been
getting their soldiers killed.

460
00:22:33,937 --> 00:22:38,024
Today, as part of an effort
to bring order to the Afghan army

461
00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:41,945
from the top down,
U.S. Command Sergeant Major David Clark

462
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,864
and two of Afghanistan's
most senior military leaders

463
00:22:44,948 --> 00:22:49,285
are heading to Helmand Province,
one of the nation's most deadly regions.

464
00:22:49,369 --> 00:22:52,747
CLARK: When soldiers are killed
out there on the battlefield,

465
00:22:52,831 --> 00:22:55,083
their families are looking to y'all.

466
00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:57,419
What happened, why it happened.

467
00:22:57,502 --> 00:23:01,256
Didn't you have some families come to your
house this week because you lost soldiers?

468
00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:02,465
Yes.

469
00:23:02,549 --> 00:23:05,093
The families are feeling it every day.

470
00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:06,928
♪♪

471
00:23:07,011 --> 00:23:09,389
DARRELL: Brother, how are you doing?
It's great to see you.

472
00:23:09,472 --> 00:23:12,517
Awaiting them on the ground
is Marine Sergeant Major Darrell Carver

473
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,688
of Task Force Southwest, who is
bringing together the senior leaders

474
00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:18,273
and the new Afghan commander,

475
00:23:18,356 --> 00:23:20,859
who he's been mentoring
for the past three months --

476
00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:23,611
Sergeant Major Wafa Wahiduddin.

477
00:23:24,988 --> 00:23:27,031
CLARK: I tell you,
it's a great team down here.

478
00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:30,160
You done broke the back of
the enemy this fighting season.

479
00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:32,620
And as we're getting ready
to go into the next season,

480
00:23:32,704 --> 00:23:35,540
what adjustments did you need
to make going forward,

481
00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:36,833
and what help do you need from us?

482
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:41,629
WAHIDUDDIN: I will give them reports
covering the months since I got here.

483
00:23:41,713 --> 00:23:45,425
As Sergeant Major Wahiduddin attempts
to remove a commander in his unit

484
00:23:45,508 --> 00:23:48,470
who he believes is getting
special treatment due to nepotism...

485
00:23:48,553 --> 00:23:52,182
WAHIDUDDIN: Army Corps told me
not to touch him, and I didn't.

486
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:55,268
...the Americans are ready to offer
their support to Carver's protégé

487
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:59,814
in the face of a chain of command
that doesn't always make change easy.

488
00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:02,650
WAHIDUDDIN:
He says he has relatives to visit.

489
00:24:02,734 --> 00:24:06,905
You cannot build an army by having
soldiers always visit their relatives.

490
00:24:06,988 --> 00:24:09,908
CHAMKANI:
I want to say something about this.

491
00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:12,410
How long have you been
with this unit here?

492
00:24:13,828 --> 00:24:14,662
WAHIDUDDIN: Three months.

493
00:24:14,746 --> 00:24:16,498
Three months.

494
00:24:16,581 --> 00:24:19,667
Three months is not enough time
to make an evaluation.

495
00:24:19,751 --> 00:24:22,629
WAHIDUDDIN: That's what we have decided
and I hereby recommend it to you.

496
00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:25,632
We have written and signed this
recommendation at the board level.

497
00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:27,550
No, at the battalion level.

498
00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:29,010
(Safi speaking native language)

499
00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:31,888
There's a chain of command that
needs to be followed.

500
00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:38,061
I listen to the Army Lieutenant
whatever he says, alright?

501
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:39,145
♪♪

502
00:24:39,229 --> 00:24:40,522
Alright?

503
00:24:40,605 --> 00:24:41,564
♪♪

504
00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:45,401
Swear to God...didn't a fire truck
have to come here

505
00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:47,946
to wash the blood of our fallen men?

506
00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:49,113
♪♪

507
00:24:49,197 --> 00:24:54,827
I cannot see any more dead soldiers
from the 215th Corps.

508
00:24:54,911 --> 00:25:00,250
INTERPRETER: I don't have the ability to
see and witness more losses and attrition.

509
00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:03,169
-Okay, okay, yeah.
-SAFI: This is a clear message.

510
00:25:03,253 --> 00:25:06,047
They need to do something, right thing,
and here is the support, sorry, Major.

511
00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:07,382
And that's what they doing.

512
00:25:07,465 --> 00:25:09,717
There's one Afghan flag.

513
00:25:09,801 --> 00:25:11,844
-There's not no tribal flags.
-DARRELL: Yes.

514
00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:14,973
So nepotism and all that (bleep)
don't cut it.

515
00:25:15,056 --> 00:25:19,519
That's what's been killing this country
for years and years.

516
00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:22,105
Merit-based selection.

517
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:24,857
The best will rise up.

518
00:25:24,941 --> 00:25:27,610
And them the ones who need
to be leading soldiers,

519
00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:30,905
especially at the sergeant major level,
that's gonna take ownership,

520
00:25:30,989 --> 00:25:34,367
and make decisions,
and have the courage to speak up.

521
00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:39,998
♪♪

522
00:25:40,081 --> 00:25:42,917
So there's still challenges
here in Afghanistan,

523
00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:46,713
but it's a tremendous opportunity
for the people and for the country.

524
00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,299
We gonna finish this fight.

525
00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:54,929
And making it matter,
you know, that's who we are.

526
00:25:55,013 --> 00:25:56,848
That's what we stand for.

527
00:25:58,433 --> 00:26:00,435
Every time when I come in here,
every morning,

528
00:26:00,518 --> 00:26:05,898
and look through the names
of a lot of the great Americans

529
00:26:05,982 --> 00:26:10,528
we lost along the way...

530
00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:11,779
♪♪

531
00:26:11,863 --> 00:26:18,202
...I think about the ones that
blood was shed on this soil...

532
00:26:18,286 --> 00:26:20,163
across this country.

533
00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:26,127
That they sacrificed so much,
and their families sacrificed.

534
00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:29,672
So when we think about
the upcoming holidays,

535
00:26:29,756 --> 00:26:36,137
the empty chairs in their living rooms
at Thanksgiving, at Christmas...

536
00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:39,807
♪♪

537
00:26:39,891 --> 00:26:43,811
...we're making it matter for their
families where we have empty chairs.

538
00:26:43,895 --> 00:26:50,735
♪♪

539
00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:57,659
♪♪

540
00:26:57,742 --> 00:27:04,582
♪♪

541
00:27:04,666 --> 00:27:06,668
PRODUCER:
How many names are in the box?

542
00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:11,881
Oh, I don't keep count no more.

543
00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:16,552
♪♪

544
00:27:16,636 --> 00:27:19,305
NARRATOR: With only a few months
left in their deployment,

545
00:27:19,389 --> 00:27:21,599
many of the Marines
stationed in Helmand Province

546
00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:24,060
are beginning to look towards home,

547
00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:27,730
each with their own thoughts
on why their time here has mattered.

548
00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:32,777
♪♪

549
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:37,198
Try and enjoy yourselves in this --
this wonderful latrine.

550
00:27:37,281 --> 00:27:44,038
♪♪

551
00:27:44,122 --> 00:27:49,460
When you get on deployment, you slowly
kinda develop this ritual that you do

552
00:27:49,544 --> 00:27:52,004
to just kinda keep your mind in the game,

553
00:27:52,088 --> 00:27:55,466
and normally I think it's the people
who have done multiple deployments

554
00:27:55,550 --> 00:27:57,135
that try to make things home

555
00:27:57,218 --> 00:28:00,847
'cause you've dealt with it before,
you don't resist it.

556
00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,724
42 young.

557
00:28:04,392 --> 00:28:06,644
♪♪

558
00:28:06,728 --> 00:28:10,106
The homecomings is always emotional
for a lot of people,

559
00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:15,737
but, you know, I usually try not
to get excited about homecomings

560
00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:17,697
until I'm actually at my house.

561
00:28:19,323 --> 00:28:22,452
So for January, you know,
my daughter may be --

562
00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:23,953
Makaya might be there in January,

563
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:26,205
but she's gonna be really busy
with school, so...

564
00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:29,041
(alert beeping)

565
00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:30,376
Incoming.

566
00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:32,837
(alarm blaring)

567
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,757
We need to go out and jump in the bunkers.

568
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,509
There's one right right out here.
Just go straight out here.

569
00:28:38,593 --> 00:28:40,136
And there's a bunker
right in front of you.

570
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:41,804
(indistinct shouting)

571
00:28:41,888 --> 00:28:44,432
WOMAN ON P.A.: Incoming.
Incoming.

572
00:28:44,515 --> 00:28:46,267
-DARRELL: Did you hear that thud?
-SOLDIER: Yeah, I heard it.

573
00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:48,311
-DARRELL: The radar didn't go off.
-SOLDIER: No, it didn't.

574
00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:50,021
DARRELL:
So what's happening right now is,

575
00:28:50,104 --> 00:28:53,274
we received some sort of
IDF mortar system or rocket.

576
00:28:53,357 --> 00:28:57,195
They're gonna be trying to figure out
where it came from in the COC.

577
00:28:57,278 --> 00:28:59,947
And then until we figure out
to make sure there isn't any other threat,

578
00:29:00,031 --> 00:29:02,992
then we'll keep everybody
on the base in the bunkers, okay?

579
00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:05,578
NARRATOR:
For the Marines of Task Force Southwest,

580
00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:08,247
a Taliban rocket that hit their airfield

581
00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:10,958
has triggered
an immediate call to action.

582
00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:12,752
Fortunately, no one is hurt.

583
00:29:12,835 --> 00:29:16,964
And soon the response team
locates the rocket's point of origin

584
00:29:17,048 --> 00:29:19,300
and begins to mitigate the threat.

585
00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:21,677
WOMAN ON P.A.: All clear.

586
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:23,095
All clear.

587
00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:25,807
DARRELL: Yeah, I try not to tell anybody
what's going on here.

588
00:29:25,890 --> 00:29:29,769
It's never good for family members
when they're back in the rear

589
00:29:29,852 --> 00:29:34,482
to know that there's, you know --
that you're receiving rockets

590
00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:38,361
or, you know, some sort of direct fire,
you know, when you're out here deployed,

591
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:41,197
so you try and keep all that stuff,
you know, to yourself

592
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,366
so that they don't deal with it, too,
so...

593
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,161
Hey.

594
00:29:47,245 --> 00:29:48,204
CODY: Hey, Dad.

595
00:29:48,287 --> 00:29:49,539
What's goin' on?

596
00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:51,707
CODY: Nothing.
Just got back from the movies.

597
00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:54,710
DARRELL: I know it's late there.
I don't wanna keep you up too late.

598
00:29:54,794 --> 00:29:57,797
CODY: No, that's alright.
How's it been there?

599
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,424
Oh, you know, it's been
an exciting morning.

600
00:30:00,508 --> 00:30:02,176
CODY: How exciting?

601
00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:06,514
Um, it's been exciting.

602
00:30:06,597 --> 00:30:08,808
NARRATOR:
Sergeant Major Carver's son, Cody,

603
00:30:08,891 --> 00:30:11,519
will soon be following
in his father's footsteps,

604
00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:14,313
heading to a Marine boot camp
in little more than a week.

605
00:30:14,397 --> 00:30:15,523
DARRELL: So you're not nervous, huh?

606
00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:19,402
CODY: No, not nervous yet. I mean, it's
definitely been on my mind a lot more.

607
00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:22,572
It's kinda like...what I wanted to do
since I was a kid.

608
00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:25,616
DARRELL: The worst part of it for you
is gonna be when they cut your hair.

609
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,326
CODY: Yeah, I know.

610
00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:28,244
♪♪

611
00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:29,579
-I love you, man.
-CODY: Alright, I love you.

612
00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:30,913
Alright. Bye.

613
00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:34,125
In as soon as a year,
Cody could be deployed

614
00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:37,295
here in Afghanistan
or any number of locations

615
00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:40,923
elsewhere in the world,
with the threat of violent extremism

616
00:30:41,007 --> 00:30:44,218
constantly continuing to bleed
into new danger zones.

617
00:30:44,302 --> 00:30:48,472
♪♪

618
00:30:48,556 --> 00:30:51,726
NEWSCASTER: On the treacherous border
between Niger and Mali,

619
00:30:51,809 --> 00:30:55,187
terrorists often cross over the border
to launch attacks.

620
00:30:55,271 --> 00:30:58,190
♪♪

621
00:30:58,274 --> 00:31:00,359
NEWSCASTER #2:
Several attacks have happened

622
00:31:00,443 --> 00:31:03,821
against Nigerien soldiers
in the past year,

623
00:31:03,905 --> 00:31:07,950
so it's known to be an area
where ambushes do happen.

624
00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:10,286
VAN SAUN: Look forward
to just talking with you today

625
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:12,330
about how you feel the training is going.

626
00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:18,669
They are all giving 100 percent of what
they can to get in good shape.

627
00:31:18,753 --> 00:31:21,255
♪♪

628
00:31:21,339 --> 00:31:23,507
VAN SAUN: I'm really interested
in understanding now,

629
00:31:23,591 --> 00:31:27,803
what is the intrinsic motivation
of these soldiers?

630
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:31,474
Is it pay?
Is it a sense of duty?

631
00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:34,226
To country?
To something greater than themselves?

632
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:39,482
Is it because generation after generation
in their family served?

633
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,317
We talk about that
in our own military,

634
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,278
because there's tons of motivations
of why we all serve.

635
00:31:44,362 --> 00:31:47,990
And we have to understand
those motivations to work with them.

636
00:31:48,074 --> 00:31:49,575
♪♪

637
00:31:49,659 --> 00:31:51,953
DRILL LEADER: For the first round,
immediately get in formation.

638
00:31:52,036 --> 00:31:54,914
The Special Forces have only
just begun their training

639
00:31:54,997 --> 00:31:56,916
with this unit of Nigerien troops,

640
00:31:56,999 --> 00:32:01,128
many of whom are still learning
how to be soldiers at a basic level.

641
00:32:01,212 --> 00:32:02,713
SOLDIER: Is this how the formation
should look like?

642
00:32:02,797 --> 00:32:05,216
This is how it should be. It's all good.

643
00:32:05,299 --> 00:32:07,843
Put some space in between you guys.

644
00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:10,471
Ok, everyone get the ammunitions.

645
00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:17,353
SOLDIER #2: Everybody has 120 bullets and
it goes by quickly. So, keep that in mind.

646
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,689
VAN SAUN: Behind us, we have the guys
getting ready to do

647
00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:23,317
what we call small unit tactics --
teaching the soldiers how to work together

648
00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:26,028
as a team to close in on an enemy threat.

649
00:32:26,112 --> 00:32:30,616
♪♪

650
00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:32,910
DRILL LEADER: Stay spread out.
Stay spread out.

651
00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:34,996
SQUAD LEADER: What are you doing?
You're supposed

652
00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:36,706
to put one knee on the ground.
Let's go.

653
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:39,250
These guys here, they're actually
picking up on this stuff pretty easy.

654
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:40,376
(soldiers shouting in native language)

655
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:41,502
SOLDIER:
Come up here to the leader.

656
00:32:41,585 --> 00:32:44,088
He moves out, he I.D.'s
what's going on right now.

657
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:46,382
You should be over there
on the other side.

658
00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,259
SOLDIER #2:
Moves back to his other team,

659
00:32:48,342 --> 00:32:52,054
and at that point, they make the decision
to flank in either direction.

660
00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:53,514
♪♪

661
00:32:53,597 --> 00:32:57,893
SOLDIER #3:
Look around for other enemies.

662
00:32:57,977 --> 00:33:00,813
(soldier shouting in native language)

663
00:33:00,896 --> 00:33:06,027
DRILL LEADER: Enemy has been killed.
Stop firing.

664
00:33:06,110 --> 00:33:07,278
SOLDIER: That's good.

665
00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:08,696
♪♪

666
00:33:08,779 --> 00:33:10,031
This drill is over. Come back.

667
00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:11,907
♪♪

668
00:33:11,991 --> 00:33:13,159
(soldier cheering)

669
00:33:13,242 --> 00:33:14,910
(soldiers cheering)

670
00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:20,249
♪♪

671
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:21,876
-SOLDIER: Hey.
-PRODUCER: Brent, do you have

672
00:33:21,959 --> 00:33:22,918
something you wanna talk about?

673
00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:25,629
We need to find who the best singer is.

674
00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:27,214
They want to know who has the best voice
to lead your wonderful military song.

675
00:33:27,298 --> 00:33:29,216
SOLDIER #2:
I need help on my dance.

676
00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:31,093
(soldier speaking native language)

677
00:33:31,177 --> 00:33:32,094
(soldiers shouting in native language)

678
00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:34,847
SOLDIER: Clap your hands!

679
00:33:34,930 --> 00:33:35,765
TOGETHER: That's right.

680
00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:39,560
SOLDIER: My men gather strength and
morale, so we can accomplish our mission.

681
00:33:39,643 --> 00:33:42,354
My men, may God protect and grant us
peace of mind and heart.

682
00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:43,272
TOGETHER: That's right.

683
00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:46,108
SOLDIER #2: If I'm in the army,
I'm no longer a pauper.

684
00:33:46,192 --> 00:33:47,026
TOGETHER: That's right.

685
00:33:47,109 --> 00:33:49,612
I'm no longer a poor man.
I have no money and no worries.

686
00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:50,529
TOGETHER: That's right.

687
00:33:50,613 --> 00:33:53,699
I have my brothers beside me.

688
00:33:53,783 --> 00:33:57,078
(soldier singing in native language)

689
00:33:57,161 --> 00:33:59,955
SOLDIER: I just really enjoy getting
to know all the soldiers

690
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:04,043
in everything that I do train and
that all of our teammates get to train.

691
00:34:04,126 --> 00:34:08,714
I don't think the American populace
really understands

692
00:34:08,798 --> 00:34:11,967
how many forces we actually
have deployed in places like this,

693
00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:14,178
and I don't think they really understand

694
00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:19,433
how far-reaching we can be when we work
by, with, and through our partner forces.

695
00:34:19,517 --> 00:34:20,643
♪♪

696
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,478
PRODUCER: Do you wish
every once in a while, though,

697
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:23,687
that there was a bit more excitement?

698
00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:25,272
Uh, sometimes.

699
00:34:25,356 --> 00:34:26,899
Excitement can be good.

700
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:30,986
It's also -- Without any big support,

701
00:34:31,070 --> 00:34:34,406
that excitement
can also lead to bad things.

702
00:34:34,490 --> 00:34:37,493
♪♪

703
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:40,454
VAN SAUN: Sit! Huh? Sit!

704
00:34:40,538 --> 00:34:42,540
(indistinct conversations)

705
00:34:42,623 --> 00:34:45,084
♪♪

706
00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:47,628
(soldiers cheering, clapping)

707
00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:52,258
SOLDIER: Off the wall!
Do one where you grab the wall.

708
00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:54,468
I'll do it off the truck,
but you gotta go get the truck.

709
00:34:54,552 --> 00:34:56,011
Truck? What about that truck?

710
00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:58,430
(indistinct conversations, laughter)

711
00:34:58,514 --> 00:35:02,268
(soldier singing in native language)

712
00:35:02,351 --> 00:35:04,728
(solider singing in native language)

713
00:35:04,812 --> 00:35:06,313
SOLDIER: There you go.
There you go.

714
00:35:06,397 --> 00:35:07,982
SOLDIER #2: Yay!

715
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:09,650
(singing in native language)

716
00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:12,194
(soldiers cheering)

717
00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:13,821
(laughs)

718
00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:15,406
(laughter)

719
00:35:15,489 --> 00:35:18,701
Do you think the American soldier
speaks Housa?

720
00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:20,703
SOLDIER: No, very little.

721
00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:23,914
(conversing in native language)

722
00:35:23,998 --> 00:35:25,207
What is your name?

723
00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:27,042
-PATRICK: Patrick.
-Patrick.

724
00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:29,003
♪♪

725
00:35:29,086 --> 00:35:30,087
(rhythmic clapping)

726
00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:32,673
(soldier singing in native language)

727
00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:34,592
(soldiers shouting in native language)

728
00:35:34,675 --> 00:35:38,512
-MEN: Encore! Encore!
-PATRICK: For the -- For the camera.

729
00:35:38,596 --> 00:35:40,014
-MAN: For the camera?
-PATRICK: Yeah.

730
00:35:40,097 --> 00:35:41,307
♪♪

731
00:35:41,390 --> 00:35:44,894
(soldiers singing in native language)

732
00:35:44,977 --> 00:35:48,480
♪♪

733
00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:52,067
♪♪

734
00:35:52,151 --> 00:35:53,944
(soldier cheering)

735
00:35:54,028 --> 00:36:00,826
♪♪

736
00:36:00,910 --> 00:36:07,625
♪♪

737
00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:09,543
NEWSCASTER: Here are their names --

738
00:36:09,627 --> 00:36:11,378
Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson,

739
00:36:11,462 --> 00:36:13,631
Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright,

740
00:36:13,714 --> 00:36:16,508
Staff Sergeant Bryan Black,

741
00:36:16,592 --> 00:36:18,928
and Sergeant La David Johnson.

742
00:36:19,011 --> 00:36:21,430
♪♪

743
00:36:23,057 --> 00:36:29,647
♪♪

744
00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:36,237
♪♪

745
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:42,868
♪♪

746
00:36:42,952 --> 00:36:44,245
HOLLY: Have any regrets?

747
00:36:44,328 --> 00:36:47,122
Like there's nothing, like,
you look back and think on the last night

748
00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:50,167
of your teenage-hood, teenage retirement?

749
00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:51,543
CODY: No.

750
00:36:51,627 --> 00:36:53,295
HOLLY: What's gonna happen tomorrow?
Did they tell you?

751
00:36:53,379 --> 00:36:54,505
I don't know.

752
00:36:54,588 --> 00:36:56,048
HOLLY:
You've never shipped to boot camp before.

753
00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,883
I've never shipped to boot camp before.

754
00:36:57,967 --> 00:37:00,844
HOLLY: I was actually at
a Marine Corps Ball the other day,

755
00:37:00,928 --> 00:37:05,933
and the youngest Marine in attendance
was two months older than Cody.

756
00:37:06,016 --> 00:37:07,142
And I thought, "Okay."

757
00:37:07,226 --> 00:37:12,815
That's when it finally hit me
that my son's gonna be a Marine.

758
00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:14,400
Off he goes, doing his thing.

759
00:37:14,483 --> 00:37:16,068
So...

760
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:17,820
♪♪

761
00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:20,239
-Should we call Dad?
-CODY: Yeah.

762
00:37:20,322 --> 00:37:22,574
♪♪

763
00:37:22,658 --> 00:37:25,035
(line ringing)

764
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:26,161
(keyboard clacks)

765
00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:27,746
♪♪

766
00:37:27,830 --> 00:37:29,331
-What's up, Dad?
-DARRELL: Hey, what's up, son?

767
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:30,541
♪♪

768
00:37:30,624 --> 00:37:32,209
MAKAYA: Nice mustache, dude!

769
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,920
It's Movember, and I jumped on board.

770
00:37:35,004 --> 00:37:36,171
Movember.

771
00:37:36,255 --> 00:37:38,674
-I'm excited for you.
-CODY: Yeah.

772
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,552
Once you get there, you won't
have time to be nervous.

773
00:37:41,635 --> 00:37:43,137
Yeah, I'm not too worried about it.

774
00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:44,305
The flight?

775
00:37:44,388 --> 00:37:46,307
You might...

776
00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:47,933
HOLLY:
This is really -- You might what?

777
00:37:48,017 --> 00:37:51,186
(laughing) Really good advice
that we're missing out on.

778
00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:52,313
Might what, Dad?

779
00:37:52,396 --> 00:37:55,566
Oh, I was saying, during the flight,
you might be a little nervous.

780
00:37:55,649 --> 00:37:56,525
CODY: Yeah.

781
00:37:58,402 --> 00:38:00,404
HOLLY: Any last words for him?

782
00:38:00,487 --> 00:38:03,115
Just remember -- You're not in it alone.

783
00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:05,743
There's a whole bunch of other guys
in your platoon with you.

784
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:08,370
So reach out, help them.

785
00:38:08,454 --> 00:38:09,663
Like I said,
it's easy to become a Marine,

786
00:38:09,747 --> 00:38:12,624
but it's living up to it
every day after that.

787
00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:13,542
CODY: Yeah.

788
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:19,089
♪♪

789
00:38:19,173 --> 00:38:24,303
♪♪

790
00:38:24,386 --> 00:38:28,807
♪ Come on, feet, don't fail me now ♪

791
00:38:28,891 --> 00:38:32,770
♪ 'Cause I'll fall too hard
if I hit the ground ♪

792
00:38:32,853 --> 00:38:34,355
♪♪

793
00:38:34,438 --> 00:38:38,942
♪ And these worn-out souls
are all broken now ♪

794
00:38:39,026 --> 00:38:44,114
♪ I'll give it all, I'll give it all ♪

795
00:38:44,198 --> 00:38:46,241
FURNER: The 26th President of
the United States, Theodore Roosevelt,

796
00:38:46,325 --> 00:38:47,701
spoke these words.

797
00:38:47,785 --> 00:38:50,454
I believe his words capture
the true essence of the men

798
00:38:50,537 --> 00:38:53,082
we've all come to honor today --

799
00:38:53,165 --> 00:38:55,376
"It's not the critic who counts.

800
00:38:55,459 --> 00:38:58,504
It's not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles

801
00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:01,173
or the doer of deeds
could have done them better.

802
00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:04,760
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,

803
00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:08,722
whose face is marred by dust
and sweat and blood,

804
00:39:08,806 --> 00:39:13,185
and who at worst, if he fails,
at least he fails while daring greatly.

805
00:39:13,268 --> 00:39:16,438
So his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls

806
00:39:16,522 --> 00:39:18,524
who neither know victory nor defeat."

807
00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:22,277
Ladies and gentlemen, this country
is not free on account of luck,

808
00:39:22,361 --> 00:39:25,280
and it won't remain free by it either.

809
00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:27,908
It is free on the account
of strong men and women.

810
00:39:27,991 --> 00:39:30,411
It is free on the account
of real-life superheroes

811
00:39:30,494 --> 00:39:33,038
like Jeremiah and Bryan,
Dustin and La David.

812
00:39:33,122 --> 00:39:35,749
♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

813
00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:40,671
♪ If I don't see you ever again,
oh, where do I start? ♪

814
00:39:40,754 --> 00:39:44,925
♪♪

815
00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:50,264
Thank you for joining us today
in remembrance of our fallen brothers.

816
00:39:50,347 --> 00:39:51,807
My name's Colonel Brad Moses.

817
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:53,392
I am the 3rd Group Commander.

818
00:39:54,351 --> 00:39:57,020
The motto of Special Forces
is "De Oppresso Liber,"

819
00:39:57,104 --> 00:39:58,939
to liberate the oppressed.

820
00:39:59,022 --> 00:40:01,233
For people like this,
it becomes an addiction

821
00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:04,528
of wanting to succeed
at making other people's lives better.

822
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:11,535
On 4 October, Team Ouallam
and their Nigerien BSR partners

823
00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:14,037
were attacked by an enemy
that didn't want them

824
00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:16,582
to make this small spot in the world
a better place.

825
00:40:16,665 --> 00:40:18,500
The ODA, caught in a near-ambush,

826
00:40:18,584 --> 00:40:21,336
made a decision to plant
their feet and fight.

827
00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:24,756
Under overwhelming fire,
each man did his job.

828
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,842
After the vehicles
were completely destroyed

829
00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:28,677
and the men nearly out of ammunition,

830
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,431
they made a decision
much bigger than themselves.

831
00:40:32,514 --> 00:40:36,018
To avoid compromise of other
American forces throughout the region,

832
00:40:36,101 --> 00:40:40,147
they made one last call -- Broken Arrow.

833
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:45,736
This is code from SOF MACV-SOG days
in Vietnam of U.S. forces being overrun.

834
00:40:45,819 --> 00:40:46,904
♪♪

835
00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:51,492
They zeroed their secure communication
and went black.

836
00:40:51,575 --> 00:40:53,911
The quick actions
of additional Nigerien forces,

837
00:40:53,994 --> 00:40:56,788
our French partners,
and additional sister ODA

838
00:40:56,872 --> 00:41:00,375
and SOF assets
kept constant pressure on the enemy

839
00:41:00,459 --> 00:41:02,836
until all of our wounded
and fallen were recovered.

840
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,630
♪♪

841
00:41:04,713 --> 00:41:07,799
I ask that each of you reflect
on these men's actions

842
00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:10,636
as a reminder of why and how you serve.

843
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:11,762
♪♪

844
00:41:11,845 --> 00:41:14,515
It can be as profound as
"De Oppresso Liber."

845
00:41:14,598 --> 00:41:17,392
Or it might be that you can and should.

846
00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:18,310
Or...

847
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:21,230
♪♪

848
00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:24,691
...it might be as simple
as you do this, like me,

849
00:41:24,775 --> 00:41:26,401
so like me,

850
00:41:26,485 --> 00:41:29,738
a wife and kids sitting in the front row
shouldn't have to.

851
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,616
Care for the wounded, honor the fallen,
and continue mission.

852
00:41:32,699 --> 00:41:34,159
Thank you.

853
00:41:34,243 --> 00:41:39,331
♪♪

854
00:41:39,414 --> 00:41:42,501
SERGEANT MAJOR: Team Ouallam, atten-hut!

855
00:41:42,584 --> 00:41:44,086
Captain Parazini.

856
00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:45,254
PARAZINI: Here, Sergeant Major.

857
00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:46,672
Master Sergeant Figaro.

858
00:41:46,755 --> 00:41:47,714
FIGARO: Here, Sergeant Major.

859
00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:49,299
Sergeant First Class Bartoz.

860
00:41:49,383 --> 00:41:50,551
BARTOZ: Here, Sergeant Major.

861
00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:52,177
Sergeant First Class Hoffman.

862
00:41:52,261 --> 00:41:53,220
HOFFMAN: Here, Sergeant Major.

863
00:41:53,303 --> 00:41:54,596
Staff Sergeant Ondercheck.

864
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,889
ONDERCHECK: Here, Sergeant Major.

865
00:41:55,973 --> 00:41:57,224
Staff Sergeant Howe.

866
00:41:57,307 --> 00:41:58,684
HOWE: Here, Sergeant Major.

867
00:41:58,767 --> 00:42:00,894
Sergeant First Class Johnson.

868
00:42:01,979 --> 00:42:04,690
Sergeant First Class Jeremiah Johnson.

869
00:42:06,233 --> 00:42:07,943
Staff Sergeant Black.

870
00:42:08,819 --> 00:42:11,405
Staff Sergeant Bryan Black.

871
00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:13,782
Staff Sergeant Wright.

872
00:42:15,158 --> 00:42:17,828
Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright.

873
00:42:18,579 --> 00:42:21,164
Sergeant Johnson.

874
00:42:21,248 --> 00:42:24,418
Sergeant La David Johnson.

875
00:42:26,378 --> 00:42:30,215
SOLDIER: All!
Half-right face.

876
00:42:31,842 --> 00:42:35,095
Ready. Aim. Fire.

877
00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:39,141
Ready. Aim. Fire.

878
00:42:39,224 --> 00:42:42,227
Ready. Aim. Fire.

879
00:42:42,311 --> 00:42:45,606
♪♪

880
00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:51,153
♪♪

881
00:42:53,614 --> 00:42:58,785
♪♪

882
00:43:00,329 --> 00:43:05,834
♪♪

883
00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:11,465
♪♪

884
00:43:11,548 --> 00:43:13,091
NARRATOR: Why do we fight?

885
00:43:13,175 --> 00:43:14,384
♪♪

886
00:43:14,468 --> 00:43:17,679
It's a question that has been asked
with any war,

887
00:43:17,763 --> 00:43:20,766
and particularly a war like this one.

888
00:43:20,849 --> 00:43:22,976
A war without borders.

889
00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:24,227
♪♪

890
00:43:24,311 --> 00:43:29,149
A war defined maybe more than anything
else by its sense of endlessness.

891
00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:32,152
♪♪

892
00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:38,033
And yet we fight because tomorrow
is too important to take for granted.

893
00:43:38,116 --> 00:43:43,580
♪♪

894
00:43:43,664 --> 00:43:46,291
BILL: What are you doing?

895
00:43:46,375 --> 00:43:48,335
Oh! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

896
00:43:48,418 --> 00:43:50,212
You gotta watch for Mom and Dad's plane.

897
00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:52,756
♪ Ramblers in the wilderness ♪

898
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:55,300
♪ We can't find what we need ♪

899
00:43:55,384 --> 00:43:58,512
♪ We get a little restless
from the searching ♪

900
00:43:58,595 --> 00:44:01,723
♪ Get a little worn down in between ♪

901
00:44:01,807 --> 00:44:07,854
NARRATOR: As deployments come and go,
you can still find hope.

902
00:44:07,938 --> 00:44:10,649
♪ Everybody needs someone beside 'em ♪

903
00:44:10,732 --> 00:44:14,111
♪ Shining like a lighthouse
from the sea ♪

904
00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:16,071
♪♪

905
00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:18,740
♪ Brother, let me be your shelter ♪

906
00:44:18,824 --> 00:44:20,701
♪ Never leave you all alone ♪

907
00:44:20,784 --> 00:44:22,744
NARRATOR:
You can find hope in the connections

908
00:44:22,828 --> 00:44:28,291
made across borders and beliefs,
languages, and cultures.

909
00:44:28,375 --> 00:44:30,877
♪ Brother, let me be your fortress ♪

910
00:44:30,961 --> 00:44:32,838
♪ When the night winds are driving on ♪

911
00:44:32,921 --> 00:44:37,718
NARRATOR: And you can find hope in the
simple idea that there are heroes

912
00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:40,220
who will fight for those
who can't fight for themselves.

913
00:44:40,303 --> 00:44:43,598
♪♪

914
00:44:43,682 --> 00:44:45,392
(boy crying)

915
00:44:45,475 --> 00:44:46,518
(man speaking native language)

916
00:44:46,601 --> 00:44:47,811
♪♪

917
00:44:47,894 --> 00:44:50,689
♪ Brother, let me be your shelter ♪

918
00:44:50,772 --> 00:44:53,358
♪ Never leave you all alone ♪

919
00:44:53,442 --> 00:44:55,068
♪ I can be the one... ♪

920
00:44:55,152 --> 00:44:56,445
You gonna see Daddy?

921
00:44:56,528 --> 00:44:58,363
♪ When you're low ♪

922
00:44:58,447 --> 00:45:03,118
NARRATOR: For an entire generation of
Americans, the answer to that question,

923
00:45:03,201 --> 00:45:05,078
"Why do we fight?"

924
00:45:05,162 --> 00:45:08,707
has been maybe the best answer
we can find to explain who we are...

925
00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:11,209
♪ Bring you home ♪

926
00:45:11,293 --> 00:45:12,419
NARRATOR: ...what we believe in...

927
00:45:12,502 --> 00:45:15,130
♪ Brother, let me be your shelter ♪

928
00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:17,424
♪ Never leave you all alone ♪

929
00:45:17,507 --> 00:45:20,761
NARRATOR:
...and what's most important to protect.

930
00:45:20,844 --> 00:45:23,180
♪ When you're low ♪

931
00:45:23,263 --> 00:45:24,222
♪♪

932
00:45:24,306 --> 00:45:27,017
♪ Brother, let me be your fortress ♪

933
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,395
♪ When the night winds are driving on ♪

934
00:45:30,479 --> 00:45:32,063
LIZ:
I have no idea where the kids are.

935
00:45:32,147 --> 00:45:33,815
Where are the kids?

936
00:45:33,899 --> 00:45:35,066
♪♪

937
00:45:35,150 --> 00:45:37,778
SCOTT: Maybe they're inside?
There they are!

938
00:45:37,861 --> 00:45:42,407
♪♪

939
00:45:42,491 --> 00:45:45,327
♪ Brother, let me be your shelter ♪

940
00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:46,912
♪ Never leave you all alone ♪

941
00:45:46,995 --> 00:45:48,747
GABBY: Daddy!

942
00:45:48,830 --> 00:45:50,457
Daddy's home!

943
00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:53,084
Yeah! Daddy's home!

944
00:45:53,168 --> 00:45:55,170
-Daddy!
-Gabby!

945
00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:57,130
Can you give me a hug?

946
00:45:57,214 --> 00:45:58,465
LIZ: Hi!

947
00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:00,634
♪♪

948
00:46:00,717 --> 00:46:03,261
♪ Be the one to light the way ♪

949
00:46:03,345 --> 00:46:06,640
♪ Bring you home ♪

950
00:46:06,723 --> 00:46:09,976
-Mama!
-♪ Brother, let me be your shelter ♪

951
00:46:10,060 --> 00:46:12,479
♪ Never leave you all alone ♪

952
00:46:12,562 --> 00:46:15,524
♪ I can be the one you call ♪

953
00:46:15,607 --> 00:46:18,193
♪ When you're low ♪

954
00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:21,530
♪ Brother, let me be your fortress ♪

955
00:46:21,613 --> 00:46:24,991
♪ When the night winds are driving on ♪

956
00:46:25,075 --> 00:46:26,576
♪ Be the one to light the way ♪

957
00:46:26,660 --> 00:46:29,913
NARRATOR: And so for every ending,
there's a new beginning.

958
00:46:29,996 --> 00:46:30,997
♪♪

959
00:46:31,081 --> 00:46:34,835
For every pledge to fight,
a fresh dose of hope

960
00:46:34,918 --> 00:46:39,256
that ultimately the evil in the world
will be outdone by the good.

961
00:46:39,339 --> 00:46:40,715
CODY: I, Cody Loren Carver...

962
00:46:40,799 --> 00:46:42,509
-...do solemnly swear...
-CODY: ...do solemnly swear...

963
00:46:42,592 --> 00:46:43,969
SIDDALL:
...that I will support and defend...

964
00:46:44,052 --> 00:46:45,178
CODY:
...that I will support and defend...

965
00:46:45,262 --> 00:46:46,930
SIDDALL: ...the Constitution
of the United States...

966
00:46:47,013 --> 00:46:48,473
CODY: ...the Constitution
of the United States...

967
00:46:48,557 --> 00:46:49,683
SIDDALL: ...against all enemies...

968
00:46:49,766 --> 00:46:50,725
CODY: ...against all enemies...

969
00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:52,602
-SIDDALL: ...foreign and domestic.
-CODY: ...foreign and domestic.

970
00:46:52,686 --> 00:46:54,312
SIDDALL:
And that I will bear true faith...

971
00:46:54,396 --> 00:46:55,689
CODY: And that I will bear true faith...

972
00:46:55,772 --> 00:46:56,982
SIDDALL: ...and allegiance to the same.

973
00:46:57,065 --> 00:46:58,066
CODY: ...and allegiance to the same.

974
00:46:58,149 --> 00:46:59,192
SIDDALL: And I will obey...

975
00:46:59,276 --> 00:47:00,861
CODY: And I will obey...

976
00:47:01,945 --> 00:47:03,613
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