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00:00 We're the first National Guard brigade to get activated since Vietnam.
00:06 This is my orders, ordering me to Iraq for the period of 18 months.
00:10 That's going to leave all the work to my wife Cheryl.
00:14 This is my boy, I'm glad he's going to Iraq with me.
00:17 I don't want him to go.
00:20 He's 19 years old.
00:23 I think it's harder for the people back here than it is for us.
00:30 We're about to head north into Iraq.
00:32 This is our D-Day, so let's go do it.
00:36 Welcome to Baghdad.
00:54 We are the only ones that understand what each other's going through.
00:58 Three people were killed last night.
01:00 Be careful, man.
01:01 I'm giving up my whole life by being here.
01:05 All the people that I hung out with at home are here.
01:31 I don't guess you could ever get ready for this.
01:34 Everything I've said, you can forget all that, because it is nothing like I thought it would be.
01:40 [♪♪]
01:43 [Music]