i wanna shoot somebody. [miles] look at all those dudes on mopeds, dude. - that's sketchy as shit, dude. - the guy that shot from-- - [miles] look at that. - looks annoying, though. - [miles] there's like 18 dudes. - [soldier 1] looks like... - yeah. - [miles] hey, 18 dudes on bikes. [chuckling] [soldier 1] yeah. 18 dudes. [miles]eighteen not being an exaggeration. - i'm not sure. - there was quite a few, though. [soldier 1] if i see an ak, i'm gonna level them with this .240. [soldier 2] they're going fast as shit, too. look at them. [miles] they actually burst through that target. [soldier 3] yeah, look at them all. [mile] dude, that is taliban as shit. um, there are local nationals out there. they, uh, seem to want us here. um, i mean, they have a lot of problems on their own. and, uh, they're looking forward to us, you know, helping them out. and, uh, i mean, that's what we're trying to do, so. oh, you do? [miles] get the fuck out of the way, seven. seven. [miles] get the fuck out of the... you're in my shot. - i'm interviewing him. - oh, sorry. - [miles] move. - no, i'll just be... quiet. - [miles] move. - i just gotta do this. - you talk? - yeah.

okay. [clattering] [miles] fucking idiot. all right. so, um... [sighs] [miles clicks tongue] what, uh, what's next? uh, next here? um, so far, we just keep, uh, building, you know, the relationship between the locals. [man on speaker] take that t-shirt off. [soldier 1] everyone has that t-shirt. [man on speaker] tell him to pick up his... [garbled radio chatter] [man speaking pashto] [soldier 1] he's holding it up in the air. - [soldier speaking pashto] - [man on radio] all right, i'll give you one break. [indistinct radio chatter]

[soldier 1] tell him to stop right there. [soldier 2 speaks pashto] [miles] god, i hope we still have more recycled part. i need plenty of stock. [soldier 1] go. down on your chest. [soldier 2] lemme see your hands. stand up. stand up. hands. down on your knees. i want him to be... i want both of his hands down on the ground. - [soldier 2 speaking pashto] - i wanna see his hands. [soldier 2 speaking pashto] [soldier 1 in english] down. [miles] where is it, vera? [soldier 1] pull it down. [soldier 2 speaking pashto] [soldier 1] yeah, and when you travel... [soldier 2] you have a problem down with me? [soldier 2 speaking pashto] [man on radio] the red wire... [interpreter speaking pashto] [woman speaking pashto] [interpreter] and she was just an innocent girl. [speaking pashto]

and she's saying, "i'm gonna be dying soon. because of him, he passed away from me." [camerawoman] tell her, tell her, no, she's not gonna die. tell her we're here to help her, and that we're very sorry. [interpreter speaking pashto] - [woman speaking pashto] - [interpreter] "thank god - you are patient with me." [interpreter in english] "i have two children with him, i mean, what should i do? i mean, nobody of my family can take care of those two little kids." [soldier 1] tell her, i can do it for her. [woman speaking pashto] - [soldier 2] we should go. - [soldier 1] yeah, go ahead. hey, uh, tell him we need every man in this whole group of compounds to my right now. - and yes, women, too. - [man speaking pashto] we have that, too. all women. [man speaking pashto] - [soldier 1] okay. - [indistinct radio chatter] you know why we're here, right? it's because there's a very high-value individual here. i don't care, right now, about their customs or their courtesies.

i want every single man that is here, - i want them out here. - [man speaking pashto] - hey, bud. - [man speaking pashto] no, no, no... hey, if every man does not come out, we're gonna go in, and pull every single one of them out. [indistinct chatter] [man speaking pashto] [soldier 1] what do we got? [man on radio] turban, uh, his head wrapped with a black, uh, turban, and... [soldier 1] right here. all green, black vest, white turban. [man on radio]like a white dot on top of his head. [soldier 1] you. come here. [woman on radio] yeah, roger. - roger. - yes. [woman on radio] it looks like we just broke up a taliban meeting. [soldier 1] this is a taliban meeting, true. it sure is. we need to fucking poi all these guys and take 'em all. [soldier 1] you, here. [soldier 2] and pull everybody in green, okay? [soldier 3] hey, what's the deal? [indistinct chatter] [soldier 2] get everybody in green. [soldier 3] all right, he's fucking...

[man on radio] we still don't know what's going on... [indistinct radio chatter] [soldier 3] i can go over there, and do those three fuckers. [indistinct chatter on radio] [soldier 3] do you want the three? [indistinct chatter] [soldier 1] over there. [soldier 3] i'm talking about going over there and do those three. [soldier 2] let's take him to the back. [soldier 1] hey, jamal. all right, coming your way. hey. we got this guy coming. hey, thomas. - when we get back to it... - they're not talking. - what's up? - they're not talking. - all right. everybody come here. - [soldier 2] hey. [soldie 3] be prepared... [soldier 2] hey, they're sending 3rd for aid support. [soldier 1] all right, good. - [soldier 3] hey. - [soldier 1] good shit. i need a lighter. - we got in past the red light. - a man with ragged clothes... [soldier 4] classic, though. [miles] the guy in the green was just, like, smiling. it was weird. [sniffles] [soldier 4] sir? because he's, he's one of the inside men. [soldier 2] hey, look at where he was sitting, too. he was sitting at a pretty, kinda, like central location,

where everybody's paying attention to him. he's the head shit. [soldier on radio] hey, that's a solid break. i don't... a day out, it could be less, a day less, means one dead found. [soldier 2] check this out. [soldier 3] but no one's talking to him. [indistinct chatter] [soldier 1] get them all inside. [soldier 3] you got it, you got it secured, man? [soldier 2] yeah, i got it secured. - [device beeps] -[dogs barking] [soldier 3] whoa, bro. - [soldier 2] hey, look at that. - [soldier 1] take care. [miles] it's a goat. - yeah, might be a goat. - is it a goat? [miles] it's a goat. [soldier 1] no wires running through it? [soldier 2] no, i don't see any. i got something on the side, man. [soldier 2] so, i think we're good. [soldier 3] looks like peanuts. [indistinct chatter] [soldier 1] get him away from the damn door. [soldier 2] hey. get on fucking back there.

[soldier 4] hey, don't look. don't look. - hey, guys. turn, turn around. - [soldier 3] hey. don't look. don't look. - [soldier 2] over here, miles. - they go for you, sir. - [miles] hey, hey! you! - [soldier 3] i got it, hey. [soldier 2] hey, sit your fucking ass down. hey, can anyone come and help with this? [soldier 1] we're gonna have to have, like, a... [miles] wow, that was good. [soldier 1] hey, stuart. can i relay with six, to get a loader come in and have him bring us all some water? - [stuart] i already did, buddy. - all right, man. you said it. and we're not allowed to say that shit. - [soldier 3] no, i'm not. - i know that. [soldier 2] yeah, but... [soldier 2] oh, yeah. [chuckles] [man on radio] to, uh, send a patrol to, uh, take in those guys. [soldier 3] tell him to come here. we have 360 degrees security. and they all look innocent anyways. - [miles] say it again? you fucker.

yeah, ask me again, then. [miles] what do you think? - about these guys? - [miles] yeah. i don't know. i'm, i'm jaded. i'm... i think these guys are all just hanging out. i don't think they're bad guys, but... when we kill 'em, we see the same dudes in the same clothes. so, who knows? you wanna see it? [soldier groans] it'll be easy to get me in trouble, arty. your name is frank? - yes, sir. - what does it mean? - [soldier sighs] -[frank speaks indistinctly] therefore, it's not a real a birth name. i need to do some thinking. [man] allahu akbar. allahu akbar. [man chanting] [chanting continues] [squad leader] bring it in real close, so i can get this over with. we got everybody?

overall, patrol didn't go as planned and everybody knows i'm not gonna be the dead horse. we sat there and we got the cordon. and we had suspicious individuals, looked like a taliban meeting. i have, to this... for the rest of my fucking deployment, say it was. we can't control that. whatever. it wasn't how we planned, but everybody reacted good. we'd be around, you know. [squad leader] what was supposed to happen went to, uh, what did happen. um, good job overall, and uh... that's all i got. so, all those guys are fucking... all those guys are free to go. [overlapping dialogue] [squad leader] every fucking one of 'em. are they pissed? - [soldier 1] i would be pissed. - [soldier 2 chuckles] so, mate... that's our fucking role today. um, that's it. do what you do. [engine whirring loudly]

[whirring continues] [all cheering] [soldier 1] look at that back. [soldier 2] look at that, fucking motivation right there. look at that. oh, check out this back. [soldier 1] what's that shit? what's that shit? [soldier 2] yes, sir! - [soldier 1] get some! - [soldier 3 cheers] - [soldier 1] get some! - [soldier 1] get some! - [soldier 2 grunting] - [gruntin continues] - [soldier 1] get some! - get some! - [soldier 2] hell, yeah! - [soldier 1] yeah! - [soldier 2 groans] - [soldier 1] we're going up! [both screaming] [both cheering] [soldier 2] get it! get it! yeah! [yelling] [all laughing] - [soldier 2 screaming] - [soldier 3] one, two! - three, four, five. [all chatter] - [soldier 1] get some! get some! - [soldier 2 grunting loudly] - [soldier 2] that's about ten! - [soldier 1] get some! [soldier 2 screaming] [soldier 2 whoping]

[soldier 1] check. [engine whirring loudly] - [whirring continues] - [soldier exhales sharply] [soldier panting] [fire crackling] [soft thud] - [soldier 1] you gotta hit it. - [soldier 2] hit it. oh, yeah. oh, god, no. [muffled cough] so here we are, staying in afghanistan, patrol base alcatraz.

with two dudes, whose names i'm not gonna mention. [inhales sharply] luckily, for us, afghanistan's a hash farm. [soldier 2] you keep calling it a hash farm. [soldier 1] what do you think? this is risky as possible. [man singing indistinctly] [inhales] [soldier 1] oh, yeah. [miles chuckles] [soldier 1] dude, i'm way too fucked up to be on camera. [miles] someone spit some fucking rhymes. no, ask me... interview me while we're fucked up. [miles] i'm gonna put it in a movie. - do you think, uh...

did you ever think you were gonna be deployed? to something like this right now? - yeah. - yeah. all right, well, to be quite frank with you, mr. lawyer, i, uh... no. fuck no, man. you know, you join the marine corps, you think the marine corp is like a bunch of perfect people, - you know. - [soldier 2] yeah. that don't do anything bad, don't curse. and they're jus really squared away killers, you know. and then, the marine corps is filled up with the most fucked up individuals i've ever met. - yeah. - [soldier 2] you know? just like me, you know? [chuckles] [soldier 1] sir. [miles] these guys are like... [soldier 1] hey. salaam. [miles] salaam alaikum. - [man] salaam! - well, what's going on out here? - [man 1] come in. - [man 2] come now. - [man 1] sure great to see you. - [man 2] hello. good morning. hello. good morning. [miles] what's up? [indistinct chatter] [man speaking pashto] [soldier 1] hey, hey, hey. get this, get this. [man speaking pashto] this a machine gun. one talib, we shoot him with machine gun.

- oh, yeah? let me see. - yeah. [miles] tell him to, uh, prove one. [man speaking pashto] - come. - bring it over? [indistinct chatter] [soldier 2] uh, here, hey. [laughs] - [soldier 2] take this. - [man 1] oh, no, no, no. [soldier 2] i can't fucking be carrying this shit around. [mile] hey, be careful with that thing. [soldier 2] yeah, grunt. [man speaking pashto] hey, do not blow anyone's head off. no, i'm not. this is the safety? - [all] yeah. - [soldier 2] safety? [all] yeah, yeah. boom, boom, and then... - [man 1] no... - yeah. [man 1] this one worked, they changed it. [soldier 1] no, no, no. it's good. [men speaking pashto] [men continue speaking pashto] [all laughing] [miles] he's probably thinking, "this guy cannot smoke at all." [chuckles] i don't think this guy can outsmoke me at all. [men speaking pashto]

[soldier 1] they're making fun of me. hey! [soldier 1] red? my eyes? [soldier chuckling] it's good, man. gunner shooting the taliban, the sangin. [man 1] radio, to me. - [crackles] -[action music plays] [miles] that is an intense firefight. - [soldier 1] that's a jock. [indistinct chatter] [men speaking pashto] [miles] what's with the music? [man 1] music, come on. [indistinct chatter] [miles] this is a recruiting video, isn't it? [indistinct chatter] this is afghani, ain't it? [man 1] yeah. commander. [miles] commando! [soldier] you know, how awesome would combat be if there's a rise against point or something, and some kind of like, rock band, where you fucking just make it look like someone's dead? [squad leader] he's gonna be the point man. - he's gonna be our rear guard. - [soldier 1] okay.

[squad leader] whatever the enemy has planned, by the grace of god... they're not gonna succeed. let us pray. father, in the name of jesus christ of nazareth... [rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] right, get support. [soldier 2] back up. [rapid gunshots] - pipe! - [soldier 1] on that truck! - [soldier 1] twelve o' clock! [distorted dialogue] too close! smack, shift! this side! [soldier 2] where's he coming from? out of that square! right in front of us on the hole! [rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] hey! you see the smoke right in front of us? - [soldier 2] yeah. - [soldier 1] see that - fucking square? - [soldier 2] yeah! [soldier 1] shootthe fucking square! [rapid gunshots] down! down! not that square, up to the left of it. [explosion]

[all cheering] [soldier 1] fuck you, motherfuckers! - [soldier 2] he missed it. - [soldier 3] fuck, man. - you gotta get it in there. - [miles] he missed it! [soldier 2] they were looking in the completely wrong spot. [miles] fucking run! fucking run! - [soldier 3] yeah! - [miles] run, bitch! oh, god. this is the point where you just start... [soldier 5] shooting people. ...blowing everything up. [rocks clattering] - and they're just-- - [soldier 4] i'm good. it's not worth it, just shoot everything, dude. blow every damn thing up around here. they'll get the idea. [distant indistinct chatter] [men shouting] [soldier in distance] hey! hey, we got it! [rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] get inside! [soldier 2] hey, tell them to start. [rapid gunshots] [indistinct shouting] [rapid gunshots]

- [soldier 1] fall out! - [miles] hey, we got boarders - in that compound! - [soldier 1] i know. - [child sobbing] -[soldier 1] go, go, go! - [soldier 2] fuck you! - [soldier 3] go, go, go! - [gunshot] -[miles] jesus fuckin-- [soldier 3] whoa! [rapid gunshots] [miles] jesus fucking... [rapid gunshots] - [rapid gunshots continue] - [miles] shit. [soldier 2] use gunshots! [soldier 1] what? [miles] hey, gunshot! everybody, get in, get in! - [soldier 1] what? - [soldier 2] snipers! [miles] sniper! holy shit! [soldier 1] i don't know, where did that come from? [soldier 2] hey! we took a round right there! gunshot! - [gunshot] -[soldier 1] oh, fuck! - [soldier 2] oh, shit! - [soldier 1] shit! [soldier 2] oh, shit! - [soldier grunts] -[soldier 3] he's dead! he's dead! no, get him out to two! - [soldier 1] go, go, go. - [miles] hey, i'm hit! - hey, i'm hit. - [soldier 2] come on! - [soldier 1] hey. - [soldier 2] gunshot! [soldier 4] get him out of here! - [soldier groaning] - [soldier 1] you go grab him! [soldier 2] you're fucking gone, man! - [miles] hauser! - [hauser sighs deeply] - [soldier] you're good, hauser! - [miles] hey, i'm bleeding.

- [soldier 2] let's go! - [soldier 3] in the house! in the high compound! - in the compound! [rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] get him to the coc! - [hauser groans] -he's hit. [soldier 3] go! [soldier 2] get him in! [miles] hey, i'm fucking bleeding. don't, don't... in their way, 'cause... you're not on auto. [distant rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] all right, this motherfucker's bleeding. we got him in the coc right now. we're all huddled in here. 'cause our battalion doesn't feel that we need air. [soldier 1] but, yeah. there's everyone back there. gotta love the little room. - [groans] -[soldier 1] everybody, say hi to mtv. [soldier 2] one of us just go out there, and fucking tell charles to shoot the cars down, so i thought, "fuck it." - fucking death, man. - you have some five mil. well, the blood is fucking... - it stopped flowing already. - [soldier 2] how you feeling? [soldier 1] i'd like some action. [soldier 2] it's fucking stupid, dude. - [soldier 2] yeah. - [soldier 3] yeah, it is. i don't know what the fuck's going on. [soldier 2] who the fuck is there? who the fuck is anything? he asked, said fazaj, fucking... [soldier 3] i don't know why matt isn't here yet. we got some nice fucking... we're right here by ourselves.

[soldier 2] you just realized that shit, man? - [soldier 1] fucking shrapnel. - is everyone good in here? [miles] there was sniper fire. i felt it went ight fucking by me and hit the ground. - [soldier 2] get it done. - [medic] uh-huh. [medic] you got shrapnel in yours, sit down. combat camera, let me see your face. [medic] shrapnel in your face. [clattering] - [miles] yeah. - [medic] on your face. look. it's gonna be the fastest medevac ever. - all right. - we're still taking indirect. we're still taking small arms. we have to get him on the bird. as fast as possible. where's the bird landing? some place. we have to be fast. - oh, man. - all right? - i got it. - you good? - [miles] i'm good. - you good? [soldier 1] go, let's go. [soldier 2] grab this, grab this. grab it in front of him. [soldier 3] where are we gonna stop, then? does it burn? [indistinct chatter] [soldier grunts] [soldier 2] what are you doing, idiot? - stop right here till it lands. - [miles] stop on the bird. [soldier 2] stop right here till it lands.

right here. we're right behind the bird for right now. - [soldier 1] set him down. - [soldier 2] get him this way. get him in the steepest one, guys. [sodier 1] 'scuse me. [hauser groans] [soldier 2] how you doing, brother? [soldier 3] hauser, how you feeling, man? [soldier 4] you're going home, man i fucking love you, man. - hauser, how you doing, buddy? - [hauser] good. breathing all right? [helicopter engine whirring] - [soldier 1] go, go, go! - [soldier 2] go! [soldier 1] advance to the fucking bird. [soldier 2] watch the bird! watch the bird! [soldier 1] run! [soldier 3] let's go. come on, go! [helicopter engine whirring] [muffled yelling] [soldier 1] go! [indistinct chatter]

go! [helicopter engine revving] [miles] how you doing, buddy? [panting] another day, man. another day. [distant laughter] [soldier] so, what happened to you today? yeah, i got fucking... shrapnel in my head. just... just a boo-boo. uh... i don't, i don't wanna...

i don't want any more combat. it's like, i'm good after this. [soldier] you ready to go home, aren't you? yeah. [soldier] i think everybody is, today. how you feeling? i don't know. scared. i mean, i'm fine now, but... when it was happening, i was like... "what the fuck, dude?" i never thought that... they'd get that close, you know. i know, i never thought they'd hit us in the compound. [soldier] where were you when that happened? [coughs] i was, uh... over that side. but, trucks, sniper fucking... just missed me, hit the ground. and i was like, "holy shit." and then, fucking... [distant chatter] and then, fucking... they fucking hit us with a... 30 mike-mike, exploded.

grenade launcher. right? grenade launcher? i'm, i'm a cameraman. i don't know. i don't know what that shit's called. so... [clears throat] i fucking... i saw the guy that got hit. hauser. they started dragging him. and, uh, and anyways, i was bleeding. and, uh... [distant yelling] what's going on? anyway. [clicks tongue] uh, so, i was bleeding. and then, i was like... i knew i wasn't hurt that bad. i knew it was just a cut. [indistinct chatter in distance] but i was still scared. i just kept filming, and uh... if you looked through the camera... when you look through the camera, and... the viewfinder, it's almost like, "it's not happening." you know. it's almost like it's a movie. you're just watching a movie.

i want you to meet the men of first battalion sixth marine regiment. [rapid gunshots] [soldier 1] reloading! [soldier 2] gets you out of nowhere... i'm in a sleeping bag, still. so, all of a sudden, you hear the flaresgoing off, rpg, then, fires just start going off. [explosion] just to the northwest of us, across the helmand river, they have a ridgeline up there. and there's caves in the ridgeline, that they'll crawl into. and they engage us from there. [rapid gunshots] there's guns and ammo. by the time, like, after a couple hours, we were like... probably had a hundred, still left for a .50 cal, and that was it. [rapid gunshots] it's that really bad out, real quick. [rapid gunshots] [indistinct chatter] slow it down! [rapid gunshots] - [soldier 1] slow it down! - [soldier 2] what?

- [explosion] -[soldier groans] [soldier 1] idf 30mm grenades, hitting inside the compound. getting close, real close. i mean, we took a casualty. uh, took a couple casualties. you know, you hear about people being battle-tested. this one tested the boys. that video, most of it shot by young, lance corporal jacob lagoze. all of the wounded, we are told, have recovered or are returning to duty. [soldier] hey, ex-cal's on the way! - but listen to... just stand back over here. [soldier 1] fucking 91. that first compound looked all fucked up, you see it? [miles] yeah. [soldier 1] you can get out here, dude. - you can get a better shot. - [soldier 2] shit. [explosion] - [soldier 2] fuck, yeah. [laughing] [soldier 2] yeah! [rapid gunshots] fuck, yes! that had to be one of the coolest fucking things, - i have ever seen. - yeah. [soldier on radio]they have all this shit on video, goddamn it. - [all chuckle] -[soldier 2] it's all... - it's all there, brother. - oh, it's all there, brother. [miles exhales] - [soldier 1] yeah, so... - [soldier 2] look here. [soldier sighs]

[soldier 2] motherfuckers. whoo! shot my pack. [soldier laughs] [miles] that's probably the one that ricocheted right by me. [soldier 2] am i happy to see you. - [soldier 1] man, we found... - ...this big ass fucking hole. - whoo! that was a close one. [soldier 1] i was standing at west op. i was just chilling there. and then, out of nowhere, i get shot by this sniper. the bullet goes through my marine corp tattoo. [chuckles] and, uh, it comes out of my chest. right here. and the bullet gets lodged into my jaw. i don't think there's any more that, anything more remote than that shit, man. it shot, it was my only tattoo at the time. it was my first tattoo, and it was a mote tattoo. and i always hated it before that. just because, fucking... i feel like i'm branded with the marine corps. i don't know. it just sucks. but, now i have a gunshot wound through my fucking tattoo.

[exhales sharply] [indistinct chatter in distance] i think the taliban are a bunch of pussies. 'cause all they like to do is blow us up. they don't shoot at us. at least here. it's really annoying. [miles] describe the mind-set, when they do shoot at you. what, my mind-set? uh... fun. when i get shot at, it's fun. and then it doesn't happen. it's just a giant disappointment. coming here sucked dick. but firefights are by far... the greatest adrenaline rush ever. it's better than skydiving. now, if i could... contribute skydiving and sex, might reach firefight status.

but doubtful. [muffled dialogue] [man] my son was moving like he was going back toward the compound. [miles pants] [sizzling] well, let's go up there. so... ah, shit, they got snipers. we'll get the snipers, man.

[wind howling] [soldier sniffles] [soldier grunts] [loud explosion in distance] [gunshots] [soldier 1] cease-fire! [rapid gunshots] cody and fucking, uh, harper got hit. [soldier 1] what? [soldier on radio 1] [indistinct radio chatter] - [soldier 1] are you kidding me? - [soldier 2] no. [soldier 3] hey, they need a corpsman! we need a corpsman! [soldier 4] corpsman, to your left. [soldier on radio 1] [soldier 1] holy fuck! [soldier on radio 1] - [soldier 1] fuck! - shit. [soldier on radio 1] [soldier on radio 2] roger. be advised... fuck. [soldier on radio 1] [soldier 1] we're staying in radio connection.