in the neighborhood, and it's usually reliable here with the squadron has played a part in conflict before or but this was the 1st attack. if it's kind on to rain like this, we were expecting them. we were ready for them at any moment. but it was a very difficult area and they were able to open fire 1st was not what we have to do from a one of the for a special forces soldiers, the thinking is paramount. but with that, how he makes the right decisions during that 5 minute stride to outflanked the 3 soldiers led by a poor and started throwing hand grenades at them. sergeant, he again yep. of covered one of those grenades with his own body. of course i was frightened, but i tried to compose myself. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. this is the thought, the cams you down moms waiting for

your thanks. he says here is none before because every one of us is ready for it. well, perhaps not completely reading it. it's hard to prepare yourself for death, but we do know the risks, moves them. we know what our task is and above all. now where it is that we serve, we neg recommended. that was the 1st last my unit ever suffered to them. and the 1st loss under my command did in general do to go sir, comrade made for the deer to grant us prior. tim tinker. tyler. good morning, comrade mitchell light. how are your comrade, major? i often think of them over men's and especially of guinea. nope. is it was different to all the other near recruits or polish will come. he approached me and

asked if he could enroll in my group as long he wanted to serve in a specialist unit. you knew i showed him a blank sheet from my notebook and said, just to see the sheet schneider will you to or a clean sheet at the moment. it's up to you to prove yourself worthy to will settle . everything's in your own hands. hooker. people have to make the decision themselves sure, which if a man wants to put himself to this test, to go through this trial, then he must do so. both becoming a soldier was always my ambition to r. o . usually the singer is a chosen arbitrarily holland, which the 1st is mostly the soldier with the loudest voice voice. in this regard, the of guinea was always the best when he sang in the school choir and was never

embarrassed. you can so he had no problem singing the army with so many people listening to him. ah, we both thought there was still plenty of time before he left that so when the 15th of november, when he had to go eventually came round, was spent the whole night packing his things in a hurry. i wonder if he has a sweet tooth. he had one so have his huge hole dole was cramped to the brick with sneakers chocolate bars and other sweets, flanders, hysteria, taking warm clothes out to because they didn't fit. but he wouldn't allow me to touch the suite. there was completely out of the question actually not, but i just knew that everything would be fine. for some reason we were so confident

of california because we were going to get married officially after he came back. west everything was plant would have been sent out the invitations. how could he not come back when you get on? the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. tell. sorry, i can't. ah new bird somewhere that heroes and cowards feel exactly the same things for the difference. is that the hero mos on any way while a coward stepped back close up for i from the case national to be afraid. sky, the coming, every deployment feels like the 1st. everything repeats itself there by every one

scared of bullet while getting ready for the mission. i never think i'm invincible in mortal feelings. nothing like that. i didn't realize that event after the mission in the classroom with the we drew plans of the conflict corolla. what will change death usually takes the best of us, because the bass are always up front in you. because they are the quickest to make decisions. look like you've any up of deeds during that fight coming up or how shocked, what are you doing? good, cross, surprise, look, good. well, more. this was the so called cause laska terrorist group. it's like know which in just one year before that fight carried out several terror attacks inside. douglas don luda brilliant. these people were fanatics, they'd abandon normal life. lucy, bureau for them. life had become war. zillow, goering's, oh,

you killed me. and you possible just sort of, they took part in attacks on the security services, give them so they were directly involved in killing law enforcement officers, frugal effects and they were responsible for terror attacks in the town of chrysler hargrove. and in fact, the whole chrysler area, and biggest on business. so obviously logan, you know, the special forces are an isolated community. good, i can understand how their wives are able to wait, constantly anxious. is vanya crystal logical. that or even when a special forces soldier is at home with he can be called up at any moment. will you shook off thinking chairs? it means their wives are always waiting, knowing that their man might not come back. zinc and we just did. we had a heart to heart talk once me, ain't it guinea ac off? would you as to what he told me a lot about himself. hm. yeah, i asked more and more questions over bruce. sometimes i didn't even have to ask. i took up the phone. he just took whatever the subject was and elaborate on it. i do

all that. so when i asked my mother to send me my documents, i didn't tell her i was going to sign a contract to serve in a special forces unit wasn't. she might have guessed, but she didn't know for sure. during my 1st deployment, i was lying to her about where i was and what i was doing. oh, didn't that? no, i can't find the words to describe how it feels when you're so tense and anxious with that every phone call. every text message sets your teeth on edge or when he calls and tells you that. com voice of his phone. i'm glad he. we're going on a mission for about 5 days. maybe more. don't worry. i'll call as soon as i'm back . well, i suppose i know. oh me. oh, sure on my why you, we had an exam passing it grants you the right to where the special forces chevron

and khaki bray little boy, that's the 1st stage. every one tried really hard. if danny was very strong willed, i used to say stubborn, which he would set goals for himself and you could see he was moving on to achieve them full or no, it wasn't good. i think when you set yourself a goal, then you try to achieve it. at any cost, the big we've just told her this was in spite of all that of the 222 soldiers who took the exam or only 33 of those passed obama b gainey and i were running in the same race. this battle march is the main test, those soldiers stamina with god. boy,

with the purpose of the test is to make sure that we will know what it's like when you're utterly exhausted and still have to drag a fellow soldier along the way. that's a part of the special forces, code holes under no circumstances. will we ever leave one of our guys on the battlefield? you drag your friend because he know that his life is more important than your own . i remember you. i passed the test in my 1st attempt and you've gainey on his 2nd or 3rd. what else? after passing that we could both proudly hold our heads up high. yeah, you know, i feel the exam one in so did he of guinea. during the test, he was doing pushups. i slapped him on the helmet and said, we're pull yourself together. boy, you know, before i do the movie,

a lot of things remind me of him. we used to work out together, for example, now had to do it alone. with time mister bloom, i'd ask him to keep time from when we are doing exercises. now i have to ask other guide isn't michael to follow after i re enlisted, i had nowhere to stay time. so he agreed and just like that and he did the cleaning and i did the cooking. so live together, came home together, was left on the same air bed, woke up every morning and went to service together. wishful oh lads, enough. what's the time? what time? nicholas, if he hadn't covered the grenade with his body, lot of other guys would have died in a split 2nd to him. he made a conscious decision and found the courage to throw himself on top of it. he would, absolute, it was not for nothing when we're growing up semi colon slow witted, grunts virtual, but we have a purposes of yours. unless we combat terrorism. russia may drown in

chaos. microphone, i mean we took a dog called saba with us on that mission. when you're below, wouldn't want to bring your longer for it is there was barely enough room in the truck rather than would put her in her lap. which wasn't. then she started behaving strangely, jago and running frantically back and forth, whimpering. so she must have felt that she was about to die and would open. early after midnight we went several meters along the path. winds above us swerved to the site for you. there was a patch with no snow and we saw a hatch rule at that very moment it opened. and milton started shooting from its

yup. where were island fire on the hatch and commanded baba to go for the attack. dog jumped ahead a few or 4, and suddenly the dog let out a very loud howl. then she turned back and covered me with her own body and blocked the machine gun, thought that the medicines were aiming straight at me. afraid of dog i had to last press for it was so long, so loud and then for you there was silence but i couldn't help myself after that i started crying her. oh, well we often think about her when i had recently taken in the german shepherd puppy more now training him for coma tasks. but i've noticed that she resembles the barbara and he savage give up the same look in his eyes when she lies just the way she did. well, there is

a very clear resemblance between the 2 of them will die down is i lie down now. goodbye. goodbye weldon. ah ah, ah ah.

it's been 30 years as the soviet union collapsed. mom, miss colada, got a chill, the one to walk up on mute, mcdaniel took sosa shown where you all swore, trust them. one caller from ukraine was one of the independent states that emerge from the ruins of a super bow. doing awesome good. would you also get on google greens? come a little more surely confusing. some of the i can last new lucian west nor did better london law. totally different. the else was a, as a resource for you, the business is there are service, but a teachable for sure. does ship a helpful watch at the past 3 decades when likely ukraine, eye witnesses recall the events. this will be more or less of judiciary within the deficiency of chipotle. you. what i knew, though is that order. i'm not sure. but if i told them once with no idea what else and what other forces were at play, you have to do so to whom you show c inch in machine. those them you put in the kid

what it would occur to little bit when is it the shows up in the oceans? only slower. take a look at ukraine. 30 years out. the gaining independence organism, your phone with us here in unity recorded live, but a will ethridge it litigation opium. lush williston holding for yeah, of course my health isn't what it used to be before i was wounded, but i'm trying to get back in shape right now. i'm trying to get as fit as a special forces officer is supposed to be when i i'm preparing my family and friends for the idea that i'm not going to resign you . i tried to explain to them there's no one who's ever going to take my place on

the missions we hurry out. i just have to learn the lesson of my wound does receive. i enlisted in the army at the age of 18. i was at college then finishing my 1st year i left 2 in my summer examinations were in full swing and went to a sped snots unit for the yeah, i'm fully aware of what happened in what could have happened in that battle. yeah, i've long since prepared myself for any possible outcome mean of this. what of there are still people who try to make me change my mind to, to convince me that i should resign of. how could i do that if it's what i enjoy? if i'm right, that's what i live for holden's ah sh chuncy. i'm not going to plan anything. now. military

service has taught me one very important thing to make no plans for the future ever . i could be returning from a combat mission with other guys. now, what fate decided otherwise up, oodles, newport, his law. i was lucky to stay alive. now i'm going to more and those who died at the peggy couple of course i would like to get a crimson bray. being a true warrior. i'm going up and that's what i aspire to. nothing more. come no more. for now i have to focus on restoring my health and when the time comes, i'll do my very best to pass the exam so that i too can wear the crimson parade. boy greg, commencing an endurance test, 5 sets of 10, push up sort of 10, pulling your leg onto your chest, you and 10 jumps per unit. any questions or no questions?

also assume front support position or what's on my comp for press. 123 students. were you, sir, as pets? nice soldier must progress and improve you. there's no point for sharing that. you're the toughest guy around the world. you're gonna because there's always some one tougher. you will who he to yeah. the world is the job be good paid for the will and take a certain delight in doing english rolston. there's no point thumping your chest could be so boasting about being a member the special forces in killing. i never liked that sort of thing. ah, no young people often mistake me for a perry trooper or a marine, but once an old man cold out in the street to look on, there goes a crimson bery muscle. we often people are reluctant to sit next to me in

buses for if they are afraid of somebody else. which with a while for some reason off of many believe that spits nice are boneheaded gorillas of the can't think properly go in are only good for hurting people in fighting mark on the back of the rocker. or boy, a flight is what tells you if you are ready, you don't know what will happen tomorrow and then what situations your skills might come in handy. the more you exercise the more easily, you'll pass the test. if it was easier for you to earn the crimson marais than some others, although it just means you worked harder during the training, i was vacuuming the aim of these exams. it is to test our physical fitness. i'm convinced it. there are no limits to

what the human body can do is to control it. there are only psychological barriers and inspects not even when you can't go on any longer. somehow you do it any way. some of those formats are the most important thing is to break through the psychological barrier, they'll pull a code. after that, everything is easy. brother to special forces. it really turned to us, see it as blood offer you convince yourself that you have to do it. that way, if i hadn't passed the test, i wouldn't have the chevron that you see on me now. sure. i also really wanted to go back wearing the crimson bray and the uniform i'm wearing now. that all these factors together were very powerful incentive for me. lou, why he would wear these bearing any weather leslie, even when it was freezing cold. i remember him coming to siberia once to spend the winter holidays with me and you will. she got off the train with his creams and

burying his hand yacht. people were turning to look at him because his ears were blue with cold god, but he was so proud to be able to wear the bray. your guinea was the life and soul of the party from foreigner, but also withhold jockey competitions within the squad. and again, he took part in every one of them, okay. during missions we used to make of sketches. his act was always brilliant. so she could all, little parker room. people literally cried with laughter. did you get my spiritual horse? my, my curb. do you know who i am, sergeant? do you know? yeah, i keep going for this footage again and again and all the emotion i felt then washes over me again. i can't seem to get my head around the idea that if can,

he's no longer with us yet. a dish. carelessly when i went away on my 1st deployment, i was very nervous. only i'm from siberia and we went to the south of the country. everything was different, even the people that deployment was a long one. it last of the full 10 months. been all seemed so much easier now because i've got the hang of it at last. what we learned, what our charge would be 24 hours before the attack with dfs be had informed us about a group of militants in a particular area. we had to come the ground for them. we go, i saw a trodden path leading to a bush and noticed

a hatch. i pointed out to the commander also, and at that moment i was wounded hosted to wearable around some wood. the battle only lasted for about 5 with maybe 7 minutes. thing happens all very quickly, is them living with us because all of the terrorists were hiding out in their la serona and the other half they were lying in ambush nearby was they started shooting at us from the bushes all at the same time and from several different directions. when were you, the militants decided to try and break through your will to her give you any ab of screaming, grenade gilbert, who women's, i'm throwing himself on to it. the explosion blew him over on his back and, and it was all over on ocean with me when we approached the militants hyde out.

they had the advantage news to me because we weren't expecting an attack for the oil. so that's why we suffered such losses. written but we did retaliate like we completed our task and had every single one got what was coming to them until no more. if right after their sole turn wouldn't know exactly who was wounded in who was killed from one of them. later, the commander reported casualties and said, if of his dead horrible for you, i didn't believe it 1st for the who opposed horrible fool. and then i broke down on the phone. we took off my gear wisdom and cried you ah, this is a call the day after the battle. when everything was over, we had to go and identify our guys. and after paying our last respects, we spent more than a month in the same tent that we used to share with them the samples of which was poor. i truly believe that they stay with us until 40 days after the death. but

before we could fuel there or lush, for that was called if again he was the oldest in his military trail. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body more, if his comrades would die for didn't. so he gave his own life to save his friend's apostles recorded. mm. ah if jenny was on duty on the night of 25th of january, it stuck in my memory. she borrowed a laptop from one of the guys i switched on the computer and so that he wasn't skype. he was looking at me intently. i asked, what's that all about? i haven't changed. we'll meet very soon. and he answered, you know, i want to see you now. that's what i remember more than anything else. so for the

one deployment, everything is different going to the group is more close knit is when we start an operation, there are 15 soldiers with a commander in charge. we know that our comrades and our commander won't leave us, no matter how tough it gets. where team zones is the military base us. what is the place where your home and your family are? will chestler all that fuss will attract you. but on a mission, a man reveals his true colors almost after the 1st deployment. but he ship a lot of people leave special forces inch never seen some of them realize it's simply not for them than you will. those who do stay though they will make up a reliable team. you won't be afraid of going anywhere with them even to the moon. i

listen to the when some of our guys go on a combat mission floor before they leave louis for them to return safe and sound with no losses. as we say, the number of bayonets going out now should be the same. coming back to their homeland i passed the exam and now i can wear the special forces insignia. everything's great where i have no regrets. now i'm thinking about signing up for a 2nd tour of duty. b

o. join me every 1st day on the alex simon, sure. but i'll be speaking to guess of the world of politics, sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. oh the wrong one, i'll just don't move any new world just to shape out. disdain becomes the attitude and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground.

oh, more than 20 years of a since one of the world's deadliest terrorist attacks that took thousands of lives, people started to scream. they always leave that chemo for us. that was like opening up an oven door, not all wounds of heel. the survivors and responders have increased rates of cancer and other health issues due to the dust and chemicals they inhaled. i come here to get my blood cleaned out. of the metals, a lot of blood in my blood. in terms of 1st responder was that was well over a 100001st responders and there was some estimates that 10 to 20 percent still have to yes. yeah that the cheese from recovery. it's my wife a minute i have with friends. i thought i was home before this really home was you

appreciate life. ah, russia is defense minister orders safe exit moves for ukrainian soldier was willing to surrender as i'm gonna free operation on falls off of the russian president short of this so called special operation saying the aim is to defend the people of the dumbass from aggression by the craning military vladimir putin has stressed to russia, has no plans for occupation. if cuts diplomatic relations with russia analogy is the west to build an anti pu from coalition, while the us and its allies slam the criminal operation has a barbaric attack on valve. the harshest of sanctions with blood from moscow. thanks for joining us today and i shall i'm daniel holcomb is wherever you are this hour.