braden chapman was on his first deployment. ence officer fresh out of training with the sas, he was struck by a country mired in war. braden: i thought it was, like, a really beautiful country. you had snow-capped peaks. where the rivers were was really green in the valleys, and i used to say to people it would be a great place for four-wheel driving and outdoor adventure if you didn't have all the war. mark: braden chapman would get to see much of the beauty of afghanistan from a black hawk helicopter. he would also see much of the war's brutality during his deployment with the elite 3 squadron sas. braden: there's definitely a buzz of elitism, 'cause it is the best thing you could do for your career, to go to that unit, especially when you're a lower rank and you're actually gonna get to do a lotta hands-on stuff. you definitely feel confident with these guys. i never once felt like i was going out and i was unprotected. i never felt like i--we weren't gonna get through it. mark: it was braden chapman's job to find taliban tar