is not a marine, that is the united state navy corpsman. i would not be alive today, a navy corpssaved my life in vietnam. i have seen and save the lives of countless others and army medics. they are extraordinary. i firstet this young guy on the battlefield in afghanistan in 2001. this point in his life hes part of the lead company in the atta gn baghdad. baghdad is the smoke you see in the background were three days outside baghdad, 25 miles away. the lead element, a marine rifle company, motorized and not particularly well -- on the foot of everybody, is engaged by a republicanua regiments, the last line of defense for saddam hussein. one marine rifle company, one regiment of the replican guards. the is a furious gun fight. if you notice, the vehicles are not armored humvees like we have today. they spin them aund and put a little bit more between themnd at they are flying. this and navy corpsman rushes out into the battlefield, what we would call the bands of fire, and starts pulling wounded marines out of the middle of that gun fight.