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Colin Colquhoun

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He was only in the sixth grade at the time but the day of 9/11 stuck with him throughout the rest of his childhood. As soon as he graduated high school, Colin Colquhoun joined the Army ready to do his part. (5:30)

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It started off slowly but as the calendar moved into spring the fighting season was on. Colin Colquhoun recalls his first firefight with the Taliban which escalated from one squad to the whole company engaged. When he prepared to fire his mortar he made a rookie mistake that could have been costly. (Caution: strong language) (7:11)

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Mortarman Colin Colquhoun used both high explosive and white phosphorus rounds. The HE rounds were handy for punching through the roof on a tough Afghan building and the smoke rounds were good for marking targets for the helicopter gunships. The pilots were from the 82nd Airborne just like the troops so they would go the extra mile. (6:47)

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It was July 4, 2010 when the patrol went out from their outpost in Afghanistan to set up an overwatch. Mortarman Colin Colquhoun needed somebody to carry some extra rounds so he took a newly arrived soldier named Clay McGarrah with him. (Caution: strong language) (6:35)

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When it was time to rotate out of Afghanistan, for some reason, the Army sent an artillery unit to replace Colin Colquhoun's infantry unit. They were totally unprepared. Someone up the chain had messed up. (4:20)

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Colin Colquhoun tells the tale of a special care package one of the men received from his wife containing an intimate personal item. That was a little needed comedic relief but when his unit returned from Afghanistan and he slowed down a little, he realized something was wrong. He'd changed. (4:18)

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There were good reasons to go to war in Afghanistan but then the mission creep set in. Colin Colquhoun laments how we lost our way there. He did his part and he loves getting together with his buddies to keep the brotherhood alive. (3:15)

Andrew Samuelson

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Why not join the Army? Andrew Samuelson was looking at a buddy who was in ROTC and the thought popped into his head. He acted on it and was soon on his way to basic training. (3:48)

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Andrew Samuelson was on the advance team that went to Afghanistan to prep for the arrival of the full battalion. They immediately discovered that the Army didn't really have a mission for them. After a couple of quick support missions for other units, it was decided that they would be the Quick Reaction Force for a large area. (2:39)

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It was a simple task that would last a few hours but Andrew Samuelson's platoon stayed for 45 days beside that river. They were there to provide security while divers searched for the bodies of two drowned Americans. The Taliban sensed an opportunity. (10:32)