WEBVTT 00:00.440 --> 00:04.070 speaking to Specialist Garner ? Uh Yes . 00:04.080 --> 00:07.420 Uh This is Buddy Price here in getting 00:07.430 --> 00:11.040 you , How are you doing 00:11.060 --> 00:14.230 today or this evening ? I'm doing good . 00:14.230 --> 00:17.200 How are you ? Good , thank you . Um I 00:17.210 --> 00:19.430 thought maybe uh Sloan is going to be 00:19.430 --> 00:21.780 back , he had to run off on erin's 00:21.790 --> 00:23.957 gonna be right back , but I want to go 00:23.957 --> 00:26.068 ahead and start maybe asking you some 00:26.068 --> 00:28.840 questions till he gets here . Okay . Uh 00:28.850 --> 00:31.940 can you uh kind of maybe start out by 00:31.950 --> 00:34.560 kind of describing um what you're , 00:34.570 --> 00:36.737 what you're actually doing there right 00:36.737 --> 00:40.160 at the present time ? Uh President time ? 00:40.240 --> 00:43.640 Yes , it's here uh assisting the Iraqi 00:43.640 --> 00:46.460 army and taking over their country or 00:46.460 --> 00:48.627 taking their country back and starting 00:48.627 --> 00:50.738 the government up , basically we work 00:50.738 --> 00:52.849 with them every day . Train them up . 00:52.849 --> 00:55.016 Uh just fight alongside them , right ? 00:55.016 --> 00:57.240 Uh how do you find that ? How do you 00:57.240 --> 01:00.220 find that relationship working ? Oh , 01:00.220 --> 01:02.387 it's working great . They're very easy 01:02.387 --> 01:04.760 to work with . Uh they do a very good 01:04.760 --> 01:05.670 job . 01:05.680 --> 01:09.620 Uh Are 01:09.620 --> 01:12.990 you uh in your 01:13.000 --> 01:15.310 how long have you actually been been 01:15.310 --> 01:18.230 there ? I've been in Iraq going on 01:18.230 --> 01:20.119 there since the beginning of june 01:20.350 --> 01:22.240 that's beginning in june 2006 01:24.010 --> 01:27.510 admits that uh the beginning of june 01:27.520 --> 01:31.360 2006 . Okay . Uh 01:31.370 --> 01:34.030 can you kind of describe how 01:34.030 --> 01:37.630 your your perception of the war is at 01:37.640 --> 01:41.200 this particular time ? Uh I think we're 01:41.200 --> 01:43.478 doing a great job over here , you know , 01:43.478 --> 01:45.311 we're here for the all the right 01:45.311 --> 01:48.160 reasons and we're doing a good job . 01:48.340 --> 01:49.560 Uh 01:49.640 --> 01:53.600 uh your 01:53.600 --> 01:56.570 actual you're actual duties then or you 01:56.570 --> 01:59.060 or you feel like you're in a situation 01:59.060 --> 02:01.900 where you you're having to deal with 02:01.900 --> 02:04.620 any insurgents directly or or you or 02:04.620 --> 02:06.509 you mainly in the training area . 02:06.509 --> 02:10.320 Uh Just depends on the on the 02:10.320 --> 02:12.431 day , sometimes you have to deal with 02:12.431 --> 02:14.487 them directly . A lot of times we're 02:14.487 --> 02:16.042 just in the training area . 02:16.042 --> 02:21.950 Uh 02:21.960 --> 02:24.980 Can you maybe just described to me a 02:24.980 --> 02:28.740 little bit about uh how you how you see 02:28.740 --> 02:32.360 the thing developing over the the next 02:32.360 --> 02:36.000 day , six months to a year ? Uh 02:36.010 --> 02:39.470 I see them uh doing a better grasp of 02:39.470 --> 02:42.060 their country . Uh What do you say , 02:42.060 --> 02:44.980 sir ? I see him getting a better grasp 02:44.980 --> 02:47.036 of the country . They're starting to 02:47.036 --> 02:49.202 get a lot better about their tactics . 02:49.202 --> 02:51.510 Their army is doing a really good job 02:51.520 --> 02:53.810 and I see them having no problem . 02:53.810 --> 02:56.090 They're able to take care of their own 02:56.090 --> 02:58.690 country . That's good . 02:59.500 --> 03:03.350 Uh Can you kind of describe to 03:03.360 --> 03:07.290 me a little bit about uh your 03:07.290 --> 03:09.990 perception of things in general over 03:09.990 --> 03:12.300 there and your how your how the morale 03:12.300 --> 03:15.980 is with the troops . So 03:16.250 --> 03:19.210 that was good over here . We get uh we 03:19.210 --> 03:22.760 get five hot meals a day , we get uh 03:22.770 --> 03:26.440 good living area showers ? I mean it's 03:26.440 --> 03:28.607 just like being home except we're over 03:28.607 --> 03:30.551 here . Yeah . Right . In the war . 03:30.551 --> 03:34.120 Right , right . Uh Do you uh are you uh 03:34.130 --> 03:36.480 you have any any homesickness yet or 03:36.480 --> 03:38.760 you , is that something you expect some 03:38.770 --> 03:42.250 as time goes along ? Oh I've been 03:42.250 --> 03:44.417 homesick all the time . I've been here 03:44.417 --> 03:46.583 but you know I'm here for I'm here for 03:46.583 --> 03:48.639 my country I'm here to do my job and 03:48.639 --> 03:50.750 that's what I gotta do . Just looking 03:50.750 --> 03:52.694 forward to getting home to my five 03:52.694 --> 03:54.917 month old baby . I got to spend about a 03:54.917 --> 03:57.083 month with him before I left . Oh five 03:57.083 --> 03:59.028 month old . And so it was it was a 03:59.028 --> 04:01.194 month old when you left . Huh ? Yes he 04:01.194 --> 04:03.472 was . Yes sir . That's your only child . 04:03.472 --> 04:06.880 Yes sir . Uh Boy girl that little boy 04:06.890 --> 04:10.550 little boy . And uh what's your wife's 04:10.560 --> 04:13.950 name ? It is Karina Garner 04:13.960 --> 04:17.430 Karina . How do you spell that ? 04:17.440 --> 04:21.300 K . A . R . I . N . A . Uh huh . 04:21.300 --> 04:25.080 Okay . And where are they 04:25.090 --> 04:28.180 they're in Marion texas ? Very in 04:28.340 --> 04:31.720 yes A . Or I . O m . 04:31.730 --> 04:35.000 Yes sir . Very in texas . Okay . 04:35.010 --> 04:38.960 Uh Are you able to stay in contact with 04:38.970 --> 04:41.850 them on a fairly uh fairly regular 04:41.850 --> 04:44.900 basis ? Oh yes I talked to her almost 04:44.900 --> 04:47.830 every day uh over the phone on the 04:47.830 --> 04:50.570 internet basically we have every way 04:50.570 --> 04:52.737 you know to communicate back home with 04:52.737 --> 04:56.330 uh I bet I'm certainly that's got to be 04:56.330 --> 04:59.420 a good feeling for for you all to be 04:59.420 --> 05:02.310 able to do that . Oh yeah it is it's 05:02.310 --> 05:05.740 great . Uh Is this something that uh 05:05.750 --> 05:07.917 that all the troops they're getting to 05:07.917 --> 05:11.110 do or is it uh they all allowed to do 05:11.110 --> 05:14.250 this on a pretty well daily basis . Oh 05:14.250 --> 05:16.194 yes we're all we're all their time 05:16.194 --> 05:18.250 every and every day for troops to be 05:18.250 --> 05:20.083 able to call home and get on the 05:20.083 --> 05:22.083 internet , you know , talk to their 05:22.083 --> 05:24.250 families , you know , they always make 05:24.250 --> 05:26.472 time for that . That's very important . 05:26.472 --> 05:28.250 That's good . What is your your 05:28.250 --> 05:30.417 daylight ? What is how does your , can 05:30.417 --> 05:33.960 you kind of go through your day ? Yeah , 05:33.960 --> 05:37.260 basically get up , you know , you're 05:37.260 --> 05:40.930 ready . Go to go and uh work with the 05:40.930 --> 05:42.930 troops , die of Iraqi Army troops a 05:42.930 --> 05:46.900 little bit um basically about it . 05:46.910 --> 05:49.077 You know what I mean ? And and talk on 05:49.077 --> 05:51.820 the phone . Right ? So you're it's just 05:51.820 --> 05:53.820 a pretty normal day every day . You 05:53.820 --> 05:56.650 don't have any late night work and 05:56.650 --> 05:59.680 things like that . Picture time . 06:00.140 --> 06:02.362 Sometimes we do sometimes we don't , it 06:02.362 --> 06:04.418 all depends on the situation . We've 06:04.418 --> 06:06.680 had a couple of late nights and 06:06.730 --> 06:08.841 sometimes you get off early , Right ? 06:08.841 --> 06:11.850 It's like any normal job . Okay . 06:11.860 --> 06:15.520 What what is the perception of uh some 06:15.520 --> 06:18.340 of your troops over there now with 06:18.350 --> 06:21.870 change ? With Rumsfeld resigning ? 06:22.360 --> 06:25.120 Yeah . With the whole Rumsfeld thing 06:25.130 --> 06:27.430 really came as a shock . But you know , 06:27.430 --> 06:29.860 we did a really good job . Then the guy 06:29.860 --> 06:32.082 said I was gonna have some big shoes to 06:32.082 --> 06:34.416 fill , but I think he'll do a great job . 06:34.416 --> 06:36.527 Bush has always been a good decisions 06:36.527 --> 06:38.693 and I stand by him on this decision to 06:38.693 --> 06:41.950 okay , uh 06:43.340 --> 06:46.280 you uh have anything else that you'd 06:46.280 --> 06:49.870 like to say in regards to the uh to the 06:49.870 --> 06:52.680 war there or or about anything else 06:52.680 --> 06:55.120 concerning turning our country ? 06:55.130 --> 06:58.270 Uh Not at this time sir . 06:58.280 --> 07:04.000 Uh 07:04.010 --> 07:06.170 Well I think that that's most of the 07:06.170 --> 07:08.520 questions I have . I'd like to grab my 07:08.520 --> 07:10.464 notes . Can can you hang on just a 07:10.464 --> 07:12.687 minute ? How much time do we have ? You 07:12.687 --> 07:12.330 know ? 07:12.340 --> 07:17.390 Uh 07:17.400 --> 07:19.511 you never been to a certain amount of 07:19.511 --> 07:21.733 time to talk to me ? Yeah , I got I got 07:21.733 --> 07:24.067 about 10 more minutes . 10 more minutes . 07:24.067 --> 07:26.233 If you can give me just one second . I 07:26.233 --> 07:25.980 don't want to grab my notes and see if 07:25.980 --> 07:28.220 there's anything else that I wanted to 07:28.220 --> 07:31.480 ask you . Okay . Hold on . 07:31.490 --> 07:34.660 Okay . I see here by your notes that 07:34.670 --> 07:36.770 your job as a whole lot like being a 07:36.770 --> 07:39.400 bodyguard . Oh yes it is . 07:39.410 --> 07:43.100 Uh Can you kind of 07:43.110 --> 07:46.600 describe that a little bit uh 07:46.610 --> 07:50.170 well as a as a sniper over here , there 07:50.170 --> 07:52.440 really isn't much , you know , as far 07:52.440 --> 07:54.496 as we're not really here to fight an 07:54.496 --> 07:56.662 offensive war , we're here to help the 07:56.662 --> 07:58.773 Iraqi people take over . So basically 07:58.773 --> 08:00.607 my job is turned into a personal 08:00.607 --> 08:04.220 bodyguard for the C . O . X . Uh Can 08:04.220 --> 08:07.750 you uh for your personal bodyguard for 08:07.750 --> 08:08.730 who now ? 08:11.740 --> 08:13.907 The commander ? Although the commander 08:13.907 --> 08:16.970 and the executive officer . All right . 08:16.980 --> 08:20.380 Uh but you're also training helping to 08:20.380 --> 08:23.720 train , is that right ? Oh yes . Any 08:23.720 --> 08:26.730 chance I get to help train ? I'm all 08:26.730 --> 08:28.460 for it . Okay 08:28.840 --> 08:35.700 uh 08:35.710 --> 08:37.877 retreating here said one of the things 08:37.877 --> 08:40.043 that has made it worth while for being 08:40.043 --> 08:42.250 in Iraq's uh stand up and fight 08:42.260 --> 08:45.720 alongside our army . uh some of the 08:45.730 --> 08:49.050 things that you've been able to discuss , 08:49.060 --> 08:51.980 uh can you tell me a little bit about 08:51.980 --> 08:55.890 your deployment overseas as 08:55.890 --> 08:59.460 far as uh how you how you got into to 08:59.460 --> 09:03.040 the armed forces and uh and when 09:03.040 --> 09:05.410 you and how you were prepared for the 09:05.420 --> 09:09.320 deployment ? Oh , just a lot of 09:09.320 --> 09:13.000 training uh basic and 09:13.110 --> 09:14.888 straight into training , we had 09:14.888 --> 09:17.090 numerous field problems . National 09:17.090 --> 09:20.720 training center rotation , uh sniper 09:20.720 --> 09:23.630 school , uh schools after school is 09:23.630 --> 09:25.970 just preparing . It was training now , 09:25.970 --> 09:28.026 the sniper school , that's a special 09:28.026 --> 09:30.920 training , is that correct , correct ? 09:30.930 --> 09:34.610 Uh So you're not actually using that 09:34.620 --> 09:37.280 uh in an offensive way , this 09:37.280 --> 09:40.820 particular panel ? Right , negative . 09:40.830 --> 09:43.800 Uh huh . Uh What uh what would you 09:43.800 --> 09:46.022 actually , I mean , you were trained uh 09:46.022 --> 09:48.750 how are you trained to use , is where 09:48.750 --> 09:51.340 you trained to use this in Iraq or 09:51.350 --> 09:54.590 anywhere , anywhere , you know , school 09:54.590 --> 09:56.700 covers everything ? Right , okay . 09:56.710 --> 10:00.560 Uh with Veterans Day 10:00.560 --> 10:04.350 coming up uh saturday , Can you sort of 10:04.360 --> 10:06.360 give me your feelings about that at 10:06.360 --> 10:10.030 this particular time ? Uh Just very 10:10.030 --> 10:12.141 proud to be over here fighting for my 10:12.141 --> 10:15.520 country and uh becoming a it means a 10:15.520 --> 10:17.409 lot more now that actually I am a 10:17.409 --> 10:20.640 veteran , very proud of everybody who's 10:20.640 --> 10:22.290 ever fought in the wars and 10:22.300 --> 10:30.900 uh 10:30.910 --> 10:33.132 anything else that you'd like to say in 10:33.132 --> 10:36.010 that regard ? Not not in that regard . 10:36.010 --> 10:38.177 Just proud of anybody that ever fought 10:38.177 --> 10:40.700 for any war ? Okay . Uh veterans . 10:40.710 --> 10:44.520 Uh Do you uh 10:44.530 --> 10:46.697 do you have any idea how long you will 10:46.697 --> 10:49.680 have to be there ? Uh at this point , 10:49.680 --> 10:52.320 I'm not too sure somewhere around the 10:52.320 --> 10:55.890 year . So uh about a year . 10:55.900 --> 10:59.900 Uh roger anything else that you 10:59.900 --> 11:02.011 can think of that you'd like to add ? 11:02.011 --> 11:04.178 Anything that you'd like to personally 11:04.178 --> 11:06.810 say ? Uh two people here in getting 11:06.820 --> 11:08.760 getting the area lee county area 11:08.770 --> 11:12.120 concerning your service or uh what you 11:12.120 --> 11:16.090 might want to say to them . Uh All I 11:16.090 --> 11:17.757 really got to say is I really 11:17.757 --> 11:19.812 appreciate all support around uh the 11:19.812 --> 11:22.034 local area . I've got a lot of packages 11:22.034 --> 11:24.146 from people in gettings and Lexington 11:24.146 --> 11:26.201 to my mother up there in Lexington . 11:26.201 --> 11:28.580 Sherry Garner . And uh my wife and my 11:28.580 --> 11:31.730 son and uh mary and I just want to say 11:31.730 --> 11:33.897 that I love them . I miss them a lot . 11:33.897 --> 11:36.008 I can't wait to come home , come back 11:36.008 --> 11:38.210 and see him and just keep up the 11:38.210 --> 11:40.390 support . I really appreciate all 11:40.390 --> 11:42.390 support the troops have gotten over 11:42.390 --> 11:44.557 here . Uh Can you who are who are your 11:44.557 --> 11:46.723 family that's still living here in the 11:46.723 --> 11:48.834 in the getting's leaking in Lexington 11:48.834 --> 11:51.900 area . Uh Sherry Garner . Okay . That S . 11:51.910 --> 11:55.390 H . E . C . H . O . M . 11:55.400 --> 11:58.290 E . R . I . Alright . Sherry Garner . 11:58.290 --> 12:00.640 Okay . Yes , that's my mother . And 12:00.640 --> 12:02.980 that's your mother . Okay . Yes . And 12:02.980 --> 12:05.091 my my little brother Randall Garner . 12:05.091 --> 12:08.370 Randall or A . N . D . A . Double L . 12:08.380 --> 12:11.100 Yes . Yes sir corner . And that's your 12:11.100 --> 12:14.430 little brother ? Yes sir . Okay . And 12:14.430 --> 12:17.880 they're in Lexington ? Yes sir . Okay . 12:17.890 --> 12:20.170 And anyone else uh right here in the 12:20.170 --> 12:21.170 area that 12:21.170 --> 12:25.430 uh 12:25.440 --> 12:27.384 no one else in that area anymore . 12:27.384 --> 12:31.030 Right . Uh where's your father 12:31.040 --> 12:34.880 live ? Uh He lives on the 12:35.010 --> 12:37.121 on the road right now . He's living a 12:37.121 --> 12:39.288 bunch of different states . Okay . And 12:39.288 --> 12:41.343 what is his name ? I need to want to 12:41.343 --> 12:43.288 put his name in that mike . Mike . 12:43.288 --> 12:46.370 Garner corner mike . Hey uh 12:46.750 --> 12:49.080 I'll just say formerly of getting 12:49.100 --> 12:52.310 Yes . Okay . 12:52.320 --> 12:56.120 Uh Can you think of anything else that 12:56.120 --> 12:58.720 you'd like to uh to say while we're on 12:58.720 --> 13:01.850 the line ? So that's that's it . That's 13:01.850 --> 13:03.794 all I got for now . Uh huh . But I 13:03.794 --> 13:05.800 certainly do thank you for your for 13:05.800 --> 13:07.967 your interview and I want to I want to 13:07.967 --> 13:11.230 wish you a lot of luck and in prayers 13:11.240 --> 13:13.407 everything will work out good . I know 13:13.407 --> 13:16.660 you're your attitude is right thank you 13:16.670 --> 13:18.892 thank you . I appreciate it . And we'll 13:18.892 --> 13:21.003 hopefully we'll get to see you soon . 13:21.210 --> 13:23.960 Yes sir . Thank you bye bye now .