WEBVTT 00:23.240 --> 00:39.520 Welcome 00:39.520 --> 00:41.742 to this week's edition of cab country , 00:41.742 --> 00:43.742 Our army sergeant Jesse Granger and 00:43.742 --> 00:45.853 today we'll meet a couple of soldiers 00:45.853 --> 00:48.020 who are helping in the fight by taking 00:48.020 --> 00:47.610 on some different missions and we'll 00:47.610 --> 00:49.832 check out how soldiers are dealing with 00:49.832 --> 00:52.166 the beginning of summer here in Baghdad . 00:52.166 --> 00:54.388 But first there's a line in the warrior 00:54.388 --> 00:56.610 ethos which states I will never leave a 00:56.610 --> 00:58.832 fallen comrade . Truth of that line has 00:58.832 --> 01:00.943 been evident recently and the actions 01:00.943 --> 01:02.832 of the soldiers of multi national 01:02.832 --> 01:04.610 division Baghdad striker troops 01:04.610 --> 01:06.721 responded within minutes making their 01:06.721 --> 01:08.721 way south from Baghdad Yusufiyah to 01:08.721 --> 01:08.630 begin the search for three missing 01:08.640 --> 01:11.290 soldiers in just hours soldiers with 01:11.290 --> 01:13.179 the first Battalion 23rd Infantry 01:13.179 --> 01:15.401 Regiment , we're on the ground becoming 01:15.401 --> 01:17.623 the villages and farmlands of the Sofia 01:17.623 --> 01:19.846 and Mohammed zia in hopes of recovering 01:19.846 --> 01:22.470 their missing comrades . The military's 01:22.470 --> 01:24.860 offered a $200,000 reward to local 01:24.860 --> 01:27.082 citizens for information leading to the 01:27.082 --> 01:29.027 recovery of the mission soldiers . 01:29.027 --> 01:31.249 Thousands of troops have been searching 01:31.249 --> 01:33.471 since the incident occurred but haven't 01:33.471 --> 01:35.693 given up hope . You need hope if you're 01:35.693 --> 01:37.916 in a situation like that , I I paid for 01:37.916 --> 01:40.027 these guys every minute . Um , so one 01:40.027 --> 01:42.027 thing that you can't give up on his 01:42.027 --> 01:43.971 hope that your fellow soldiers out 01:43.971 --> 01:46.138 there looking for you and uh , so we , 01:46.138 --> 01:48.193 we hope that they're still , they're 01:48.193 --> 01:50.082 still safe . Uh you know , I know 01:50.082 --> 01:49.820 they're not in the best of the stances , 01:49.820 --> 01:52.810 but hopefully they're trying to uh get 01:52.810 --> 01:56.150 out to escape and we'll be there to 01:56.160 --> 01:58.890 pick them up and bring home Major 01:58.890 --> 02:01.057 General William caldwell , a spokesman 02:01.057 --> 02:03.279 for forces in . Iraq has said , we will 02:03.279 --> 02:05.390 never stop searching for our soldiers 02:05.390 --> 02:07.557 until their status has been definitely 02:07.557 --> 02:09.779 determined when soldiers are injured in 02:09.779 --> 02:11.779 combat , it can take a while before 02:11.779 --> 02:14.001 they're ready to get back into action . 02:14.001 --> 02:15.946 I met one wounded soldier recently 02:15.946 --> 02:15.710 who's still doing what he can to help 02:15.710 --> 02:17.710 his comrades accomplish the mission 02:18.200 --> 02:21.150 monitoring communications for two 02:21.150 --> 02:23.330 infantry companies can be a busy job 02:23.570 --> 02:25.681 station . Discovery . I monitored the 02:25.681 --> 02:27.514 VoIP , phones Alpha and probably 02:27.514 --> 02:29.570 companies Company of Radio Icom and 02:29.570 --> 02:31.570 also have the end hooked up to the 02:31.570 --> 02:34.240 computer . Private first class study 02:34.240 --> 02:36.184 Silver and infantry soldier spends 02:36.184 --> 02:38.351 every day working in this duel company 02:38.351 --> 02:40.573 command post , but he doesn't like it . 02:40.573 --> 02:42.860 I never pictured myself being a hippie 02:42.860 --> 02:45.193 kind of guy . I can't talk on the radio . 02:45.193 --> 02:47.920 I hate to Icom , but it has to be done . 02:47.980 --> 02:50.036 Rodgers . It wasn't always like this 02:50.036 --> 02:52.091 though right awake . Over two months 02:52.091 --> 02:54.147 ago , Private Silver spent every day 02:54.147 --> 02:56.091 driving a Bradley fighting vehicle 02:56.091 --> 02:58.147 through the streets of Baghdad . But 02:58.147 --> 03:00.313 that all changed in an instant . We're 03:00.313 --> 03:02.036 here with the F . B . I wasn't 03:02.036 --> 03:04.258 unconscious but I wasn't myself . I was 03:04.258 --> 03:06.369 like a dave , that's one of the whole 03:06.369 --> 03:09.360 really if he I gotta remember remember 03:09.390 --> 03:11.740 gallantly told me , let's go to myself . 03:11.740 --> 03:13.962 I told myself , okay , I have to get up 03:13.962 --> 03:16.184 and go but I was unable to move Private 03:16.184 --> 03:17.907 Silver and his comrades made a 03:17.907 --> 03:20.129 harrowing escape but they were not left 03:20.129 --> 03:22.240 unscathed when the body got hit , hit 03:22.240 --> 03:24.351 towards the engine , which is kind of 03:24.351 --> 03:26.540 where I am and uh set on fire . So I 03:26.540 --> 03:28.830 got they call it , I got flash burn . 03:28.840 --> 03:32.120 Uh this is my leg , my left leg , I got 03:32.120 --> 03:34.960 some cut a little bit burns and really 03:34.960 --> 03:37.420 bad bruising on my leg . 03:38.940 --> 03:41.080 Private Silver has been on the long 03:41.080 --> 03:43.390 road to recovery ever since that day 03:43.940 --> 03:46.273 despite his brush with danger . However , 03:46.273 --> 03:49.320 he is still eager to get back out . I 03:49.330 --> 03:51.219 do miss the renowned sectors , my 03:51.219 --> 03:53.274 friends , my friends , my brothers , 03:53.274 --> 03:55.497 the guys out there , I really do with I 03:55.497 --> 03:57.441 could be out there with until then 03:57.441 --> 03:59.663 Private civil will continue doing a job 03:59.663 --> 04:01.663 that has to be done . Roger looking 04:01.663 --> 04:03.719 there now and looking forward to the 04:03.719 --> 04:05.830 time when he can rejoin the voices he 04:05.830 --> 04:08.052 hears every day on the other end of the 04:08.052 --> 04:10.163 radio now . While Private Silverman's 04:10.163 --> 04:12.386 the radios . Army Private Ashley Torres 04:12.386 --> 04:14.441 takes us on patrol with an army cook 04:14.441 --> 04:16.497 who's taking on a different role and 04:16.497 --> 04:18.552 shows us what one female soldier can 04:18.552 --> 04:20.663 bring to the table . She brings a lot 04:20.663 --> 04:22.740 of snacks in the vehicle . I'm like 04:22.750 --> 04:24.880 you're hungry out here . She brings 04:24.880 --> 04:26.991 snacks . That's definitely the number 04:26.991 --> 04:29.080 one thing . My specialist , he's 04:29.090 --> 04:31.090 talking about his fellow soldiers . 04:31.090 --> 04:33.201 Specialist Diana Coleman , a few more 04:33.201 --> 04:35.312 structure who is spending her time in 04:35.312 --> 04:37.534 Iraq working for combat arms instead of 04:37.534 --> 04:39.534 working in the kitchen . Yeah , I'm 04:39.534 --> 04:41.590 supposed to pick , but as you know , 04:41.590 --> 04:43.780 not very many jobs here . So when we 04:43.780 --> 04:46.340 came down to Baghdad in december , we 04:46.340 --> 04:48.284 were tapped out . The females were 04:48.284 --> 04:50.396 tapped out in all our companies to be 04:50.396 --> 04:52.370 female searchers that entails just 04:52.380 --> 04:55.830 going out with the industry and there's 04:55.840 --> 04:57.970 there's females to search . Then we 04:57.980 --> 05:00.570 heard a lot of times there's not so we 05:00.570 --> 05:03.170 just hang out with these guys , try to 05:03.180 --> 05:06.760 do what they do and she does 05:06.770 --> 05:08.992 Coleman enjoys patrolling the streets , 05:08.992 --> 05:12.910 looking , knocking and occasionally 05:12.920 --> 05:14.050 searching 05:14.520 --> 05:18.410 a district 05:18.420 --> 05:20.560 brigade for nearly five months . She 05:20.570 --> 05:22.681 sees this as an opportunity to get to 05:22.681 --> 05:24.626 know the people and culture that's 05:24.626 --> 05:27.900 around here . A Arabic learned , you 05:27.900 --> 05:31.680 know , like how to work with local 05:31.680 --> 05:33.680 national , local nationals and find 05:33.680 --> 05:35.902 that a lot of little girls attracting , 05:35.902 --> 05:37.902 you don't really have a little role 05:37.902 --> 05:40.013 model for themselves as far as female 05:40.013 --> 05:42.236 figure something that's kind of Coleman 05:42.236 --> 05:43.958 knows that what she's doing is 05:43.958 --> 05:46.291 important even if it's not her real job . 05:46.291 --> 05:48.236 Private actually Torres seventh in 05:48.236 --> 05:49.750 Baghdad Iraq 05:50.430 --> 05:53.860 coming up on tap country , we'll show 05:53.860 --> 05:55.971 you how soldiers are beating the heat 05:55.971 --> 05:58.193 in Baghdad . Plus an update from around 05:58.193 --> 06:00.250 the M M D . B . Mm . 06:25.440 --> 06:30.260 Yeah , 06:33.140 --> 06:38.080 Well 06:38.090 --> 06:40.312 maybe we'll listen I've been doing this 06:40.312 --> 06:42.423 for a while . 13 years of service , I 06:42.423 --> 06:45.280 still enjoy what I do every day . So 06:45.280 --> 06:47.113 we're getting up to take care of 06:47.113 --> 06:49.113 soldiers through these days . We're 06:49.113 --> 06:52.080 getting tired and we're back at home . 06:53.140 --> 06:54.862 Mhm . It ain't good day here , 06:54.862 --> 06:58.680 I'll try to take care of 06:58.910 --> 07:00.799 this is where the traditions were 07:00.799 --> 07:01.910 wearing the patch . 07:02.840 --> 07:14.260 Welcome 07:14.260 --> 07:16.093 to the Baghdad update . I'm army 07:16.093 --> 07:18.204 private actually , tourists Since May 07:18.204 --> 07:20.316 12 pilots and soldiers from the first 07:20.316 --> 07:22.538 cavalry divisions , Air Cat Brigade are 07:22.538 --> 07:24.260 maintaining 24 hour operations 07:24.260 --> 07:26.371 dedicated to the search and rescue of 07:26.371 --> 07:28.149 the three missing 10th mountain 07:28.149 --> 07:30.204 soldiers . They assisted by dropping 07:30.204 --> 07:32.427 hundreds of leaflets into neighborhoods 07:32.427 --> 07:34.593 in an effort to recover information on 07:34.593 --> 07:36.760 the whereabouts of the soldiers . They 07:36.760 --> 07:38.927 conduct air assaults and air movements 07:38.927 --> 07:41.149 around the clock to ensure the soldiers 07:41.149 --> 07:40.780 on the ground are receiving the 07:40.780 --> 07:42.700 supplies they need as well as 07:42.700 --> 07:44.700 maintaining a presence from above . 07:44.940 --> 07:46.718 Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne 07:46.718 --> 07:48.884 Division conducted search and clearing 07:48.884 --> 07:50.960 operations over the past week . The 07:50.960 --> 07:53.127 participating in Operation North Suite 07:53.127 --> 07:55.430 to a cordon answers of this Abbas or 07:55.430 --> 07:57.208 neighborhood . The paratroopers 07:57.208 --> 07:59.152 maneuvered from rooftop to rooftop 07:59.152 --> 08:01.208 while others pulled security looking 08:01.208 --> 08:03.430 out for any enemy activity . As the day 08:03.430 --> 08:05.708 went on and temperatures began to rise , 08:05.708 --> 08:07.930 one soldiers took the time to rehydrate 08:07.930 --> 08:10.263 while chatting with some local Children . 08:10.263 --> 08:12.263 They were also involved in clearing 08:12.263 --> 08:14.097 operations and stop The soldiers 08:14.097 --> 08:16.097 cleared areas believed to be hiding 08:16.097 --> 08:18.319 places for insurgents . They also spoke 08:18.319 --> 08:20.041 to local residents about enemy 08:20.041 --> 08:22.208 activities in the area . Soldiers from 08:22.208 --> 08:24.208 Charlie Company 1 12 cap , know the 08:24.208 --> 08:26.430 definition of roughing it . They rotate 08:26.430 --> 08:28.430 in and out of consciousness . Got a 08:28.430 --> 08:30.541 coalition outpost between Baghdad and 08:30.541 --> 08:32.486 Baquba . These soldiers are living 08:32.486 --> 08:34.708 without showers , a dining facility and 08:34.708 --> 08:36.819 phones , but they press on completing 08:36.819 --> 08:38.874 their mission . One week at a time , 08:38.874 --> 08:40.986 they are part of the security plan in 08:40.986 --> 08:43.152 place to help curb the violence in the 08:43.152 --> 08:45.374 area . And thanks to a tip from a local 08:45.374 --> 08:47.374 resident coalition forces fell into 08:47.374 --> 08:49.374 explosively formed projectile cache 08:49.374 --> 08:51.486 sites in the economy and neighborhood 08:51.486 --> 08:53.486 of northwestern Baghdad . The first 08:53.486 --> 08:55.708 line netted one fully assembled E . F . 08:55.708 --> 08:57.763 P . Along with the materials to make 08:57.763 --> 08:59.708 more at the second location , they 08:59.708 --> 09:01.874 discovered more materials for building 09:01.874 --> 09:03.541 FPs along with numerous other 09:03.541 --> 09:05.708 explosives . This is a perfect example 09:05.708 --> 09:07.819 how it concerns local Iraqi wanted to 09:07.819 --> 09:09.986 make their neighborhood a little safer 09:09.986 --> 09:12.208 by turning in the insurgents and that's 09:12.208 --> 09:14.319 the Baghdad update . I'm army private 09:14.319 --> 09:16.430 Ashley Torres . It's only May here in 09:16.430 --> 09:16.240 Baghdad , but soldiers are already 09:16.240 --> 09:18.420 seeing triple digit heat in this next 09:18.420 --> 09:20.531 piece . Sargent holly Jensen shows us 09:20.531 --> 09:22.642 how tough that he can be and the best 09:22.642 --> 09:25.360 way to beat it like an oven . It's just 09:25.370 --> 09:27.426 the beginning of summer in Baghdad . 09:27.426 --> 09:29.370 But troops are already feeling the 09:29.370 --> 09:32.710 effects of 110° heat as troops 09:32.710 --> 09:34.988 continue their door to door operations . 09:34.988 --> 09:37.154 As part of the Baghdad security plan , 09:37.154 --> 09:39.266 there is only one thing to do to stay 09:39.266 --> 09:41.377 hydrated and fit for duty . I think a 09:41.377 --> 09:44.150 lot of water put water on your body 09:45.650 --> 09:48.870 so cool . The heat is already taking a 09:48.870 --> 09:52.460 toll on the troops on the ground . I 09:52.610 --> 09:54.960 take a lot of brakes take your time 09:54.970 --> 09:58.370 because at the end of the day yesterday 09:58.380 --> 10:01.670 we had contact maneuvering on someone 10:02.270 --> 10:05.230 almost had two guys fall into troops 10:05.230 --> 10:07.397 refer to the strike our vehicle as the 10:07.397 --> 10:09.286 green oven and rightfully so with 10:09.286 --> 10:11.341 temperatures rising daily , the guys 10:11.341 --> 10:13.397 cannot even get a break inside their 10:13.397 --> 10:15.452 vehicles were got like four vehicles 10:15.452 --> 10:17.940 with getting a C for the vehicles will 10:17.940 --> 10:20.162 make a big difference in keeping troops 10:20.162 --> 10:21.551 ready for their missions 10:21.551 --> 10:25.270 way , what advice do the 10:25.270 --> 10:27.381 troops pass on to those just arriving 10:27.381 --> 10:29.630 in Baghdad hydrate ? There's no real 10:29.630 --> 10:33.160 good advice to shame the way , the only 10:33.160 --> 10:35.850 way to stay alert and stay alive . 10:35.940 --> 10:38.990 Army Sergeant Holly Jensen 7th in 10:39.320 --> 10:42.360 Baghdad Baghdad is a big place with 10:42.370 --> 10:44.259 many people and even more stories 10:44.259 --> 10:46.314 during any given day of neighborhood 10:46.314 --> 10:48.537 clearing soldiers , never know who they 10:48.537 --> 10:50.537 might meet in our next story . Army 10:50.537 --> 10:52.537 private Ashley Torrez was that with 10:52.537 --> 10:54.703 some strikers as they were star struck 10:54.703 --> 10:57.550 during a recent patrol for those who 10:57.550 --> 10:59.772 patrol district of Baghdad is common to 10:59.772 --> 11:01.994 find that their neighborhoods are a lot 11:01.994 --> 11:04.217 like art , they have gardens , Children 11:04.217 --> 11:06.440 playing and hobbies like this . Local 11:06.440 --> 11:07.440 residents , 11:10.720 --> 11:12.680 a facial hair . 11:19.840 --> 11:22.450 He didn't pass on the chance to show 11:22.450 --> 11:24.180 these folders some moves . 11:42.640 --> 11:45.950 Okay , We have to start off with the 11:45.960 --> 11:47.904 waxing a little bit . Shut off the 11:47.904 --> 11:50.640 basics , but then he worked out in the 11:50.650 --> 11:52.706 first five minutes , we've been over 11:52.706 --> 11:54.872 the basics in the last five minutes we 11:54.872 --> 11:56.650 worked up to the num truck side 11:56.650 --> 12:00.220 technique do it , but it wasn't just a 12:00.220 --> 12:02.053 demonstration , it was a lasting 12:02.053 --> 12:02.850 impression 12:12.570 --> 12:15.460 interactions like these show how 12:15.460 --> 12:17.682 warriors from different backgrounds can 12:17.682 --> 12:19.682 learn from each other and get along 12:20.100 --> 12:22.850 private Ashley Torres summits , impact 12:22.860 --> 12:24.810 Baghdad Iraq as you can see , the 12:24.810 --> 12:27.032 weather around here changes quickly for 12:27.032 --> 12:29.088 more on the first team and for up to 12:29.088 --> 12:31.199 date news from around Baghdad . Check 12:31.199 --> 12:33.421 us out at www . Dot cab country dot net 12:33.421 --> 12:35.643 there . You can read the Daily Charge , 12:35.643 --> 12:37.588 our e newsletter and listen to the 12:37.588 --> 12:39.754 army's number one radio newscast , the 12:39.754 --> 12:41.643 cab roundup for the first Cavalry 12:41.643 --> 12:43.810 Division and the seventh mobile public 12:43.810 --> 12:43.450 affairs attachment . I'm only Sergeant 12:43.450 --> 12:45.672 Jesse Granger and I got to go find some 12:45.672 --> 12:48.040 cover . Thanks for watching . 13:18.640 --> 13:18.840 Yeah .