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00:00I have two brothers serving in Iraq.
00:15I think it's important for people in the military to have families because it's a constant
00:20reminder to them of why they're doing what they're doing.
00:24My brothers are putting their lives on the line.
00:26Why are they doing it?
00:27I need to know.
00:29So I set off for Iraq to find the answers.
00:32What's up?
00:34Oh, I told you I'd make it.
00:37I was anxious to get started.
00:39Oh, let's go, rookie.
00:42I wanted to see life through their eyes.
00:44When do you put your sunscreen on?
00:46I never put any sunscreen on, really.
00:48I can't let people at home know we have M&Ms.
00:51It's got to make us seem worse than it really is.
00:53Yeah, it'll be a good experience.
00:55Nothing too crazy that'll get you killed.
01:00What I found was unlike anything I expected.
01:05There's three guys with rifles.
01:08My understanding grew of the tougher, uglier side of war that soldiers like my brothers
01:13know all too well.
01:14Imagine, it's like you're going into a house fully geared up.
01:17It's like the best.
01:18I think he's changed.
01:19Joe's always really afraid to argue with me or yell at me.
01:22Now whenever he gets mad, he just screams.
01:26I expect you to fight.
01:28Sometimes I'll flip through the pictures of my daughter, my wife.
01:31He's sacrificing everything because he wants to make this world a better place for her to grow up in.
01:40It's very different over there, I mean.
01:43It hurts a lot to lose a fellow soldier.
01:50My friends here are closer than almost any friends I've ever had.
01:54I'm going to come home and the one thing I'm going to want to do is hug her.
01:57And she may not let me because she won't remember who I am.
02:03These guys take you on as a brother.
02:05They care about you.
02:06Is it worth it if it costs your life?
02:08I'd give my life for America any day.
02:11Wouldn't think twice.
02:23Brother