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Colin Colquhoun

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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)

Colin Monteith III

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Colin Monteith describes the last moments of Army General Simon Buckner, who was killed by Japanese artillery fire during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (1:01)

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Colin Monteith recalls witnessing his first combat at Okinawa, including a kamikaze attack. (2:06)

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Colin Monteith details the destruction that he witnessed, both to property and to persons, after arriving in Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb was dropped. (2:55)

Colin Walsh

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He was only in middle school at the time, but the 9/11 attacks sparked an anger in Colin Walsh that never really went away. When he got to college, he was in Air Force ROTC but he felt like he wasn't contributing. The officer path wasn't for him. (Caution: strong language.) (4:02)

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He had an Iraq tour under his belt, but Colin Walsh wanted something different and he got reclassified into Civil Affairs. The medical and humanitarian aspect appealed to him. He managed to get into a unit that was slated for Afghanistan and began working to get a plum assignment there. (4:19)

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When he got to Afghanistan, he knew the mission was going to be frustrating. Colin Walsh was in a Civil Affairs unit with erratic project funding and unreliable Afghan partners. It was a good team, though, and they decided to make the best of it. (3:32)

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Colin Walsh describes an incident in which an Afghan Police colonel sought justice when a drunk American threatened a relative. He was in the man's office surrounded by Afghan police and he was starting to fear for his safety, but then he spoke to the men like a diplomat. (Caution: strong language.) (3:55)