Off to War - From Rural Arkansas to Iraq | show | 2004 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

From the farms and fields of Arkansas to the deadly streets of Baghdad, OFF TO WAR tracks the citizen soldiers of the Ar | dHNfUDBTT2dtamptYXM

Transcript

00:00 We're the first National Guard brigade to get activated since Vietnam.

00:06 This is my orders, ordering me to Iraq for the period of 18 months.

00:10 That's going to leave all the work to my wife Cheryl.

00:14 This is my boy, I'm glad he's going to Iraq with me.

00:17 I don't want him to go.

00:20 He's 19 years old.

00:23 I think it's harder for the people back here than it is for us.

00:30 We're about to head north into Iraq.

00:32 This is our D-Day, so let's go do it.

00:36 Welcome to Baghdad.

00:54 We are the only ones that understand what each other's going through.

00:58 Three people were killed last night.

01:00 Be careful, man.

01:01 I'm giving up my whole life by being here.

01:05 All the people that I hung out with at home are here.

01:31 I don't guess you could ever get ready for this.

01:34 Everything I've said, you can forget all that, because it is nothing like I thought it would be.

01:40 [♪♪]

01:43 [Music]