The long road home season 1 episode 7 series#

Sometimes, a soldier is hit by gunfire or shrapnel and has to deal with physical injuries. But thatвЂ™s not all they deal with in those moments. When soldiers get into the heat of battle, they are forced to make split-second decisions affecting peopleвЂ™s lives. In the case of Shane Aguero, his tours of duty caused him to miss 65 months of his kidsвЂ™ lives. In addition, the soldiers miss out on large chunks of family life. The occasional phone call helps but doesnвЂ™t relieve the worry. Jorge Diaz, who played Israel Garza, shared that itвЂ™s also tough on the soldiers who constantly think about their families back home. As a result, the wives have no real choice but to form a close-knit community. Martha Raddatz added that since the families donвЂ™t know anything, theyвЂ™re constantly terrified. ItвЂ™s an additional level of stress and trauma to deal with. Paxton noted that the wife is basically a single parent. It manifests itself into varied and unpredictable forms of behavior as a result. Others attempt to cling to them in a sense of desperation. Israel Garza, noted that the soldier is seen to some kids as abandoning them instead of a hero. ItвЂ™s a sense of sacrifice that isnвЂ™t lost on the children. Shane Aguero in the series, said that, in reality, вЂњEvery soldier is you, is me, is your neighbor.вЂќ As a result, the families deploy with the soldiers (though not physically), constantly worrying if their loved one will return to embrace them again. Katie Paxton, who played the wife of 1 st Lt. (Photo: National Geographic/Van Redin)ДЇor the soldiers, the situation was pretty dire-but they didnвЂ™t fight alone.

The long road home season 1 episode 7 series#

I had the recent opportunity to interview members of the series and discovered that despite the difficult circumstances, the concept of family and faith was critical to the survival of both the soldiers and their families seven thousand miles away. On Tuesday, November 7 th, National Geographic will broadcast an eight-part miniseries chronicling that day in Iraq. It was horrible, to be sure-an event that was written about by ABC Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz in her book The Long Road Home. On Palm Sunday (April 4, 2004), the First Calvary Division came under a surprise attack resulting in nearly fifty soldiers being wounded, along with eight deaths. Hood TX was on a basic peacekeeping mission in Iraq in 2004-the city they were placed in, Sadr City, had been incident-free for nearly a year. They also understand thereвЂ™s a chance they will be wounded or potentially killed while attempting to complete their mission. Every individual who enters a branch of the US Armed Forces understands there is a possibility of having to be in a combat situation.