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(soldiers shouting indistinctly)
CHILDREN: I pledge allegiance
to the flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation, under God,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
ELI E: Hurry!
Fort Bumblefoot is under attack.
SAM: Quick. Pow, pow, pow.
They're coming.
No one gets past Electric Elie.
Or me, Samurai Sam.
Oh, no! An "in-surgeon"!
Secure the gate!
Okay, guys, send the commander back to HQ.
He still has three boxes to unpack.
He doesn't have time for boxes.
Fort Bumblefoot is taking fire.
And stop calling Meribeth an insurgent, okay?
- Pull back. -(Elie screams)
Pull back. Pull back!
(Elie and Sam giggling)
Shh.
- Oh, sneak attack! -(Elie and Sam scream)
- Evacuate! Run! -(Heather growls)
- HEATHER: Don't tear my sheets. - DARREN: Run. Run.
- Oh, I'm trapped. -(giggling)
Save yourselves.
No, don't come back for 15 minutes!
-(toy squeaking) - MICHAEL: Tonya!
-(knocking on door) - Tonya!
Tonya, open up.
If you changed the locks on our house again,
- I swear, I'll... - Really?
This is what "I promise to do better" looks like?
Just let me in.
You smell like a whiskey plant.
Yeah, well, don't worry about it, I'll sleep it off.
You know I have your commander on speed dial, right?
So help me, Michael, you could quit caring about me,
but you better find a way to be the man
those girls in there need you to be--
no, deserve for you to be.
MICHAEL (quietly): Stupid.
Gon' mind your own business?
Yes.
Well, we met the neighbors. (clears throat)
DISPATCHER: Tac unit nine,
shots fired call.
Lanier and Kennesaw. Lanier and Kennesaw.
Suspect believed to be in the house.
Suspect mid-30s, six-one, 200 pounds.
FA“
We need one in the back!
Go! Go, go, g0, 90, 90!
(groans)
(officers shouting)
All right, give me your other hand.
- BOY: Papi! -OFFICER: You're gonna get up slowly.
(indistinct shouting)
(suspect panting)
(suspect speaking Spanish)
He just fell back to sleep.
There's my girl.
How you doing, sweetie? Huh?
There's my girl.
Hey, baby.
Amanda, what you doing?
You haven't heard?
- Or seen the news? - What's wrong?
We're going to stay with my mom and Herb in Savannah
until you get back.
What?
(mobile playing music softly)
NEWSCASTER (on TV): ...joining our newscast.
It was announced
a short time ago that Fort Stewart
will be deploying more than 1,000...
Baby, we don't even know if that's my unit, all right?
Julie and Amy already called me.
(newscaster continues indistinctly)
I just-- I don't know what I'm gonna do
with her and with work
-and nobody to watch her. - Hey, hey.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Hey, look at me.
Slow down, baby.
You don't have to worry about a thing.
You can stay here.
Near the base, near the other wives,
the other kids.
You're gonna have more of what you need here
than at your mom's.
All right? Trust me.
GEORGE W. BUSH (on TV): So I've committed
more than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq.
The vast majority of them-- five brigades--
will be deployed to Baghdad.
If we increase our support
at this crucial moment and help the Iraqis
break the current cycle of violence...
Mom, what's a prime number again?
Mom?
Mm, numbers only divisible by one and themselves.
(sighs)
(clears throat) Hey, Mom, sorry, I'm back.
(over phone): Well, I know you're busy
so I won't keep you, dear.
But I'm telling you, it's the reason he can't sleep.
Your boy needs his mother.
Ma, Ma.
I, um...
I'm getting deployed to Iraq.
(soldiers calling out indistinctly)
DARREN". I just came from seeing
Colonel Smith, sir.
I'm on the list.
I know.
The timing is not ideal, son.
You just finished basic.
I'd like for you to have
more non-combat experience first, but, uh,
a military-wide shortage of chaplains says otherwise.
Infantry battalion, he said.
Surge unit.
They're the tip of the spear.
Moving headlong every day into trip wire, snipers,
driving roads laced with lEDs.
Well, I signed up to be where the need is, sir.
12 months will go by fast.
A bit faster than 15, for sure.
15, Chaplain.
Fifteen.
(Elie laughing)
Okay. Okay, okay, okay, okay, time-out.
Ah, time-out, time-out.
- Gotcha. - You missed!
- You missed. -What do you mean I missed? -ELIE: Daddy.
DARREN: I just hit you. I totally hit you-- miss?
- ELIE: Daddy. Daddy. - What's up?
-(coughs) - Sweetie?
- To cheer... (coughs) - HEATHER: Elie.
-...us up. -Honey. Honey. Where's your inhaler?
- Sweetie, sweetie, sweetie. - Where's your inhaler?
-(Elie groans) -Where is it? You don't have it? Okay.
Um, I'm gonna go get the spare...
I'm gonna go get the spare. Hang on a second.
Hey, whoa, whoa, here it is. I got it. I got it.
- You got it? - I got it. I got it.
Come on, bug, up, up, up, up. Sit up, sit up, sit up.
You ready? One. Ready?
(inhales deeply)
- Huh? You okay? - Ready, one more?
-(inhales deeply) - Just breathe.
- Good. Okay. - Okay?
- All right, come here. - Okay, sweetheart.
- Let's lie down, honey. - You're okay.
- All right, we are good. -(sighs)
- We are good. - Good, good, good.
- You okay? - We're good.
You good? Yeah.
- ♪ ♪ -(indistinct chatter)
Ah. Yeah. Y-Y-Y-Yeah.
Okay, go. Go.
FA“
Hey.
Thanks for coming, guys.
- Heather, look who it is. - Yeah.
HEATHER: Oh.
Oh. Hi.
Darren Turner.
Uh, Chaplain Turner, actually.
It's nice to meet you.
Major Michael Lewis.
Oh.
Uh, Tonya. Nice to meet you.
- You, too. - Properly, this time.
I'm Heather. It's so nice to meet you.
TONYA: You, too.
Do you want to get a drink?
- Uh, yeah, sure. Thanks. - Yeah.
-(indistinct chatter) -(Darren sighs)
Got a cold one?
Yeah, man, I've been icing them since dawn.
(grunts) There you go.
Chaplain, huh?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
So I guess you really enjoyed the show the other day.
Oh, look, man, all I know is
we all got lives going on in our houses,
and family or not, life's just plain hard.
The family I got in Iraq is a crazy bunch,
but they're easier to deal with than this one.
(chuckles) Well, it's the first tour for me,
so I'll take any advice you got.
Leave your heart at home.
♪ Daddy was a preacher ♪
♪ She was his wife... ♪
Hey, babe, can you...?!
(laughing): Oh, hi.
You're right there.
♪ You know, shine a light ♪
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Just watching you.
Oh, yeah?
I look real cute right now.
(both laugh)
♪ Said he made the wrong choice ♪
Hmm. (gig9le$)
♪ Though it might be painful ♪
Come here.
♪ You know that time will always tell ♪
♪ Those people have long since gone ♪
♪ My father never failed ♪
FA“
15 months without this face.
(sighs)
Hey.
God's in this, right?
I know He is.
Then I'll be fine.
And so will we.
♪ 'Cause even when the storm comes ♪
♪ I am washed by the water ♪
♪ Even when the earth crumbles under my feet ♪
♪ Even when the ones I love ♪
♪ Turn around and crucify me ♪
♪ I won't never, ever let you down ♪
Make sure you listen to your mom.
♪ I won't fall ♪
Love you.
♪ I won't fall as long as you're around me ♪
Mmm.
♪ Even when the rain falls ♪
Make sure this little one remembers me.
Why do you think I made you take all those pictures?
♪ I am washed by the water. ♪
GIRL IN CROWD: I love you, Mom.
Daddy!
- Elie, baby, come on. No. - Please don't leave.
- Daddy? - Yeah.
What if something bad happens to you?
Remember, honey.
I always got my special armor on.
I know, Daddy.
WOMAN IN CROWD: Bye-bye!
You know what?
Why don't you hang on to this for me?
And whenever you feel scared
or you miss me, you look at that,
and you remember who's keeping me safe.
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(sniffles)
I love you like crazy.
I love you like crazy, too.
Don't forget to send goofy-face pictures.
- Okay? -(laughs) I won't.
FA“
Love you.
FA“
(helicopter blades whirring)
JACOBSEN: Welcome to Baghdad, people,
within 3O miles of which
80% of all of Iraq's sectarian violence takes place.
Now, here at Forward Operating Base Falcon,
we are 8.1 miles south of the Green Zone,
but a nine iron away from a freeway
we are not allowed to control,
and neighborhoods full of people
we're both here to protect
and those who will try and kill us.
It's your job to know the difference.
Head on a swivel.
Watch your six.
(sighs): At ease.
Major North, Chaplain Darren Turner.
Good to meet you, Chaplain. Welcome to camp.
Nice to meet you, too, Chaplain.
Sit, sit.
Master of Divinity, huh?
How's that working out with your kids?
Sir?
Your kids, Chaplain.
'Cause North here, he's got grand accreditation, too,
but he'll be the first to tell you that, uh,
in the real world, much less this one,
theory and master's dissertation
just goes right out the window,
kind of like at home with three kids.
Well... they're ten months to eight years,
so... so far they're on board.
Well, it's always a bonus having
a chaplain who's a family man.
Divorces filed in the last three months.
And, hey, mine didn't last either, so I'm notjudging.
But I do know that soldiers
losing families and having nothing to go home to
is not the stabilizing force we need around here.
Which goes for you and yours, too.
Oh, uh, understood, sir,
but... Heather and I are called to this.
I mean, she even volunteered for the family support team.
It's what it's about for us.
Well, all right, then.
(Jacobsen clears throat)
- Welcome to Falcon, Chaplain. - Thank you, sir.
TONYA: So... the Casualty Response Team
is a part of Family Readiness Group,
and, um...
(exhales)
I... I'm...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm listening to myself, and...
they can call it the Family Readiness Group,
but... this is our third time out,
and nobody's ever really ready for this job.
I imagine it's a hard job,
but I really do feel called to it.
Um...
Maybe I shouldn't ask you this, but...
Every time Michael comes home...
he's more... angry.
Distant.
Do you think you can ask Darren to look out for Michael?
I don't know, maybe talk to him?
- Of course. - NORTH: Gun range
is down that road.
Hospital's on the right.
Chow's on the left,
and the chaplain's tent's right down there.
- Can I speak with you, Chaplain? -Certainly.
Darren, why don't you go to the range
and meet your assistant, Sergeant Peterson?
I'll take your gear for you.
Cease fire!
- Excuse me, Captain. - Huh?
Know where I can find a Sergeant Peterson up here?
You found her, sir.
SHONDA: No offense taken,
but if there's a guy here who can keep you alive
and run your office like I can,
I'll eat my helmet.
CAPTAIN: Ready!
Aim!
Fire!
If you get any better, you're gonna embarrass
the snipers around here, Sergeant.
Six years Atlanta PD.
Here by way of National Guard.
Here by the way of Fort Stewart
and six years of college campus ministry--
so it was pretty much the same thing.
-(jets whistling overhead) -(both chuckle)
FA“
SAM (over phone)". Don't forget, Daddy, send us
"QOOfy-face photos, okay? - Aye, aye, Cap.
- Mommy wants her turn now. - Thank you. -Phone hog!
I only got to talk
-for one minute! -Oh, they were so excited to talk to you.
- It is so great to hear your voice. -You, too.
Man, two weeks feels like one and a hundred at the same time.
A hundred?
Wow. How you holding up?
Well, I am enjoying sleeping on your side of the bed.
- Is that bad? -(chuckles): Hardly.
I have a one-man cot all to myself--
-you should live it up, too. -(chuckles)
But I really think I can make a difference here.
Yeah, of course you can.
Oh, hey, okay, so the website is up,
and our plan is just to post pictures every day
so you don't miss a thing.
(beeping)
Oh, um, I'm out of time already.
What?
Okay, next time the kids'll have to wait.
I love you so much.
(sighs)
I love you, too.
(artillery fire continues in distance)
(explosions in distance)
(sighs)
(call to prayer playing over loudspeakers)
(shutter clicks)
-(clears throat) - Oh. Hey...
Shonda.
Sergeant. Just... come in.
Jacobsen moved up the meet and greet,
but deliveries from the family come first.
(sighs): Official army business there, Chaplain?
Uh, keep a family together, keep a soldier together.
- Darn right. - JACOBSEN: So, today,
third and fourth platoons are gonna sweep
our next-door neighbors again,
see if we can slow down
the welcome gifts coming over the wall.
- Hooah? - SOLDIERS: Hooah!
Chaplain Turner, mind sending them out?
It's been an honor meeting such amazing men and women,
committed to our country
and defending the defenseless here in Iraq.
I hope it goes without saying that my tent is open 24/7.
I'd like to meet you all.
(Darren clears throat)
Lord...
be with these men and women as they go out today.
Please protect them.
So...
did I sound okay out there today?
Sorry, I used to be on staff at a church, and...
now that I'm here I don't want to sound like I'm at a pulpit.
Otherwise, you know, nob0dy'll come by.
Just leave that box of snacks on your desk.
Word'll travel. They'll come.
Oh, I saw a glimpse of your delivery today.
Ma told me to bring it.
Apparently went through my nightstand to make sure.
Ah, one of those moms that loves their daughters--
- I hate those. - Ah, more like one
that thinks getting me back on track is her job, not mine.
(bullets striking Humvee)
You on that, Gonzalez?
Take that as a yes.
SHONDA: I have a son.
Wow, look at that handsome guy.
You, uh, talk to him yet, since...?
He's three, so not much of a talker.
So, does he take after you or his father?
Huh! You mean the guy that saw the double lines
on the pregnancy test, left and never looked back?
That guy?
No, he does not get that title.
And no, he wasn't my husband, so save the lecture.
My mama got that covered.
Well, he's a gift from God.
That's all that matters now.
It was long but fine.
I mean, long.
Your prayer.
Sounded like you cared.
(insects chirping)
Hey, Chaplain, you almost finished?
(sighs)
So, talked to my family the other day.
Yeah?
Sounds like yours and mine have been hanging out.
Great.
Well, it sounds like Tonya would love to hear from you.
What's your deal, man?
- What do you mean? - I mean,
messing with other people's lives just part
of your job description or something?
I mean, kind of.
Okay, well, my marriage...
is none of your business.
You don't know anything about me
or my family.
I know your family loves you.
(Michael sighs)
And I know they'd love to hear it back.
You know what? I'm-I'm-I'm gonna tell you how it works.
'Cause you never been to Iraq before,
so you don't know what it's like to come home.
You... ain't never gonna be the same.
And neither is your little picture-perfect marriage
that you probably think you have.
Stay out of my business.
Tell you what.
(Michael scoffs)
You call, they hang up...
I'll never bother you again.
That a promise? (chuckles)
Yeah, that's a promise.
'(dialing) '(SighS)
(line ringing)
TONYA (over phone): Hello.
Hey. Hey, it's, uh...
It's me.
- Michael? - Yeah. No, it was...
It was a different number. It's a...
I'm on the chaplain's phone, but...
- Our neighbor. - Yeah, the neighbor.
- One... more. -(camera shutter clicking)
And... I think I got it.
Looks great, guys.
- I will get those proofs to you next week, and... -Okay.
- Yeah, they look great, everything. -Thank you.
(baby crying)
Excuse me.
I think I saw you at the base when our husbands deployed.
- Oh. - I'm Heather Turner.
- Hi. I'm Amanda. - Hi. Who is this?
(sighs) This is Alexis.
She's so sweet.
Most of the time... she won't stop crying.
She knows her daddy's gone.
She was up all night, so I was up all night.
I had to take work off today, which I can't afford.
Amanda, I don't know about you, but this is by far
the hardest thing I've ever done.
It is okay to feel overwhelmed.
You're not the only one who feels this way, I promise.
You-you know, um,
my number is on the Readiness Group contact sheet
if you ever want to talk or hang or, you know, whatever.
(crying): I'm pregnant.
I don't know how I'm supposed to tell him.
Oh.
(sighs)
MAN (over P.A.): Med Unit Bravo, I need all medics.
I've got four wounded inbound.
- Two green critical... - MAN 2: Hey, let's get
-another stretcher over here. -(horn toots)
All medics to the hospital. Severe chest injury.
That your blood, Corporal?
They hit us with two RPGs, sir.
- MAN 2: Let's go! Let's go! - First grenade missed,
but second one hit Cosgrove's vehicle, and we, uh...
Who exactly is injured, Corporal?
- Cosgrove, Mitchell, and... - LANCE: Abdomen wound.
- Get her down! -(man crying)
(crying): Hurry up, please, hurry up!
His two daughters, sir.
(man sobbing)
LANCE: Hey, who's gonna take this one?
(panting)
We couldn't save her, Chaplain.
So I guess, you know...
you do whatever it is you do.
(Lance sniffles)
Specialist?
Yeah.
What's your name?
It's Bradley. Lance Bradley.
I'm sure you did everything you could.
(crying)
(muffled, indistinct chatter)
MAN: Get me a gurney out here now!
MAN 2: I got to get ahold of my wife.
- WOMAN: No, you need, you need to lay down, sir. -My wife.
WOMAN: Lay down, sir.
Three more. Call the coroner.
WOMAN 2: Got it.
(sobbing)
NEWSWOMAN (on TV): Tragically, officials confirm
two soldiers from Fort Stewart were killed by Iraqi insurgents
today while conducting a patrol
during combat operations in Baghdad.
The troops were part of the deployment that left
Fort Stewart in April as part of the troop surge.
'(knocking) '(9aSps)
(sighs)
- I am... so sorry. - Oh, God. It's okay.
I wasn't thinking. I should have called.
No, it's okay. It's okay. I'm just so relieved
that you are not a chaplain in uniform right now.
Oh. Okay. So we're up?
The notifying chaplain and casualty officer are
at the house now, and we're next
till family arrives.
(panting)
(gasps sharply)
(panting)
(line ringing)
(phone rings)
Hello. Tanner residence.
'H93', bug_ - Daddy!
It's so good to hear your voice.
I miss you so much.
I miss you, too.
Is everything okay?
Mommy looked worried when she left with Miss Tonya, and...
I'm okay... I promise.
Are you wearing your special armor?
I sure am, bug. Are you?
Every d3)'-
When I remember.
Give everyone a great big hug for me, okay?
Bye, baby.
Bye, Daddy.
(crying)
Okay. Here goes.
You ready to do this?
(inhales)
Oh, Lord, we have to do this well.
We've got this.
You okay, Chaplain?
- Yes, sir. - Good.
'Cause there are some folks around here
that could probably use a visit right about now.
(doorbell rings)
JACOBSEN: Turner?
Sorry, sir.
Standing here now, I'm...
not quite sure what I should say.
Well,
I'm-I'm no expert in your line of work, but...
how about you just leave that Master's of Divinity
back in your tent, and...
just go give a few boys your heart?
As it stands now, it'd probably go a long way.
(door closes)
Third platoon, Alpha?
You found it, Chaplain.
Come on in.
Well, I'm sorry to interrupt you guys.
This is my first memorial here,
so I could use your help
if you don't mind telling me about your friends.
Civvies were all around us as we came off the last bridge.
Two blasts, one right after another behind us,
and we ran back, you know,
pulled, pulled Mitchell out of the fire, but
he was already gone.
And Cosgrove was already inside,
getting the two girls out.
The flames just took him.
GONZALEZ: Mitchell was engaged.
Cosgrove's wife is pregnant.
I've been with them both since basic.
And when my fiancée decided that
military life wasn't for her, those two guys
didn't leave my side till we shipped out.
Probably kept me from losing it.
What'd you do with the girl, Chaplain?
Medics finally took her.
So, uh...
What, do you have a Bible verse to explain
why a girl's life was taken before it even began?
(sighs)
No.
No, I do not.
Okay. (sniffles)
But I have daughters, too.
And the thought of losing them is beyond what I can imagine.
Yeah, I have a daughter, too. So what?
You're peddling a God that'll take mine tomorrow,
maybe yours the next day.
- Look, you're angry. -(scoffs)
I get it. I mean, we all rage at death, right?
I think there's a reason for that.
I think... it's because we were made for life.
And I believe in a God who came
to rescue us from death and bring us into life.
Who gave us all life to begin with.
For a specific time and a specific purpose.
Until He chooses to bring us home with Him.
(Crying, sniffling)
You want to know what that little girl said
when we first picked her up?
She told me through the translator.
She just wanted to live to do two things--
fly in an airplane and climb a mountain...
...to be closer to God.
Little innocent girl didn't do anything to deserve to die.
She wanted to be closer to God.
And she believed in a God
that didn't do anything to save her life.
You got a Bible verse for that?
I Wish I did.
Yeah.
I hear you.
I do.
(sighs)
Sorry about your friends.
And I'm sorry about your fiancée.
Thanks, Chap.
Okay. (clears throat)
(sighs)
Uh... hi, babe.
Man, I hope there's never a reason
for you to watch this video.
(explosion in distance)
But if you are,
I suppose there's no use in covering that up.
I mean, I feel so wrong not sharing everything
that's going on over here,
like we do at home.
FA“
Sir.
(chuckling): At ease.
So, how much for the jerky?
-20 bucks a pop. - Ooh!
Smart man. I'd clean you out.
Unless you do that.
Then they're free.
Um, you know, I was a bit rough on you last night.
Sorry about that.
No, it's fine.
Kind of comes with the territory.
Oh, that's, uh, Sam, six, Elie, eight,
and-and Heather holding Meribeth,
-who is all of... ten months. - Yeah.
Daughter Alexis, wife Amanda.
- She's cute. - Who just told me
five minutes ago we got to come up with another name.
Man, that's great.
Congratulations.
(sighs) ls there something on your mind, Bradley?
You said something the other day.
You said, uh, God gives us life
for a specific time and purpose,
and then takes us home safely.
Yeah.
Home safe in heaven.
All right, see, that's the part that got me.
All right, so let's say
I buy in and something happens to me,
and I'm safe in heaven.
Where does that leave my wife and kids?
I mean, if there's no guarantee of safety here,
what happens to them?
Do my kids go off the rails without a father?
Does Amanda lose it, let some drunk loser
move in, start hurting them,
making their lives a living hell
while I'm all cozy and warm in heaven?
Tell me my kids won't ever go through what I did.
(sighs)
When my dad left,
I knew he wasn't coming back.
I mean, he said he stopped loving my mom,
but it felt clear as day that he stopped loving me, too.
Okay, is that it? That's not helping.
I didn't have a dad...
but I had... I still have
another Father.
One who has never left me.
One who has never abandoned me.
One who won't abandon you or Amanda or Alexis
or that new little one you got coming.
No matter what comes next.
All right.
Don't get any ideas.
I just like free stuff.
HEATHER: Mm, the kids made me
a cake for our anniversary, at least, so that was nice.
Kids remembered, and I didn't.
Don't worry, I saved a piece
to put in your next care package.
Um, this is a wild idea, but
would you be up to coordinating some Christmas stockings
for the soldiers?
You could fill them with gifts and snacks
like you've been sending me.
Yeah. Yeah, sure. How-how many do you need?
Uh, give or take, a thousand.
O-kay. So, reinforcements then?
(chuckles) Yeah.
Um... I guess I could get some other wives involved.
I could actually, like, turn it into a community thing.
Get some churches and schools in on it.
That's a great idea.
Man, can you believe school starts in a week?
No, I can't. How are they?
They're good.
Sam was so excited
about getting the green belt in karate.
Wait. Already?
Uh, yeah. I posted those pics, like, two weeks ago.
Right. Shoot, I... I got to
look at that thing more.
Babe... is everything okay?
(sighs, groans softly)
You just... you sound different.
Uh, no, no, I'm fine.
Sorry. Uh, really, it's just...
(sighs)
...maybe a little harder than I expected here.
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ What's the plan, what's the plan? ♪
♪ Ain't no time to waste, gotta do it while I can... ♪
"Ch! '(shouting)
♪ If you don't give your all, it don't matter if you ran... ♪
SHONDA: For the win!
(whoops) Yeah!
CARTER: All right, gentlemen, that's game.
Shower up-- we're moving out in 30.
(indistinct chatter)
Next time, next time I got Chappy.
DARREN: All right.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
I told you I was open, man.
Yeah, but we didn't need two, boss, we needed three for 21.
Oh, come on, that was a lucky shot and you know it--
-unless you had a little bit of help. -Mm, maybe.
(chuckles): Yeah. Come on.
Hey, before you head out, uh,
I've been meaning to give you this.
Yeah, dude, I-|-I'm good. I don't do lucky charms.
- It's not about luck. -Look, if it don't stop a bullet
or diffuse a bomb, I don't need it, okay?
But, look, if it makes you feel any better,
I... I've been talking to Tonya a lot more.
Yeah, yeah, don't get excited,
all right? It's not that deep and stuff.
Look, I don't know what that wife of yours
has got her thinking you're gonna do for me, but...
she keeps telling me to talk to you.
So, uh...
mm, good talk.
Oh!
(groans): Thank you.
- Was a lucky shot. - That's great.
Out here, you put your lives on the line
every second of every day.
You risk everything
to make this world on Earth a better place.
And let me tell you something,
God is no stranger to the battlefield.
And that's why I'm here today.
The body of our Lord broken for you.
The blood of our Lord shed for you.
(footfalls approaching)
(exhales)
(grunts); '-°“9 day, huh'?
Yeah.
You're doing a great job, Shonda.
You know that, right?
Does it matter?
If I'm a failure as a mom?
It's true.
A few months after Colby was born,
I started finding any excuse not to go home.
Acting like it was to provide for him,
but...
I got so used to it
that I realize now that I don't even know where to start
to show up for that boy.
And I want to, and...
(sighs)
Well... (exhales)
I got news for you.
We can work on that.
(insects trilling)
ELIE: Sam, hurry.
Come on, come on. Let's go. Hurry.
Hurry. We need to pray for Daddy.
(exhales) Dear God,
please protect Daddy, wherever he is right now.
- Please? - CARTER: All right, guys,
let's go.
(gunfire)
- Let's go! Now. -(grunts)
(gunfire continues)
This is Oscar 2!
We are pinned down on the northeast corner!
MICHAEL (over radio): Head for the bunker!
Where?!
I don't see a bunker! Over!
- MICHAEL: I'm coming to you! - Chaplain, when I move,
you move!
'(b00m) '(9FOans)
Right now, God, watch over him.
Keep Daddy safe from the enemy now.
- Guys? - SAM: Mommy,
- hurry!
-(gunfire) -All right, we got to move! We got to move.
Get up! Get up!
- Go, g0! Come on! -(grunts loudly)
Come on. Get up!
Get up! We've got to move!
(gunfire continues)
(panting)
Hey, hey, he)',
hey, hey, you're gonna be okay.
Neighbor, neighbor.
You're gonna be okay, all right?
All right.
Props for the help, Major.
(gunfire continues)
(explosion in distance)
(gunfire continues)
ELIE: And bring Daddy home safe,
Jesus.
And Mia and Nia's daddy, too.
In Jesus' name, amen.
(indistinct chatter)
I have never seen Elie pray like that.
It was intense,
like she sensed something specific.
What? What is it?
I'm gonna give that girl a list of things to pray for--
that's what.
Why?
There was a mortar attack.
- What? Wait, when? I... - Yeah.
- Are they okay? - W-Well, they were visiting
other bases for officer...
- Tonya, are they okay? - Yes.
Yes. They are okay.
(exhales) Why didn't he tell me?
Oh, girl, something like that happens,
-your man is busy. - No,
I know, but he...
I know.
(sighs deeply)
I just feel like there's something more
that's happening between us.
Between you two?
Honey, trust me.
It's not between you two.
It's between you two and that war.
Thanks, I think. (chuckles)
- Hey, I'll be right back. - Okay.
Amanda!
- Hi. I thought you would be here. -Hey.
I heard you guys needed help with the stockings
-for the soldiers. - Well, yeah, but, come on,
-you got your plate full. - I know.
Honestly, I just kind of wanted to have a conversation
about something other than Elmo. (chuckles)
I totally hear you. Hey, come with me.
- I want to introduce you to somebody, okay? -All right.
(tapping keyboard)
(gunfire)
(echoing): Take this one!
(echoing): Don't leave me!
Starting to see a pattern here, sir.
I leave, you taking
silly photos or looking at 'em, and on and on it goes.
(chuckles) Yeah.
How much can you miss somebody, huh?
Oh, don't look now, but I think the chaplain
might need a pep talk of his own.
Maybe later. Right now the chair is all yours.
What do you mean?
Special assignment.
You said it was Colby's favorite, right?
Hit record on the remote whenever you're ready and...
read to your boy.
I don't know what to say. (chuckles)
Don't just read.
Pretend he's sitting right there in your lap.
'Cause when your mom plays it for him,
he'll feel like he is.
(exhales)
(sighs)
(beep)
Hi, Colby!
Mama misses you so much, my boy.
And I miss you more than anything
in the whole wide world.
So...
I wanted to read you a story,
one we both love.
"When you arise
"with sleepy eyes,
"my smiling face you see.
"I love you high.
"I love you low.
"I love you deep.
"I love you wide.
I love you this much."
(Speaks quietly)
(Click)
(shudders, exhales)
(sniffles)
DARREN". I noticed you haven't updated
the photos on the website lately.
Well, seemed like you weren't really looking at the pictures,
SO...
You there, babe?
Uh, yeah.
Just, you know, cooking dinner.
And the kids are in a mood.
We lost three more soldiers today.
(sighs)
Guess that means Tonya and I have our work cut out for us.
ELIE: Mom, Sam's using your camera!
Sam, put it down!
SAM: I'm taking pictures for Daddy!
HEATHER: Guys! I can't hear your dad!
Oh, hey, um, did the stockings arrive?
Yeah. They-They're amazing, babe.
I can't wait for Christmas.
My parents will be here. Still can't believe you won't.
-(clanking) -(Heather groans)
Guys!
You know what, honey, I can't--
I got to-- I can't talk right now, okay?
No, no, I get it. I get it. It's okay.
-(smoke detector beeping) - I get it. Totally fine...
Um... Bye!
Bye.
JACOBSEN: We're going to be transporting
former Sunni insurgents fighting with us now
against al-Qaeda.
We are not the only ones who know.
So, from Al Sakhar province here,
Bravo will neutralize opposition out front
for Alpha running escort
to get these civilian forces in for training
to Patrol Base Hawkes here.
Any questions?
(exhales)
Sir, before we head off,
mind if I send us out?
Knock it out of the park.
Hey. Lance.
Fuel for the road.
Oh, what, you're not gonna charge me this time?
Thank you.
- You're welcome. - And, uh,
you know, thanks for what you're doing here, too.
I think it's really helping.
For me, at least.
Yeah, man, of course.
Oh, check it out-- I, uh...
I've been taking this with me on all my trips out of Falcon.
I must say, for such a tiny little book,
there sure is a lot to read.
'(laughs) -(9I'unts)
Dang, there's a lot that I don't understand in it.
- You know, I can help you with that. -Yeah?
- Yeah. -Bradley, one. Turner, two with me.
- All right, hey, we'll see you out there. -Yeah.
Hey, uh, why don't you hold on to this?
What the heck is that?
(laughing): Oh.
Yeah, you're a closer, huh?
It's just a reminder that you don't have to be afraid.
- God's got your back. - CARTER: All right, moving out!
All right.
I told you, I just like free stuff.
Bradley, let's go!
WHITSETT: We're about five klicks north
of Al Sakhar. Over.
Roger that, Alpha.
(clattering)
MICHAEL (chuckling): Yeah.
Stevie Wonder drives better than you, Carter.
Hey, Turner, doesn't the Good Book say
"Be kind to your neighbor"?
- Uh-huh. - Sitting next to you,
Major, that makes me your neighbor.
MICHAEL: No, no, no, no, no.
Tell me I did not do it, I...
(grunts)
Forgot my ChapStick!
Gonna have to bum yours, Stevie. Come on.
- No. Nobody bums ChapStick. - Come on, man, you were just
talking about being kind to your neighbor.
Look, look, I'll pay you for it, all right?
Just, m-my lips are cracked bad.
Tell you what.
We pass a Walmart, I'll stop, okay?
- Ha! -(Darren chuckling)
FA“
(indistinct chatter)
(man speaking indistinctly)
I've got three balls for a dollar.
- Three balls for a dollar, and you can do it! -Come on.
You can do it!
(whooping, cheering)
(indistinct chatter)
I won it! I won it!
Hey, can we take Sam and Elie
-to the maze, Mommy? - Um... -Please...
- Yeah. -Go ahead, sure, we'll wait at the front entrance,
-where the funnel cake booth is. -Oh, Lord help us.
- Hey, guys, stay together, okay? -Yeah, be careful.
- Um, it's over here. Okay. - Over here.
FA“
Looks like our objective, gents. Eleven o'clock.
(over radio): I got one male.
Repeat: one male.
MICHAEL: That's our escort.
We're looking for a 12-pax bus.
Bradley, what you see up top?
Looking good.
Rooftop's clear.
- ♪ ♪ -(indistinct chatter)
Sam?
(man and woman laughing nearby)
(happy squeals, screams in distance)
Sam?
(gasping)
(crowd chatter distorting)
(coughing)
Ho! We got two on a rooftop, one o'clock.
One of 'em has a cell. I repeat: one o'clock.
Come on, faster! Let's go!
No sign of a 12-pax, gentlemen.
I think we got a problem.
MICHAEL: Stay alert.
Bradley, give me an update.
Yeah, bogeys are gone.
Oh, hey, look, there's our bus. Ha.
MICHAEL (over radio): Where'd our escort go?
Dude...
he's gone.
Get down! Get down!
Bradley! Take them out!
(yells) My gun's jammed!
Get out of here now!
SAM: Mom! Come quick!
It's Elie! She can't breathe!
This way! This way!
Call a medic now!
FA“
(shoufing)
We got multiple shooters!
MICHAEL: Lance, watch your head.
Whit, get us out of here!
(bullets striking Humvee)
HEATHER: Elie? Elie?
Elie? Elie? Baby.
Can you breathe? Can you breathe?
Where's your inhaler? Where is it?
Did you see an inhaler? A little plastic thing?
Did you see an inhaler?
Where is it? Okay. Okay, come on.
Come on. Let's go.
(Heather panting)
Okay. Sam, where's the exit?!
Honey?
Honey, wake up. Please.
Honey, wake up. Oh, God.
Where's the exit?!
Contact left! Engaging!
Whit, punch it!
L got you.
Lord.
Where is it?
Can someone get me...
Do you know where the exit is?
Where's the exit?
RPG! RPG!
- ♪ ♪ - SHONDA: Oh!
(Michael chuckles)
Bradley!
(whoops)
(laughing)
Whew, boys!
FA“
It's okay, honey. It's gonna be okay.
It'll be okay, honey.
FA“
MICHAEL (chuckles): Hey, Chappy, you can relax now.
Chap!
Yeah, I'm good. (grunts)
Hey.
- Found your ChapStick. - Oh-ho-ho-ho!
Oh, Chappy,
you are the man!
Mmm. Mmm, ah.
(kisses)
Almost died with cracked lips. Ha-ha!
Oh, that ain't even right.
CARTER: All right, Whitsett, take us home.
(Michael chuckles)
MICHAEL: WheW!
LANCE: Chaplain! Chaplain Turner.
Falcon's trying to reach you.
It's an emergency at home, sir.
- Darren? -(over phone): Heather?
What took you so long?
I'm sorry, babe. I-l was...
I was off-base, and they couldn't reach me.
Oh. It was horrible. Urn...
-our little Elie... - Elie?
E-Elie? What happened to Elie? Is she okay?
Yes. Yeah.
She's fine. She's fine.
She's stable now, thank God.
Okay, what happened?
We were at the, uh, at the Fall Festival,
and the kids went through the maze,
and apparently there was hay in there,
and I can't believe I didn't check.
- Where was her inhaler? - I don't...
I don't know. I c... can't really ask her right now.
I'm sorry, it...
(breathing heavily)
She's okay. That's all that matters.
- How are you? - I am not okay.
I can't stop shaking.
(voice breaking): Babe, I really thought we lost her.
But we didn't.
- She's okay. - Look, I know.
I know, honey. This is just, like...
this was, like, the hardest day by far
not to have you here.
Yeah, it sounds brutal.
Th-There's someone there with you, right?
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Tonya's here with the kids,
but, you know, she's not you.
She's not Elie's dad, and I just, I...
Babe, b-babe, I understand, okay?
...feel so alone
in this right now, and I just need...
Babe, I get it! Okay?
0K8)'-
Uh, what was that? I'm not...
I was just trying to tell you that I... that I miss you.
Well, if you knew what happened to me today,
-if you had any idea... - Okay.
Then, um, why don't you give me an idea for once?
I'm all ears.
I have to... I got to go.
What?
Darren, I just got you on the phone!
Liust got...
I'm sorry, I got to go.
Babe?
Yeah, no, I mean, I have to go
check on Elie, too, so I got to go, too.
- Okay. Keep me posted. I love... -(dial tone)
(sighs)
FA“
(soldiers cheering)
All right, all right.
Lieutenant Colonel Jacobsen sprang to his sleigh
to unload a few rounds of his M249 SAW.
(cheering)
And the insurgents ran away
from his Yuletide shock and awe.
(cheering)
Come on now! Come on!
You know where it's at.
But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good night!"
(cheering)
Ho ho ho ho!
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
SOLDIER: Yeah! (whoops)
- Troops! Troops! - Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you all for your hard work,
your sacrifice,
and your service.
- Hooah? - H00ah!
- Come and get it! -(cheering)
Merry Christmas. Here you go.
Merry Christmas.
-(cheering) - Thank you, troops.
Merry Christmas. Ho ho ho...
("Oh My Soul" by Casting Crowns playing)
Oh, thank you.
♪ Oh, my soul ♪
♪ Oh, how you worry ♪
♪ Oh, how you're weary ♪
♪ From fearing you lost control ♪
♪ This was the one thing ♪
♪ You didn't see coming ♪
♪ And no one would blame you, though ♪
♪ If you cried in private ♪
♪ If you tried to hide it away ♪
♪ So no one knows ♪
♪ No one will see if you stop believing ♪
♪ Oh, my soul ♪
♪ You are not alone ♪
♪ There's a place where fear has to face ♪
♪ The God you know ♪
♪ One more day ♪
♪ He will make a way ♪
♪ Let Him show you how ♪
♪ You can lay this down ♪
♪ Oh, my soul... ♪
Hey, Chaplain. This a good time?
Hey, Lance, come on in.
- How you doing? - Good.
- How are you? - I'm good. Good to see you.
Uh, for your generosity.
I heard it was your wife who set me up
with all those pictures of Elijah.
- Right? - Yeah.
Man, can't wait to see my boy.
Won't be long now, brother. Wow.
More beef jerky.
- I love it. - I know, right?
- Really? - Had to resist the whole way.
(Darren chuckles)
What's that? What you got going there?
- Easter service? -(sighs) Yep.
You coming, man?
You kidding me?
I am a genuine, 100%
bona fide believer, baby.
I'm all in. Of course I'm coming.
-(chuckles) All in? - Mm-hmm.
You just gave me a great idea.
Far more than me,
you men and women know
what it is to offer up your lives
for the good of others.
And one of the many challenges here
and at home is that unless you've done it,
actually lived it,
it's hard to appreciate what it takes
to make that sacrifice.
Well, you know who else actually lived it?
Who willingly sacrificed His life
so that others could live?
Jesus.
He came, He laid it down,
and He rose again for me and for you
so that you and I can live.
And if that act
doesn't give you hope and confidence
in a God that loves you
and is willing to do anything for you,
I don't know what will.
And that's what this day, Easter, is all about.
Hope.
For all of us.
Now, if I've learned anything about you guys,
it's that you know how to go all in.
And there is no better day than Easter to go all in
for Jesus.
Army Specialist Lance Bradley,
I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
(whoops)
♪ Oh, my soul ♪
♪ You are not alone ♪
♪ There's a place where fear has to face ♪
♪ The God you know. ♪
MICHAEL: All right, gather round.
Let's gm!
All right.
Eyes alert.
Scan the rooftops, windows.
Watch the road, grandmothers, kids,
livestock, bumps in the field.
Follow the ROE, stay alive.
- Hooah? - SOLDIERS: Hooah!
All right, hey, uh, Chaplain.
Why don't you, uh, why don't you do what you do?
- Give it to 'em, Chaplain. - Here we go.
"The proud
"have laid their snares,
"and along the path, they have set traps
"to catch me.
"But You...
You are my strong deliverer."
- All right, Chaplain. - Yep.
"You shield my head in the day of battle."
- That's right. - Mm-hmm.
"Do not grant the wicked their desires.
"Do not let their plans succeed.
Amen-ll
SOLDIERS: Amen.
MICHAEL: Let's get it!
Oh, hey, Chaplain.
You're not coming. What gives?
Not today. I got a bunch of meetings.
They want me to start packing up.
Hey, man, you don't need me.
You got something better.
See you tonight.
Yes, sir.
Bit too real?
Yeah, even for me.
Didn't want to sugarcoat it.
This is gonna have to wait a few years.
About ten before Sam reads it.
(sighs)
And I am so glad that Heather never has to watch these.
- Yeah. -(exhales)
You know, I've been worried about you.
And before I forget,
thank you.
You being here has made a big difference
in where I'm heading when I get back.
As in...?
Oh, I don't know.
Thinking maybe I won't be a half bad mom, after all.
Probably won't fight my mom as much.
Wouldn't mean you want to start carrying one of these,
Would it?
(chuckles)
I'm gonna miss you, Chaplain.
You, too.
0K8)'-
- Chicken Milanese. -I don't even know what that is.
I don't even know about how you say that.
(both chuckle)
We need to take a walk, Chaplain.
Just got the call that Alpha and Bravo
were on their final transition patrol,
and they hit an IED.
All due respect, sir, get to the point.
I'm sorry. I know he was a friend.
We lost Lance Bradley.
(clears throat)
(groans) Anyone else?
Man nearest the blast, Michael Lewis,
went to pull Lance out of the wreckage,
and there was a second explosion.
From what I'm told, he's gonna make it, but...
I'm not too sure about his legs.
HEATHER: Afraid.
(crying): But you have told us
that we do not have to be afraid.
You're strong.
You're brave.
You are brave, and you will weather this.
You will weather this, okay?
- God. - Okay, okay. Okay.
(sighs)
LANCE: Chaplain Turner,
sorry you lost your dad, too.
But believe me, he had to love you.
And he'd be proud,
as proud as any father could be.
Lance.
P.S. Enjoy the jerky.
You can pay me later.
FA“
(sniffles)
(sobbing)
FA“
Medevac's here, Chaplain. Ready in five.
(helicopter blades whirring)
DARREN". "The Lord is the strength of my life;
"of whom shall I be afraid?
"I remain confident of this,
and I will see the goodness of the Lord..."
"...in the land of the living."
You got this, Chaplain.
We are blessed to be among the living,
but going home,
we must prepare for new challenges.
Anxiety.
Anger. Depression.
Even ideas that somehow not going on would be better.
Reject these enemies and ask for help.
Just ask.
Remember your armor,
guard your spirit,
and you will prevail.
(helicopter blades whirring)
JACOBSEN: Welcome to Baghdad, people,
and your first day at Forward Operating Base Falcon.
Today you join our fight
to destroy al-Qaeda and her offspring,
to stabilize this nation
and keep America safe.
(crowd cheering)
You see him?
Daddy!
Wiggles) - Yes.
Mmm. You guys.
When did you get so big, huh?
Hi, baby. Hi. Hi.
Hi.
(Heather chuckles)
- Hey. Hey, Meribeth. - Hey, Meribeth.
- You see Daddy? - Look at you.
HEATHER (chuckles): I love you.
(engine turns off)
Look, your ribbon, Dad.
Yellow means "welcome home."
HEATHER: Okay, honey, when you're done with that,
-can you get your sister? - Okay.
Darren, dinner's ready!
Thanks, bud. Can you get the bread?
- Uh, yes, ma'am. - Darren!
Hey. Did you hear me?
Dinner's ready.
Oh, yeah, Tonya and the girls left last night
to join Michael at Walter Reed.
(artillery whistling)
(muffled): Neighbor.
You're gonna be okay.
Babe. Sorry. I...
Dinner's ready.
Darren?
Babe?
Did I take up too much of the bed?
No.
Is there anything I can do for you?
Just let me stay awake.
(sighs) That is really good news.
I'm so glad that you're doing okay.
(sighs)
Maybe I'm still in shock.
I don't know, but, yeah, okay.
How about you?
Um...
a-another time.
Hey, just keep me posted,
okay?
Tony a'?
Uh... I Will.
Bye.
I love you girls so much.
I'm so sorry.
Look, I promise you both,
I-I'm gonna do things right this time.
-(¢ryin9) - I mean it.
I'm gonna be the kind of man that...
I'm gonna be the kind of man
that all three of you can be proud of.
MIA: It's okay, Daddy.
We already are.
CHILDREN: And to the Republic
for which it stands,
one nation,
under God,
indivisible,
with liberty
and justice for all.
- Take a seat, everyone. Thank you. -Hi.
- Hi, hi. Sorry. - Hey, Colby.
- How you doing? - So sorry we're late.
It's just a little separation anxiety happening today.
- Colby. - Oh, no.
Not-not him. Me.
Oh, Mom. Oh, Mom's gonna be great.
-Isn't she? Come on in, Colby. - Yeah.
I'm glad you're here today.
You know, it wouldn't have been the same thing
without you being here.
(sighs) 0K8)'-
0K8)'-
(insects chittering)
Darren?
Darren? What's going on?
'I3 eve - - Shh! ay?
- Is there someone outside? - I said stop talking.
- You're scaring me. -(Darren panting)
Baby. Baby, talk to me. What's going on?
- Don't touch me! -(gasps) Okay.
(cryir19)I Okay.
(whispering): Please, just go to bed.
-(locks door) -(soldiers shout faintly)
FA“
(birds chirping)
FA“
It's 3:00 in the morning, Darren.
Where have you been?
One of the guys at the base had a crisis.
(exhales)
(insects chittering)
-r r -(birds chirping)
FA“
You missed dinner and bedtime again.
- Darren! -(grunting in pain)
Are you kidding me with this?
- Shh! I just got the kids down! - Does anyone ever run
this thing?
- Let me see that. - No.
I'm going to the base to get stitches.
Fine, yeah, whatever. Walk away.
I've been doing just fine on my own for the past 17 months.
I'm sorry, what-what is that supposed to mean?
- I'm back, I'm here. - No.
No, you're not... here.
Not with me.
Not with the kids.
I've been patient...
and compassionate.
I've given you space.
I have run interference with the kids to protect them.
- Oh, God, protect them from what? -I don't know!
That's the point, because I don't recognize you like this.
You're angry...
and distant...
and mean.
And-and what kills me is that I know you know
how to show up, because Tonya won't stop talking
about how you keep showing up for Michael.
'Cause he's been through something.
- I've been through something! - Really? What? Hmm?
Oh, I don't know, maybe just raising
our three small children alone,
partner-less.
(Heather sighs)
And on top of that, Darren,
I have been holding
wailing, sobbing wives,
mothers, and their babies in my arms.
I have seen and I have felt their hearts torn to shreds,
and you don't think that I've been through something?
- So you want to make this a competition? -No! I just...
I want to know why.
I want to know why you somehow have it in you
to show up for those men when you refuse to do it
for your own wife and kids.
Because those men need me!
(gasps) I need you!
Your children need you.
You don't get it.
You will never get it.
I can't even look at you right now, and I can't do this.
I need stitches.
(gasping)
Wow.
I see the word "dead."
ELIE: But who is
Cosg rove'?
What in the world are you doing?
- We just wanted to read it. -It doesn't matter what you wanted.
- But I gave it to you so we... - So it's mine!
And you can read it when I say you can.
What is going on?! What did you do to them!
- I didn't do anything! - Please, don't fight
-'cause of us. - I told them
to stay out of my stuff!
Enough, Darren! Get out!
Go! You are no longer welcome in this house.
-(Elie crying) -No, I am not leaving my family.
You need help.
And I can't give it to you.
Go to the base and get some help.
Get out!
(children sobbing quietly)
(sobs)
FA“
(TV newsman speaking indistinctly)
- ♪ ♪ -(news continues indistinctly)
(phone chimes)
DARREN". I mean, by the end,
I couldn't even stand to listen to myself.
Dishing out faith as reality
just kept cutting the legs out from under me.
(softly): Oh, what is wrong with me?
What if Michael were here?
Relax, Darren. He's not here.
And you wouldn't have said it if he were here.
Wouldn't I? I can't believe half the things
I said to my family.
Everything that Lance and Michael
started to buy into, and now one's dead
and one's a dad with his leg blown off.
Why would Michael ever believe me now?
Let me just see if you hear what I just heard.
You...
stopped liking hearing you talk about God.
And you were afraid reality would undercut your message
and Michael's ability to believe in you.
Give me a break. You know what I meant.
I think I do.
And like any of us who have tried to help anyone trust God,
the enemy got you trusting you and...
No, I trusted in God to protect those men,
-and He didn't! - No.
No, you trusted in God
to do what you thought He ought to do.
You show me a believer, and I'll show you someone
who's done the exact same thing, or is about to.
All of us have doubted, son.
I'm not sure there is faith without some doubt.
Had a number of vets work for us in the past, but...
never a chaplain.
After 15 months in the desert,
are you sure you want to...
come work in the dirt?
It's a different kind of dirt, sir.
Different kind of dirt.
I'll never forget what Michael did, trying to save him.
And Michael would do it again.
Ten times over.
Especially where his heart's at now.
- It's so... -(sniffles)
(sighs heavily) bittersweet.
Hey.
Hmm?
It's gonna be okay.
(scoffs): Oh. Don't worry about me.
(chuckles)
Why not?
Pain is pain.
And ours doesn't make yours any less real.
What is it?
(Heather sighs heavily)
The three of us are just carrying
so much of it, you know?
Having a real hard time seeing God's goodness
in all of it.
(exhales)
Here's what I know, honey.
That IED returned my Michael to me
and to our girls.
He's a different man now.
And if that's not evidence
that there's a good God working here,
bringing us something better through pain...
what is?
So all I got to do is trust He knows what He's doing.
Which better be true
because it's all that's keeping this girl together.
FA“
(soldiers shouting cadence in distance)
I think the kids understand
that you're sorry about the way you treated them.
But as for the two of you,
I'd like to recommend
you start reliving good memories.
Remind one another of what you had
before you try to build something new.
Heather, can you pick one?
Qfie?
Sure. Um...
(chuckles) I guess the day we met.
I was taking photos on campus,
and he drove by, staring at me
Uaughsy and crashed his motorcycle
straight into my shot of the Chrysanthemums.
Ruined them both.
But then turned out later he was the guest speaker
at my campus ministries, and...
I saw this man with a heart for God.
Darren?
What you got?
HEATHER: Well, this is where we are.
Anything that truly matters--
shutdown.
Memories are just...
I mean, every time I try to think back,
the... the things that I don't want to remember take over.
Like there's... there's a wall
in my timeline...
That's normal, Darren.
It's normal.
And, Heather,
post-traumatic stress is a...
it's a mind inhibitor.
You'll want to think of one thing,
and it gets slammed by something
you don't want to ever see again.
It takes time...
and intentional rebuilding of tools and muscles
that we use to control our thoughts.
- I'm pretty much out of time. - Darren...
I'm not putting a clock on this; that's not fair.
Well, what do you want me to say?
I was angry.
At God.
At myself.
Afraid of the pain.
Afraid that I was some imposter
because... my faith had let us down.
(softly): So just tell me that stuff, then.
Fear,
anger, pain-- I can handle that stuff.
I can.
What I can't handle is the distance.
You shutting me out and pushing me away.
I mean, that's what hur...
(voice breaks): that's what hurts.
That's what scares me to death.
You're my best friend,
and you've been treating me like a stranger,
and I don't get it. Why?
Why the distance and the silence with me
when you can just come in here and lay it all out for him?
DARREN: Because I'm ashamed.
I know I'm failing you.
And I want to make it better, but I just...
I don't know how.
I loved those men,
and He took 'em away,
and I'm supposed to get that and be okay, but I'm not.
I'm terrified...
...because I love you and the kids so much more.
(indistinct chatter)
Well, that was fun.
FA“
Some, uh...
(sighs): light reading and viewing material.
When you're up for it.
Thank you.
FA“
Still living on your knees, I see.
(chuckles) Hey, man.
Didn't hear you coming.
Yeah, well... (chuckles)
set it to stealth mode.
Standard military issue.
(wiping hands together)
I'm glad you're back.
Yeah, see, that's... that's the problem.
I'm back, but... my neighbor's gone.
Chaplain Rodgers has been helpful,
helping me see what I lost track of.
Your armor, brother, that's what.
It's a bit more complicated than that.
Oh.
Okay. So, uh...
why are you so angry?
Yeah, our wives are friends, man, I heard all about it.
Well, then you don't need me to tell you.
- Hey, I'm not the angry one. - Come on, man.
- What, are you angry at your wife? -No.
- Or at me? - No.
Well, then who? Yourself?
- Darn right. - No, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
That's not it. Now, come on, Chaplain,
"belt of truth" me up.
All right, 'cause you been in my face since the day we met.
It's a coin for a con man.
'Cause you can't tell me, that's what you are.
I'm afraid, all right,
-of exactly... -Oh, I didn't ask if you were afraid!
I asked why you're so angry!
Are you... are you kidding me?
Look at you.
Look at Lance. Look at me.
God is my life.
And what was He thinking, huh?
Now we're getting somewhere.
Listen to me, brother.
When I picked that piece of tin up out the dirt,
I never thought that it promised I'd come back
in one piece-- neither did Lance.
A few minutes after the blast,
Lance knew he was slipping away.
His head was bleeding, he was fading.
But you know what he said to me?
He said he was glad
he wore... His helmet.
Yeah. Yeah, he wasn't talking
about government issue.
His helmet of salvation.
Yeah.
You gave that to him, Darren.
All right? I... I watched him go
with a peaceful smile on his face.
Because of you, he was prepared.
Because of you, I got prepared.
The only reason why I'm still here is because...
I got to do things right this time.
So, no, look...
don't you go losing your faith on account of me and Lance.
I don't want that on my head.
(sighs)
(chuckles softly)
Yeah.
So, listen, um...
what you gonna do about that woman of yours?
When was the last time you gave her a call?
♪ I know your heart been broke again ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh a'
♪ I know your prayers ain't been answered yet ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh a'
♪ I know you're feeling like ♪
♪ You got nothing left ♪
♪ Well, lift your head, it ain't over yet ♪
♪ It ain't over yet, so ♪
- ♪ Move ♪ - ♪ Keep walkin' ♪
♪ Soldier, keep movin' on ♪
- ♪ Move ♪ - ♪ Keep walkin' ♪
♪ Until the morning comes ♪
- ♪ Move ♪ - ♪ Keep walkin' ♪
♪ Soldier, keep movin' on and lift your head ♪
♪ It ain't over yet, it ain't over yet ♪
♪ Echoin' inside your head ♪
♪ Are the words that your sweet mama said ♪
♪ Between high stakes and pump fakes ♪
♪ You're feeling like you can't buy a break ♪
♪ I can hold your hand, but I can't turn your eyes ♪
♪ To freedom ♪
♪ I know your heart been broke again ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh a'
♪ I know you're feeling like you got nothing left ♪
♪ Well, lift your head, it ain't over yet ♪
♪ It ain't over yet. ♪
I especially love photographing people,
capturing expressions and smiles,
memories, moments that they'll
never live exactly the same way ever again,
and just saving them forever.
Because you never know,
when you take someone's photo,
what it might mean to someone someday.
And that's why I love being a photographer.
Thank you so much for listening.
Thank you, Mrs. Turner.
And next to share, we have Elie's dad,
Darren Turner.
Thank you for accepting my invitation, Mr. Turner.
It's my pleasure. Um... hi, guys.
Uh, so I work at the Digger O'Dell Nursery,
and I'm in charge of the trees and plants and flowers.
Like... Chrysanthemums.
Until a few months ago, I was a chaplain for the U.S. Army.
A, uh, true soldier feels so deeply
that good people deserve to be safe and free,
that he is willing
to risk losing the most valuable of things
just to go and help them.
And every soldier who serves in a war comes back with a medal.
It's just that sometimes you can't see it,
'cause it's on the inside.
I don't feel like a hero,
'cause to me...
the true heroes are the soldiers' families
who also have medals on the inside
pinned to their hearts.
Like I know my family does.
(applause)
(crickets chirping)
Heather, please...
know that I love you,
and I have since the first day we met.
(laughing): When I ruined those flowers
you were taking pictures of.
Chrysanthemums, right?
Who the heck names flowers, anyway?
I miss you more than you can imagine.
And love you just the same.
(sighs) Oh, God.
I am hurting.
(sniffles)
But so is the man that I love.
Please forgive me
forjudging what I don't understand
and for leaning on him when I should be leaning on You.
(insects chirring)
(thunder rumbling)
(rain falling)
FA“
ELI E: Sam, look in the backyard!
- Elie! - ♪ We all need ♪
- Come on. - ♪ A little honesty ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- BOTH: Mom! - ♪ You are loved ♪
♪ If your heart's in a thousand pieces... ♪
It's Fort Bumblefoot, Mom.
- Did you make this? - No, I didn't.
Go, go, go. Go check it out.
♪ Just look up, know you are loved ♪
♪ When it feels like something's missing ♪
♪ If it hurts, but you can't find healing ♪
♪ Just look up, know you are loved ♪
♪ Just look up, know ♪
- Oh! - ♪ You are loved... ♪
Hey, get in here.
Isn't this amazing?
Mm-hmm.
Hey, guys, I need your help with something.
♪ You are loved ♪
♪ If your heart's in a thousand pieces... ♪
Hey, Turner.
Delivery guy's out.
Can you make it to Freedom Park Gazebo by 6:00?
♪ Just look up, know you are loved. ♪
(insects chirring)
(sighs)
What is all this?
FA“
You did all this?
I wanted to do something special for you.
So I enjoyed some light reading
and viewing materials the other night.
Babe, I thought I knew, but I had no idea.
What you lived through.
What you had to carry.
What you're still carrying right now.
I'm so sorry.
You have nothing to be sorry for.
And I get it now. You know, you did want to talk to me.
(Darren sighs)
It was that moment before we got married, you know?
You were standing in the rain as I changed your tire.
What about it?
One of my favorite memories.
(laughing): What?
I had just broken up with you for a second time.
Yeah.
But you called me.
So I knew it wasn't over.
I missed you.
(birds singing)
Military's missing a good man.
Chaplain Rodgers, sir.
- It's good to see you, Darren. - You, too.
I hear things have really turned around for you guys.
Yeah, and I plan to keep it that way.
Home is the best place to be.
Hmm.
I got a call from a good friend
at Fort Campbell.
Their Special Forces team needs a chaplain.
Now, Special Forces deployments are limited and brief.
You'd even get the promotion
to Captain that Jacobsen wanted for you.
I'm honored, sir.
I truly am.
But I'm sorry.
Like I said...
military's missing a good man.
Hey, guys.
I think I hear some action brewing at Fort Bumblefoot.
Meet you there in 2.5 seconds!
- Wow. - Last one there's a rotten egg!
(Darren sighs)
You know, I think we should probably bring the fort with us
when we move.
When you take the job.
What are you talking about?
I heard it through the grapevine,
so I called Chaplain Rodgers myself.
Who are you,
and what have you done with my wife?
Look, we know what to expect now.
We know how to prepare.
Look, you and I both know
this is what we're called to... Captain.
(Darren chuckles softly)
It's who we're called to.
Right?
Hmm?
RODGERS: To all who shall see
these presents, greeting.
This is to certify
that the president of the United States of America,
authorized by executive order,
has awarded the Bronze Star medal
to Captain Darren A. Turner, United States Army.
(applause)
(cheering)
You may be seated.
Thank you very much.
This is, uh... deeply humbling.
It is with great honor that I have served my country.
But I only stand before you today
because Jesus is my rock.
And because I have a family who loves and believes in me,
and friends that never gave up on me.
And it's also why I can and will continue
to serve as I've been asked, to the very best of my ability.
My family and I--
we made a promise to each other
to protect ourselves from anything
that might try to divide us.
And we've found that the best way to do that
is to put on the Armor of God.
So today I encourage you
to wear, by faith,
the belt of God's truth.
The breastplate of His righteousness.
Sandals of His peace.
The shield of faith in His power
against all enemies.
The helmet of salvation, found in Him.
And the sword of His powerful and gracious spirit.
Before I left for Iraq, I thought I knew
what it meant to put on that armor.
Here's what I learned.
No one is promised tomorrow.
So I'm choosing to put my faith in the one who holds
all my tomorrows.
As for me and my family...
it's the only way to live.
(whooping)
(laughter)
- Hey, buddy. You must be Colby. - Hi.
- Shonda, hi. - Hi. Yes.
- So nice to meet you. - It's nice to meet you.
Pleasure.
What's this?
Bars look good on you, sir.
Yeah. Look taller, right?
Yeah, a little bit. Little bit.
I had my eye on you, Captain.
It's why I'm here, why... we're here.
Thank you.
♪ There is no ocean that can't be parted ♪
♪ There is no mountain that can't be moved ♪
♪ I know there's help for the heavy-hearted ♪
♪ The weak will find their strength renewed ♪
♪ You just gotta have faith ♪
♪ Mmm, you just gotta have faith ♪
♪ It's light for the shadows ♪
♪ For all your tomorrows ♪
♪ It's knowing He's there ♪
♪ Through the sun and the rain ♪
♪ It's when you believe it before you can see it ♪
IAnd you can walk on 'cause He's making a way ♪
♪ Just gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ You've gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ Searching for purpose in all the waiting ♪
♪ Praying through so many silent hours ♪
♪ Finding a breath when you feel like fading ♪
♪ Learning to love where you are right now ♪
♪ You just gotta have faith ♪
♪ Just gotta have some faith ♪
♪ You gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ You've gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ Oh, you've gotta have some faith ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ You've gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ Remember your rescue ♪
♪ ls standing beside you ♪
♪ He's light for the shadows ♪
♪ He's hope for tomorrow ♪
♪ He'll always be there through the sun and the rain ♪
- ♪ You've got to believe it ♪ - ♪ Yeah... ♪
♪ Before you can see it ♪
IAnd you can walk on 'cause He's making a way ♪
♪ Just gotta have some ♪
- ♪ Faith, faith ♪ - ♪ Ooh... ♪
♪ You gotta have some ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ When you don't see it but you believe it anyway ♪
- ♪ Faith, faith ♪ - ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Faith, faith ♪
♪ Oh... hey... ♪
♪ Just gotta have some faith. ♪
FA“
(music ends)