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Colin Colquhoun

Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) | 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Mortarman Colin Colquhoun used both high explosive and white phosphorus rounds. The HE rounds were handy for punching through the roof on a tough Afghan building and the smoke rounds were good for marking targets for the helicopter gunships. The pilots were from the 82nd Airborne just like the troops so they would go the extra mile. (6:47)
It was July 4, 2010 when the patrol went out from their outpost in Afghanistan to set up an overwatch. Mortarman Colin Colquhoun needed somebody to carry some extra rounds so he took a newly arrived soldier named Clay McGarrah with him. (Caution: strong language) (6:35)
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)
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)
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

WWII | Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division

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

Operation Iraqi Freedom | Multiple Units

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)
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)