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Jasdeep Singh

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Was it worth it? Are we safer? Jasdeep Singh served in Afghanistan with the Airborne infantry and he has some definite opinions on those questions. (Caution: strong language) (5:10)

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There was all kinds of music played by the boys in the 3rd platoon, from Hip-Hop to Country. Jasdeep Singh liked it all. And he likes the fact that, years later, he and his buddies can carry on at a reunion like no time at all had passed. (Caution: strong language) (6:07)

Jason Lilley

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By the time he reached high school, divorce had made him withdrawn and depressed. A roommate got him thinking about the Marine Corps and he began training on his own. Soon he was in San Diego training for real at boot camp and the School of Infantry. (8:23)

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He was now a grunt. Jason Lilley had pulled himself out of a depressing youth and made a Marine out of himself. The attacks on 9/11 gave him and all the Marines new focus on their training. They knew they would be needed soon. He had his eyes set on a higher prize though, the Reconnaissance Marines. (Caution: strong language) (5:54)

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First you had to pass a tryout so you could go through the real tryout, the Basic Reconnaissance Course. Jason Lilley was determined to become a Reconnaissance Marine, probably the most elite role in the Marine Corps. The tests were brutal and he was up to the challenge. (4:10)

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In the Spring of 2003 Jason Lilley deployed to the Kuwait desert in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He had just joined the elite 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and he and his new buddies had trained hard for this moment. As he waited to cross the border, ordnance filled the sky, coursing into Iraq. (Caution: strong language) (4:50)

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It was uneventful at first. Recon Marine Jason Lilley was driving a Humvee toward Nasiriyah through beautiful countryside and Bedouin camps. When he got there, he saw the burned out vehicle that Jessica Lynch had been in. Soon he saw his first dead Marines. (4:14)

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In the first firefight in his first tour of Iraq, Jason Lilley faced a group of Syrians. They wore jeans and sneakers, definitely not Iraqis. He had not really heard the term Jihad before but that was why they were there. When he got back to the States, he figured the war was over. He figured wrong. (Caution: strong language) (5:02)

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The two deployments to Iraq were two different wars. The second time, Jason Lilley found himself in Fallujah where the enemy had reorganized and started to use IED's. It was urban fighting and he had to dodge mortar fire nearly every day. (Caution: strong language) (6:16)

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The routine convoy was stopped in its tracks by dozens of Jihadis. Jason Lilley was in the back and his group veered off to mount a counter-ambush. The first vehicle had been hit with an RPG and the enemy was firing from multiple locations. Captain Brent Morel led a charge straight at them while Lilley's group of Marines blasted them from the rear. For this action, he was awarded the Silver Star. (Caution: strong language) (10:55)