in tampa reports, they're safely home. >> reporter: what it means to be a brother depends on the day. some days it means teaching. >> look, here comes another one. >> a b. >> yeah, b. >> reporter: some days it means putting up with -- >> ah. >> reporter: and some days -- >> both sons were in afghanistan. >> reporter: it means coming home. jake and max gauthier are identical twins. but max is older. >> one minute. he thinks he's my older brother. >> i am. >> he wants to think so. >> he's my little brother. >> reporter: they served four months in afghanistan. jake, the younger, was injured when he took shrapnel to the face. max's injuries were more extensive. >> your whole world stops. you just go numb. it's just the disbelief is overwhelming. >> reporter: max stepped on an improvised explosive device and lost his right leg at the knee. >> we were just south of him, and we heard -- we heard the boom. and i just had a weird feeling.