forces that fought side by side with the kurds. >> why kobani? why did you start in kobani? >> that's the first place that we noticed, someone's fighting back. and it was the people of kobani. >> what kind of partners did you find them to be? >> committed. dedicated. formidable. >> and what started in kobani quickly expanded. the first patch of 50 american advisers sent in to help the kurds soon grew to 2,000. the u.s. military trusted their allies so completely that the kurds were soon calling in american air strikes. the kurds not only did what they promised, they were willing to fight and die. >> coalition losses to combat in syria? >> two. >> two? >> two. >> two american soldiers in uniform have died? >> one coalition, one u.s. two.