they were all based in fort bragg. assigned to the third special forces group. the first one far left. brian: is brian black. brian black. ainsley: far left is not brian black. that s staff sergeant jeremiah johnson he was 39 years old. steve: he was known as red, white, and blue rock solid. he was survived by wife and two children. ainsley: brian, the next guy the second to the left is staff sergeant brian black. is he 35 years old. is he from washington. washington state. is he a medical sergeant. green beret enlisted in the army in october of 2009. survived by his wife and children and reportedly had two sons. brian: the man at the end is the one whose widow was contacted by the president while she was in route to meet his body as it comes off the military aircraft in a casket. it is sergeant la david johnson. he is 25 years old from miami gardens in florida. he enlisted in the army as a
memorial day. clinton romesha joins us now from florida. good morning to you. good morning, steve. thanks for having me. steve: i know it s got to be tough for you to talk about. let s take folks back to october of 2009. you are the commander at outpost keating in afghanistan. and you have been sent there to dismantle it, why? we ll, we had been stationed there for about three months. we were holding the area for the elections going on that year. we had finally gotten word because of the tactical location being basically having an outpost at the bottom of a valley, it was deemed pretty much indefensible and unuseful. so we were actually about to break down. but two weeks before that the taliban had different plans for us. and hit us pretty hot and heavy that morning of october 3rd. steve: tell us how it started. kicked off bright and early, 6:00 in the morning. i mean, first shots came. in it was such, just wall of steve and rpgs and bullets
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he could have gotten nine years but instead he will spend two years in jail and the families lashed out saying two years is a joke for the loss of three lives. hello, there. how are you, my friend? good. good to see you again. good to see you. welcome to phoenix. it s like my living room, got a fireplace and the whole bit. david, there s your name tag and work books for the two of you. with that we will say hi let s go. in october of 2009, my world changed dramatically. i am responsible. there were things that were overlooked and missed.