Soldiers outside the city of ramadi. U. S. Troops have been training the iraqi army for 13 years. It has cost american taxpayers nearly 30 billion, and there is no end in sight. Charlie dagata saw some of that firsthand. Reporter on the outskirts of Baghdad Iraqi army recruits took aim at an imaginary enemy. But for u. S. Trainer Sergeant First Class Josh Mcspadden its all too real. I fought in iraq the first time. Reporter hes been here before. During the worst of the fighting in 2004. And he remembers in vivid detail the day he thought he was going to die. It was the only day in my life that i ever thought that i wasnt going to make it home alive. You know, but it was so intense. Reporter but whats it like to have fought so fiercely and now youre back again . Its frustrating. You know, you want to see your brothers in arms, you know, the iraqi people, you want to see them have the same motivation. You want to see them fight the same way that you do. Just to come back here and face th