tactical operations center during the battle which i wrote in my book the outpost that was turned into a movie. it s going to be tough to watch how reality is. how hard the lives of the afghans are going to become in many areas. reporter: and while bunderman says he was not surprised to see the taliban s resurgence in afghanistan, he was disappointed by how the u.s. executed its withdrawal from the country. at least put together something that doesn t look this terrible. reporter: bundermann s fellow soldier, ty carter, agrees. the exit plan should have been a hell of a lot better than what we saw. people climbing onto airplanes, falling off airplanes, dying. reporter: carter sat with us for a documentary we did after he was awarded the medal of honor in 2013. carter risked his life several times during that battle. running to save the life of stefan mace. he and another soldier ran through enemy fire to bring him back to the medic station.
the men from combat outpost keating who fought in the battle in eastern afghanistan in 2009, such as retired lieutenant andrew bunderman. it s just super hard to come to grips with the fact that it s maybe it isn t as bad as before, but it s certainly not going to be the nation maybe that we thought was going to be there when american forces left. reporter: he ran the tactical operations center during the battle, which i wrote about in my book the outpost, that was turned into a movie. and it s going to be tough to watch how reality is, how hard the lives of the afghans are going to become in many areas. reporter: and while bunderman says he was not surprised to see the taliban s resurgence in afghanistan, he was disappointed by how the u.s. executed its