rob o neill s war is now over. his days of parachuting out of airplanes and chasing enemies of america are behind him. after more than 16 years of fighting for freedom, rob has returned to the mountains and trout streams of montana where it all began. rob, why is it that you say montana will always be home? well, look around. it s beautiful here. it s peaceful. it s quiet. i grew up here. and this is where everything started for me. and it s like the comfort zone. it is so quiet here. this has got to be so much different than the noisy gun fights that you were in for your entire career in the military. this a stress reliever? yeah. it s a stress reliever. it s nice to hear the water.
rob o neill s war is now over. his days of parachuting out of airplanes and chasing enemies of america are behind him. after more than 16 years of fighting for freedom, rob has returned to the mountains and trout streams of montana where it all began. rob, why is it that you say montana will always be home? well, look around. it s beautiful here. it s peaceful. it s quiet. i grew up here. and this is where everything started for me. and it s like the comfort zone. it is so quiet here. this has got to be so much different than the noisy gun fights that you were in for your entire career in the military. this a stress reliever? yeah. it s a stress reliever. it s nice to hear the water.
rob o neil s war is now over. his days of parra shooting out of airplanes and chasing enemies of america are behind him. after more than 16 years of fighting for freedom, rob has returned to the mountains and trout streams of montana where it all began. rob, why do you think montana will always be home? look around. it s beautiful here. it is peaceful. it is quiet. i grew up here. this is where everything started for me. it is like a comfort zone. it is so quiet here. it has to be so much different than the noisy gun fights you were in for your entire career in the military. is this a stress release? yeah, this is a tress reliever. it is nice to hear the water nice knowing it is not going to
reporter: it is among the world s best trout streams. and on any other weekend in july this river might be overrun by fishermen. but montana s yellowstone river is flanked by nearly 200 cleanup workers. we understand this is a very serious event. we understand that we need to get our full arms around where the exposure areas are. reporter: an estimated 42,000 gallons gushed into the river this weekend. an early theory is that powerful waters flooding this community and running at four times the normal rate may have damaged the pipeline, which was shut down within six minutes of a huge flux in pressure readings. when you build a pipeline through a river you expect floods. a river like yellowstone floods all the time. we can t expect our pipelines to break every time a flood happens. reporter: local photographers have captured images of birds sitting in oil. but officials say they have no widespread reports of damaged wildlife. exxonmobil believes the oil has been contained to