distance to come back again if and when the marines leave? >> i don't know about the whole winning over great numbers of the taliban. i don't know if i saw that. i did see the marines in the area have pushed the taliban out of nowzad. some villagers would say the taliban would come intimidate them at night. >> did they retreat into the hills and come back? >> the taliban could be you in a suit. you take your suit off, who are you? john roberts, blend into the population. >> very quick question. you said there were no showers or running water. where did you bathe? >> bottled water showers. i started out using nine bottles and got that down to seven to conserve. and we would figure out little things, if you leave the bot ols of water out all night get cold as heck and taking a cold water