when you came back here and it is devastating for you and for him but how much do they put on the line to perform this job and do it side-by-side with the united states? they put everything on the line blue just when i joined the army shortly after 9/11 i deployed to iraq. i put myself at risk. my mom was at risk of losing her firstborn son but she was safe. my brother and sister were safe. when sandy served with me in iraq, my interpreter stood with me and went on patrol with us every day, he put his family at risk. i lost contact with him. i don t know if he is alive or dead. because he served by my side, he served america, believed in our promises, if he was tortured and killed like so many people i unfortunately saw in iraq. always afghans today haven t lost touch with those who served in their country.