When is restrepo on national geographic channel

They're over there, and they're fighting and getting killed on behalf of this country, and they're coming home.

The film could also have a strong effect on those who know and love veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars. On Sept. Salvatore Giunta of Battle Company, First Platoon, would receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's top military award, for his actions during a nighttime Taliban ambush in the Korengal on Oct. You can remove any cookies already stored on your computer, but these may prevent you from using parts of our website.

View All Videos. This is from National Geographic. This is from Borneo's Secret This is View all photos. For more information about the TV premiere of Restrepo, please visit www. For additional information about the film, please visit www. The war in Afghanistan has become highly politicized, but soldiers rarely take part in that discussion. Our intention was to capture the experience of combat, boredom and fear through the eyes of the soldiers themselves.

Their lives were our lives: We did not sit down with their families, we did not interview Afghans, we did not explore geopolitical debates. Soldiers are living and fighting and dying at remote outposts in Afghanistan in conditions that few Americans back home can imagine. Everything is fine. When you fly in the middle of the night it's like alerting your enemy, "hey guys, we're here! Director Sebastian Junger talks about writing his book about platoon soldiers, called "War.

Major Kearney and his wife Lauren discuss life in a military family. Director Tim Heatherington describes what it was like to make a documentary on a rustic mountainside.