Ian Fisher, jauns Amerikas karavīrs, kuram sekoja fotogrāfi un reportieri 27 mēnešus (no 2007. gada jūnija līdz 2009. gada septembrim). Viņa ģimene, draugi un ASV armija atļāva uzņemt fotogrāfijas un rakstīt par viņa dzīvi armijā, no rekrutēšanas armijā līdz pat atgriešanās no kaujas.
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June 1, 2007. 2:03 p.m. Ian returns a phone call to Sgt. 1st Class Gavino Barron, the commander at Ian’s Army recruiting office. Barron was making sure Ian was on track for enlistment. When he was 17, Ian had joined the Army’s Future Soldier Training Program, which prepares recruits for the enlistment process. Barron recalls his initial impression of Ian: “He wasn’t in it for the money. He was only in it for God and country. That’s the reason most infantrymen join.
May 31, 2007. 11:26 a.m. Ian studies his transcript and diploma as he departs the Bear Creek High School commencement at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. He dismisses the importance of the ceremony but not of the diploma. “If I didn’t get my diploma, I couldn’t join the Army, I couldn’t do anything like that – and where would I be Looking back, he said, “I wish it went by a lot slower and I did a lot of things differently … grades. Ian’s grade-point average was 2.0346.
June 7, 2007. 3:47 p.m. “I love my country to death, and that’s why I’m here … and that’s why I’m fighting for my country, Ian says. “That’s why I’m going to Fort Benning during wartime. I love my country and want to fight for it. Because of the Future Soldier Training Program, Ian will join the Army as a private first class, two ranks above a basic enlistment.
June 12, 2007. 2:14 p.m. Taking in one last day at Elitch Gardens amusement park before joining the Army, Ian rides the Big Wheel with girlfriend Ashley Hibbs and other friends.
June 17, 2007. 1:24 p.m. Ian sits with his dad in his waning hours at home. “For the last 18 years, it’s just been me and him, Ian says. “And now, I’m getting up and leaving. I don’t know what he’s going to do. It scares me to think … if he’s going to be lonely.
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June 17, 2007. 8:27 p.m. Ian embraces “Buddha, left, and Shane as he prepare to leave home with Army recruiter Sgt. 1st Class Nancy Alessandri, who speaks with his dad in the driveway. Alessandri took Ian to a hotel where he would spend the night before being bused to the Denver Military Entrance Processing Station.
June 17, 2007. 8:29 p.m. After Ian rides away, Shane and “Buddha weep as they rest on Shane’s car. “As soon as we saw him driving off, that’s when we realized how real it was, “Buddha says.
June 18, 2007. 5:23 a.m. Ian lines up with other recruits at the Denver Military Entrance Processing Station at the start of an endless day that would take him to Fort Benning, Ga.
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June 18, 2007. 11:26 a.m. Ian takes the Oath of Enlistment while his mom watches from the wall at right and his dad looks in from the back corner.
June 19, 2007. 12:18 a.m. Arriving at Fort Benning just after midnight, the new recruits line up in formation outside Johnston Hall as drill sergeant Jackie Etienne briefs them on all they have yet to do that night.