TOGETHER.
NOW DOWN TO BRIAN AND ONE OF
OUR NATION'S --
BRIAN: IN 2004 WHILE SERVING
OVERSEAS CAPTAIN HUGHESING
SAW HIS NEWBORN DAUGHTER
LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON
"FOX & FRIENDS."
>> YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO
SEE SOME PHOTOS AND PROBABLY
A VIDEO OF BAILEY.
BUT YOU HAVE NEVER GOTTEN
THE CHANCE TO SEE HER LIVE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE
THAT YOU GIFT.
>> SHE'S CUTE.
BRIAN: THERE YOU GO.
AND WHAT YOU COULDN'T SEE
OVER THERE THROUGH THE
MARINE HE WOULD CARRY THE
WEIGHT OF CARRYING 354 MEN
THROUGH ARE
THROUGH RRE
THROUGH RAMADI, IRAQ.
IS HE SHARING NEW EXPERIENCE
BRAND NEW BOOK ECHO RAMADI.
HAD YOU 10 DEPLOYMENTS OVER
THERE.
FIRST OFF.
LIVE THAT MOMENT.
THEY TOLD DID YOU GO TO THE
HOTEL.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING TO BE HAPPENING,
RIGHT?
>> IT WASN'T AN OPTION.
MY BOSS GO OVER THIS
SHERIDAN.
HEARD YOU ON THE HEAD SET.
SAW MY DAUGHTER ON THE TINY
LITTLE MONITOR, COULD BARELY
MAKE HER OUT.
AND THERE SHE IS.
SHE IS 13 NOW.
BRIAN: THAT WAS THE FIRST
TIME I SAW HER.
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I
ACTUALLY SAW HER.
WHEN I ACTUALLY SAW HER SHE
WAS 5 MONTHS OLD.
SHE IS TALKING NOW.
SHE IS 13.
OF COURSE SHE IS TALKING
NOW.
BRIAN: I HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD.
I KNOW EXACTLY THAT TIME.
NOW THAT YOU ARE OUT.
YOU HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE
2013.
WOW, SHE IS 13 YEARS OLD
NOW.
>> LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL
GIRL.
BRIAN: WOW, SHE IS
BEAUTIFUL.
8TH GRADE.
>> 8TH GRADE.
YOU GOT IT.
2013.
YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS BOOK.
YOU SAY THIS BOOK ISN'T
ABOUT POLITICS OR WAR.
THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE.
>> IT IS.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE
MARINES THAT ARE IN IT.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY MY STORY.
BUT I WROTE ECHO IN RAMADI
AS A TRIBUTE TO MY MARINES.
THEY WERE THE WHOLE REASON I
STARTED THIS PROJECT.
IT'S THEIR SHARED
EXPERIENCES.
OBVIOUSLY THE FIGHTING, THE
FRICTION.
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE
EXPERIENCE IN SUCH A DYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT, THEY WERE TRUST
INTO THE WAR IN RAMADI
DEADLY IN 2006 DURING THE
SURGE.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND
THE FEELINGS AND THE
EMOTION.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK
SO DIFFERENT.
I DID 75 INTERVIEWS WITH MY
MARINES, THE SOLDIERS, THE
FAMILIES, MY AMAZING GOLD
STAR FAMILIES THAT I CANNOT
THANK ENOUGH.
THEY ARE JUST REMARKABLE
PEOPLE.
I CALL THEM EXTRAORDINARY
BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER
WAY TO DESCRIBE THEM.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
>> THROUGH THAT PROCESS IT
WAS INTERESTING THAT I
UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT MYSELF.
I UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT MY MARINES.
SOME OF THE FUNNY STORIES
CAME OUT.
SOME OF THE HEART BREAKING
STORIES AS WELL.
BUT IT WAS JUST A GREAT
PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
THEIR STORY.
BRIAN: WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU
GO THROUGH A LIFE AND DEATH
SITUATION WITH A LARGE GROUP
OF PEOPLE AND YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE?
WHAT CHANGES ABOUT A
RELATIONSHIP?
>> WELL, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT
OUR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
MARINES AND THE FAMILIES IS
THE FAMILIES WERE THERE TO
SUPPORT US WHILE WE FOUGHT
AND THEY STILL DO TODAY.
WE HAVE THIS REMARKABLE
CHEMISTRY, BRIAN, AS YOU
KNOW MARINES HAVE THAT'S
INEXTRICK CABLE.
YOU CAN'T REPLACE IT.
BRIAN: TWO GENERATIONS NOT
ONLY THE PEOPLE YOU FOUGHT
WITH.
>> IT IS.
THESE MARINES WERE NOT THE
MOST ELITE GROUCH MARINES,
BUT WE HAD THIS REMARKABLE
CHEMISTRY.
AND TO LEAD THEM UNDER THOSE
TYPES OF CONDITIONS.
THROUGHOUT WRITING THE BOOK
AND AGE AND EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW YOU GAIN A LITTLE
WISDOM ALONG THE WAY IS THAT
I NEVER REALLY SAW HOW YOUNG
THEY WERE.
AND LOOK AT THOSE FACES OF
THOSE GUYS.
THEY ARE 18, 20 YEARS OLD IN
MOST CASES.
AND I COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
MORE PROUD OF THEM THAN I
WAS IN THOSE MARINES IN ECHO
COMPANY.
I DIDN'T SAY 20-YEAR-OLD
BRIAN.
I SAW SERGEANT KILMEADE OR
CORPORAL KILMEADE.
THAT'S WHO I WAS TASKING ON
THE BATTLEFIELD TO DO THESE
SUPER HUMAN ACTS EVERY
SINGLE DAY, DAY IN AND DAY
OUT IN THE FACE OF GREAT
UNCERTAINTY AS THESE GUYS
ARE SURROUNDED BY MOST
CERTAIN DANGER.
THEY PERFORMED AMAZING EVERY
SINGLE TIME WE WERE FIGHTING
THE ENEMY.
BRIAN: THEY SAY THAT ABOUT
WAR THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO
ADAPT.
YOU COULD HAVE HAD THE BEST
PLAN BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES
AS SOON AS THE FIRST SHOTS
ARE FIRED.
IT REALLY HAPPENED HERE.
THE INVASION WAS PERFECT.
THE POST INVASION WASN'T.
AND YOU GOT THE WORST
NIGHTMARE THAT HAPPENED.
HAD YOU TO HAVE URBAN
WARFARE.
YOU GUYS HAD TO LEARN ON THE
FLY IN THE BEGINNING IT
WASN'T WORKING.
SO YOU ADAPTED, YOU CHANGED
AND YOU WON.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE
WAS EVER A METRIC OF SUCCESS
WHERE THEY SAY HEY, SCOTT,
DID YOU WIN OR LOADS?
I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.
BRIAN: YOU COULD SAY THAT
YOU SUPPRESSED THE CITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF THERE ARE BAD GUYS THAT
KILLED MY MARINES ABSOLUTELY
EFFECTIVE, THAT'S WHAT THEY
DO.
IN THAT PICTURE YOU THAT YOU
HAVE.
I ORDERED MY MARINES THAT
DAY BEFORE WE WERE THRUST
INTO THAT SEA OF RAMADI.
I HAD TO ORDER MY MEN TO
KILL BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED
THEM TO HESITATE AT THAT
SINGULAR MOMENT WHEN THEY
HAD TO MAKE THAT CRITICAL
DECISION TO SQUEEZE THE
TRIGGER IN THE RIFLE TO KILL
THE ENEMY.
THAT'S WHAT MARINES DO.
THEY ARE TRAINED AND THEY
TAKE ORTDZ
TAKE ORDDZ
TAKE ORDERS AND THEY PERFORM
PHENOMENALLY.
BRIAN: LASTLY 10
DEPLOYMENTS.
THE FIRST PERSIAN GULF WAR
UNTIL THE END HOW HAVE YOU
CHANGED.
>> I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN
BETTER.
I LOOK BACK WHO WAS THAT
18-YEAR-OLD LANCE CORPORAL
THAT FOUGHT IN DESERT SHIELD
TO THE MAJOR THAT RETIRED IN
2013.
I'M A BETTER PERSON AND IT'S
THROUGH THIS AMAZING NETWORK
OF SUPPORTERS THAT HAVE
GOTTEN BEHIND ECHO IN
RAMADI.
GUYS LIKE FOX NEWS BEING
OLLIE NORTH, WEST, DALE DIE.
MAJOR GENERAL LIVINGSTON.
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
AND ALL THE MARINES IN MY
FAMILY SUPPORTED THIS GREAT
PROJECT.
IT'S JUST REALLY SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WAR
STORY, BRIAN.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO
DINNER.
BRIAN: THAT'S WHY EVERY
AMERICAN SHOULD GRAB THIS
STORY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT US.
ECHO IN RAMADIY, FIRST
MARINES IN IRAQ'S DEADLIEST
CITY.
SCOTT, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
SERVICE AND THANKS FOR