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Happy birthday to my beautiful, gorgeous, intelligent, better half.

I, um... I don't know anything for sure anymore, but I know that I love you.

That's the truth.

That is true.

I really wish you were here.

Happy birthday, beautiful.

It's on, little freak.

Come here.

He's finally gone down.

How? Tell him.

Uh... School's talking medication.

I haven't bothered telling Sean.

What's the point? He'll just blow a fuse.

Blame the teachers, but it's me who has to deal with them every day.

Sometimes I think if it wouldn't be easier, I would just do my own.

If you never came home.

Callum! Stop that!

Cal, turn the TV off and come talk to Dad.

Maybe Dad got bombed.

Or maybe it was a fault with our internet.

I'll call CK, they'll know what's going on. Bye.

Stark.

I'll call you up the number.

You heard me say it.

I said I wished he didn't come home.

In the dark,

the dark, the dark.

You turn that fucking thing off or I'll shove it up your ass. Hey!

Jared!

Sorry, mate. Would you be tired?

Good? Yeah.

You're good? Yeah.

Perhaps, yeah.

Look, I don't want to have to remind you of that until the inquiry takes place.

We talk to no one.

Right? Understood?

We stick to the plan. Stick to what we agreed to say.

No deviations and we'll be fine.

What about Izzy?

I'll talk to Izzy.

Get you back.

Let's go home.

Good? What the heck am I?

I'm so sorry. I can't believe it.

Hey, this is Daddy.

How beautiful.

Good evening.

Oh, it's good to have you back.

Welcome home.

Still are they.

Sergeant Collins, ma 'am.

Look, unfortunately, Izzy was wounded in a firefight with the enemy. He's been

returned to Australia. We know, Sergeant.

We were just there.

Oh, good. How is he?

He's very sleeping.

My wife and I came to pay our respects to all you men.

Thank you so much for bringing him home safe.

They're still here.

Yeah, the notification team got here at two.

And Kim wouldn't let them in at first when she saw who it was.

It's so sad.

Leave is two weeks.

Make sure you get some sleep before the ceremony.

Captain Edward Nordenfeld, killed in action in Afghanistan, will be returned

Australia today.

The father of two is the tenth Australian killed this year.

Yet another casualty in Australia's longest war.

Okay. I read it. I loved it.

You've got to bear with me a little bit here because I've had some ideas and I

just want to chuck them at you and you can take them or you can leave them. I

don't know. I mean, she could be all of the stuff.

Rochester doesn't want to face it himself. I mean, the madness, the

Jared was thinking Bertha could be Jane's alter ego.

Sorry, sweetheart, I think they're doing it. They're just training.

If you're any gunshots, they're just... Sorry, they're training.

This is probably not the best time to do it. Oh, wait.

I'll record in a sec. Sorry, sweetheart.

Zach's under the bed.

On your phone.

He's allowed?

He's waiting for us.

They'll wait.

Yeah.

Dad bought it for me.

He said I needed a good dress.

Lady. You look beautiful.

Mama.

Come on, man. Hurry up.

Captain Nordenfeld, showing no concern for his personal safety, located the

soldier who had been abducted and under intense small arms and rocket fire

saved his mate's life.

But in the process, he lost his own.

It was an act of pure heroism in the greatest Anzac tradition.

Captain Nordenfeld was in Afghanistan serving his nation.

He believed in the mission.

And I am very proud of him for giving his life.

As I am of his mates, who are still there doing the job in Afghanistan.

Turn it off.

Son, that man's talking shit. Pardon me?

We heard what you said.

Have some respect.

Our family's lost their father.

Maybe you need some rest.

Mom,

look. Come on.

Let us pray.

Father, we thank you for bringing our son safely home to us. Thank you, Jesus.

We ask you to heal his body, his mind, and his heart.

Lift the burden that he carries from him.

and cleanse the soul of any doubt or fear that may beset him.

As you sacrificed your only son, dear Lord, we ask you to bless those... Now

this, my friends, is what we call... Try

that.

Shoot a hugger, boss.

Get down!

Amen. Amen.

I'll come later tonight with your cousin.

What's wrong?

What are you looking at?

How are you?

You mentioned your captain to us many times.

I know you were close to him.

I don't know, I just feel like shit.

Footprint in the sand.

Change of plan.

Make a new one. Take my hand.

You just want to get laid.

Yeah, I miss you.

Please stop messaging me.

Oh, come on, Phil.

It gets a little hectic in a war zone to be all, Miss you. How's uni? Smiley

face.

I couldn't wait to tell you all I was thinking about every moment of every

But you were.

You were.

Jared, I didn't come here for this.

You're escalating.

Escalating? Yeah.

Can you talk like a human being?

Tills, don't go. I haven't seen you in six months.

I don't want to be alone.

I'll call you later.

Okay?

Just ask him if he's had any trouble with any Taliban.

And tell him I want to organize a shura with the local elders. Yeah?

He's a good one.

Like all the Terps, he's got one uncle in the government, another in the

Taliban.

Being an Afghan is like offering a handshake while holding a hammer behind

back.

You can never drop your guard.

So he kicks down the door, takes out the Taliban guard,

finds Izzy, and is caught in fire coming from outside.

Why was he alone?

Who was covering?

It was an ambush.

Most of us were caught down by RPGs. Ted went on by himself.

You said... You said the shot came out of nowhere, but this is close range.

It was chaos.

Game shots were coming from everywhere.

You'll write him up for this?

Saving Izzy?

Our metal committee will do the right thing.

I forgot to give you me.

I'll give it to the chaplain.

Can you put it on him?

Then I'll know what's done.

Who decided that I shouldn't read Ted's dead letter?

I've been through his footlocker and it's gone.

And I know he didn't forget because he always writes one.

Are you sure? Yes, he writes one, he brings it back, we read it together, we

burn it.

It's what we've always done.

It's been cleaned.

Speedo, I know you lot go through a soldier's effects and remove anything

might be embarrassing, like porn or whatever.

Kim, I told you there was no cleaning.

You tell whoever has it that I want to see it, and if I don't get it soon, I'm

going to take this further up the chain of command.

Can I write one?

What's that, darling?

A dead letter.

Kids can die too.

Shredded. Sure you want to do this tonight?

We can chill. It's no drama. No, no, no. I want to get out of here.

Did you sort the... All good, brother.

Hey,

who's going to be there tonight?

Everyone from school.

It'll be awesome.

How's study, Ollie?

Taught. Fill me now.

Who's teaching you?

Prof Cody, I heard.

Cody? I did?

My God, he was ancient, wasn't I?

Yeah. But he knows his stuff. Oh, yeah. He's an astonishing man.

Being an Afghan is like offering a handshake while holding a hammer behind

back. What a terrible metaphor.

Yeah, they call it shoot a hugger.

Is that Afghan?

Shoot a hugger.

Like hurt, help.

Like hearts and minds.

Oh.

I mean, we're trained to win battles, but...

Afghan requires a totally different capability.

They call it tactical patience or strategic restraint.

You know, it's not all just bang, bang, bang. We help build a well and we open

to school and basically just make sure girls are getting educated for the first

time. Of course, there's still going to be violence, but its application's

always controlled.

Dude, you sound like you've swallowed a training manual.

So you feel what you did was worthwhile?

Yeah, it's the best thing I've ever done.

Uncle?

Legends. Hey,

who's on? Is, is she with you?

She is, mate. Welcome home.

She is?

I mean, yeah,

you're getting the good ball.

And it is filled with these broken -ass Russian T -62s. Like, there's rusty

sculptures, like, everywhere. I mean, this war's been going on for, like, 40

years or something.

I didn't even know we were still in Afghanistan.

The first thing you go on is called a nursery patrol.

It's where the seniors take us new babies somewhere they know we're going

enemy fire.

Got to see how you cope. Awesome.

Was that where, you know, you're like... Go on, just ask it.

Did I grease anyone?

Is that what you want to know?

You know what they don't tell you about war?

The first body you see, it won't be Taliban.

It'll be an old woman or a kid.

Oh, jeez.

Yeah. Now fuck off.

Private. Shoot a hugger, boss.

Jack, get off me!

Get the fuck off me!

I want to go.

Why are you doing this to me? You're different now.

Don't make it weird.

Let her go, mate.

All right, yeah, well, so you can have it.

What the fuck?

Whoa, fuck!

Fuckin' hell. Back up.

There's something in my room.

Nurse!

Nurse!

Big guy.

Speeder? I'm the self -administered morphine, I see.

Yes, I'm real.

How's the foot?

Three toes.

Gone. Shit.

Mate, I'm so sorry.

You know, I can't remember any of it.

I mean, doctor says it might be the concussion.

Can't remember how far back exactly.

The day Ted died.

It's all a blur.

I mean, Major's coming in tomorrow to take a statement.

What am I meant to do?

What am I meant to say? Don't worry, mate. It's why I'm here. I'm here to

You were there when I got shot?

Not exactly, but I know what happened.

Here. Write down what I tell you so we're all on the same page, okay?

Look, the last thing Ted's family needs right now is a lot of unanswered

questions.

You're outside the wire.

On a rubbish detail.

The teleguards, they grabbed you.

They bundled you in the back of a truck.

You really don't remember any of this?

No.

We went into the village after you, mate, on Ted's orders.

We walked right into an ambush.

RPGs, small arms to work, so it went massively kinetic very fucking quickly.

Hey, but Ted was staunch, mate. He wouldn't stop until he found you, and

did... You had this hood around your neck. You're struggling. You're trying

get it off.

That's when the stray round hit your foot.

Dead returns fire, and then... I found him next to you on the ground.

A bullet had come just under his helmet.

I called in for the Casavac chopper, but, mate, it was too late. He was gone.

So it was my fault.

Easy, you would have done the same thing for any one of us.

Hey, we're brothers.

Stick to that story and you'll be good.

Sean. Why?

Do you know whose car that is?

Do you know what happened to the dead letter?

No.

Sean, I know the boys are protective, but if it was me... I said no!

Kids get so easily labelled in the system these days. Suddenly there's talk

assessments, even medication.

That's why it's best if we work with Callum's anger issues now.

Anger issues, he's eight.

Nine.

Unfortunately, Mr Collins, it is a problem.

This week, Callum told another boy he was going to kill him with these.

You can't kill anyone without the bent cartridges.

You got them from you?

Thank you,

Pam.

Mr. Collins, you got a minute?

I grew up in Blacktown in the 70s. All of my classmates' parents were from

Europe. But until years later, I realized most of Western Sydney was

the after effects of war.

I don't have PTSD, if that's what you're asking.

What Callum's going through, I see it a lot in kids of parents who deploy.

But unlike those kids, he has a dad who turns up to these meetings, who's there

for him.

Who you are and what you do is crucial to Callum right now.

That's why I'd like to find some time, one -on -one, to see if we can find a

to help your son.

Completely confidentially, never get back to the army.

No.

Thanks.

Poor Pam. He was getting thrown out of class every other week. It's making a

difference. How?

We agreed I make decisions about the kids. I don't think that was a big

You're the one who needs counselling.

You have no idea how hard it is when you get home.

It's been months.

putting systems in place, organising things.

You get back and in five seconds, everything's a mess. Yeah, well, I'm

because my best mate got half his face blown off and I couldn't do a thing

it. So keep going.

Things have to

change, Sean.

They have to.

Private Ulule's presence is required at the wake for his team leader. It's been

cleared.

Do you know this man?

Hey. Corporal Peter Abood.

So there's paperwork?

We'll get him dressed and we'll sort out the orders.

Sorry.

This is my good friend and responsible driver, Tony.

Tori. Good friend. Good new friend.

No, no, no. In front.

Man's a hero.

He was a good leader, Miss Nordenfell.

He always fought for us to get the best jobs.

He gave us our chance to shine.

Yeah, he always stood with us.

It was a beautiful service.

Thank you.

Were you with him at the end?

Just that I have a question I need to ask you.

Sorry, I have to cut you off. I wasn't actually in the village.

I was covering fire.

So everything I know is what the boys have told me.

I'll grab a drink

We had a depo clerk in Kapooka, just like Mr. Brocklehurst.

He's a total prick.

Your dad, he had a copy in his gang.

He made us all read it.

Why? Not to help you with an essay.

Look, every tour's different, mate. My first, 06, it was gunfighting. When I

went back, it was different.

We had metal to do, but it started to...

Vivi, we haven't met. I'm Kim.

Can I ask you something? And you just tell me if it's not okay.

Do you mind if I use the bathroom?

Oh, of course.

Do you need

help with your steps?

No, thank you. All good.

What the fuck's wrong with you?

Israel,

take a seat.

Half the reason the Taliban still exists is because of the heroin trade. There's

plenty of it over there. Oh, we also built a school. That was Ted's project.

He was really all about the kids in the village over there at the time.

You know, I'm confused.

What I remember is when Ted would make me wear a toilet seat around my neck for

two days.

Why did he do that?

Because he was a prick. Oh, shut up, T -shirt.

T -shirt?

Excuse me one moment.

Now! Stop! Up! Up!

Out!

Out! Now!

This wasn't only the army who lost someone. Show me some respect.

He saved your life.

Hey, Mara, I'm really sorry about all that stuff. I shouldn't have done

anything. I don't care. I hate you, honey.

Garrett.

Is she okay?

Get him back to base now, all right?

I'm sorry, Mrs Norton. Wait.

You're not going until someone tells me the truth.

It was quick and painless, Mrs Norton.

Don't give me that. It's true, Kim. He didn't suffer.

That's what you diggers say to all the widows.

I know because I've been there when you've said it to another widow. Now I

to know the truth.

Tell me.

You were there when he died.

Will someone just give me that fucking letter?

Don't touch me.

I lost my husband and you didn't even want yours.

He died in this.

Get rid of it.

Give him enough.

I don't want it.

I'll keep it until you do.

Don't listen to what anyone says.

Your dad was a good man.

What's it?

Just watch it.

Is it true what Kim said?

You want me to come back?

Just when you're home, it's like living with an unexploded bomb.

You know, you can't relax.

And you won't tell me what's going on with you.

You won't tell anyone.

There's nothing going on.

He's still always bad.

From the start, it was the wrong place.

The wrong people.

We made some mistakes.

Did you kill someone you shouldn't have?

You never asked that.

I'm asking now.

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