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Missions, conducting any other type of military mission. we have combat linguists would be in front of the danger. that means faces or identity, to the enemies. >> you are one of the bravest of the bravest, it is so clear, for troops in afghanistan, what is their life going to be like under taliban rule? >> they are in danger but immediate family lives in danger. jillian: you started as an interpreter, have an operations

Job but also at home because you could be living next to a member of the taliban and. >> was not an easy - the initial presence in 2001-2002, the danger is not that huge but after 2003-numfour-5, very dangerous specifically for linguists and combat linguists, the combat linguists have to be quick, you have to be accurate and enough training and discipline, faced - different

Their families what they did because they didnt want the families to inadvertently slip. they had to live their lives like in a james bond movie where they would take two taxis across baghdad hoping to shake a tail. this is -- that was the impetus for me writing the book, was to tell their stories. and of the dozens i helped get out, six of them enlisted in the u.s. army or marines and then deployed back as combat linguists. >> yeah. extraordinary people. in afghanistan i know the taliban would ...