sergeant brice houser have war stories. >> an ied goes off and it's my job to let the med evac birds to know what to expect. i suggest a flight path for them to take through a specific pass at that point. they were able to get in and get the two wounded guys off the l.z. lieutenant colonel benson commands the sowts and knows how important it is to stay on mission. >> early on, we had guys in iraq taking weather specs and getting them back. weather cleared up for a brief period. time. 1,000 guys were able to exit the aircraft and fland a place called basher air field and on they went. >> reporter: don't refer to them as just a weatherman. >> to be call just a weatherman gets under your skin but once