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Enthusiasm and dedication inspires his fellow soldiers. >> he pushes me to make myself push harder because i know he's like twice my age. >> after three wars and six three-month necessary combat zones, he says sergeant nick must retire next summer when he turns 60, something he isn't looking forward to. retirement, it seems, scares him far more than the enemy. >> you want to be out there? >> i want to be out there, yeah. as long as i'm able to do it, i'll do it. >> reporter: megyn, because of sergeant nicholas' medical training, he is trying to get a commission in the army medical corps. he wi...

Skills as a soldier, not his age, he is sometimes given job of running point on patrols through afghanistan violent countryside, inspiring soldiers even after the patrol is complete. >> most of my guys that are happy, they come down off of a mountain and lay on their back for an hour. hour after we get back, guy is out doing physical training and looking for the next patrol to go out on. >> after three wars in 65 months in combat zones, pentagon says sergeant nick must retire next summer. >> 60, you technically have to leave. >> given a chance, what happens? >> if i had my chance to stay in, t...

Sergeant nicholas is proving not all soldiers simply fade away. >> another day, another patrol. sergeant don nicholas is just like any soldier, except for one thing: according to the army, he is one of if not the oldest soldier serving on the front lines. but at 59 years old, he's anything but ordinary. >> why did you reenlist at your age and with your experience? >> i don't know. it of the right thing to do. just simple as that. >> reporter: back home in his native ohio, sergeant nick was a podiatrist but joined an army psychological operations unit hoping to be sent to a war zone, and he was...

Out there doing things i think i should be doing. >> his enthusiasm and dedication inspires his fellow soldiers. >> he pushes me to make myself push harder because i know he's like twice my age. >> after three wars in six three-month necessary combat zones, the pentagon says sergeant nick must retire next summer when he turns 60. something he isn't looking forward to. retirement t. seems, bothers him far more than the enemy. >> you want to be out there. >> i want to be out there, yeah. as long as i'm able to do it, i'll do it. >> reporter: jen kwrarbgs because sergeant nick is a doctor back in...