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Craig F. Walker

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Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life

May 6, 2016 at 5:59 p.m.

Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life

March 31, 2008. 10:40 p.m. Duenez, who脮s also going through a breakup with his girlfriend in Austin, Texas, lies beside Ian on his bed. Eric Fisher worries that Ian脮s being stationed so close to home is becoming a problem. 脪You come home on weekends and party with your friends. Maybe you need to quit coming home so often, get into this military thing. You really don脮t realize you脮re in the military yet.脫 The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life

May 6, 2016 at 5:56 p.m.

Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life

June 1, 2007. 2:03 p.m. Ian returns a phone call to Sgt. 1st Class Gavino Barron, the commander at Ian脮s Army recruiting office. Barron was making sure Ian was on track for enlistment. When he was 17, Ian had joined the Army脮s Future Soldier Training Program, which prepares recruits for the enlistment process. Barron recalls his initial impression of Ian: 脪He wasn脮t in it for the money. He was only in it for God and country. That脮s the reason most infantrymen join. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

May 6, 2016 at 7:13 p.m.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

June 20, 2007. 1:33 p.m. Ian has his back to his fellow recruits as he waits to meet with Capt. Adam Bradford, Ian脮s commander at the 30th Adjutant General Battalion, to discuss his options. Bradford would later explain that if Ian wanted medical discharge, he could stay with the 30th AG and wait until his medical records are sorted out (up to a month or more). Or depending on a doctor脮s opinion and how his arm feels, there is a chance he could ship out to basic training in two days as scheduled. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

May 6, 2016 at 7:13 p.m.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

Sept. 16, 2007. 6:53 p.m. Drill sergeant Eldridge uses his walking stick to encourage Ian during a ruck march. 脪Yeah, I get attached to some of them,脫 Eldridge says. 脪I even got attached to Fisher. I don脮t know why. He脮s a good kid; he脮s come a long way. 脡 They were young boys when they got here; now they脮re a well-oiled machine.脫 The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

May 6, 2016 at 7:14 p.m.

Part 1: Enlisting in the Army, redefining his life

Dec. 10, 2008. 8:22 p.m. Ian, center, and Buthmann pull security detail for a meeting between a psychological operations team and some local residents who were near the site of a rocket attack two nights earlier. The meeting is over quickly; the team doesn脮t find what it is looking for. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

May 6, 2016 at 7:12 p.m.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

Dec. 1, 2008. 11:02 p.m. 1st Lt. Robert Munoz of Las Cruces, N.M., gets help from Ian in hanging Christmas lights in the platoon脮s operations center. Munoz likes the center to be a gathering place for his troops - a home away from home. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

May 6, 2016 at 7:12 p.m.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

Aug. 24, 2009. 10:14 a.m. Three days after his return from Iraq, it's a big day for Ian and Devin. At the Jefferson County clerk's office in Golden, the couple swear to the accuracy of their marriage-license application. They were eager to get married immediately, but they do plan to follow up with a larger ceremony for family in the future. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

May 6, 2016 at 7:12 p.m.

Part 3: Uniform days in Iraq, new future at home

Ian Fisher: American soldier

May 20, 2016 at 11:27 p.m.

Ian Fisher: American soldier

Denver still on a hot streak

May 7, 2016 at 8:47 a.m.

Denver still on a hot streak