KORENGAL: This Is What War Feels Like

Directed and produced by best-selling author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, KORENGAL picks up where the Academy Award®-nominated documentary RESTREPO left off. The film tells the gripping story of Battle Company 2/503 of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and their time in the remote Korengal Valley, the epicenter of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan at the time (2007-2008). With new, never-before-seen footage from Afghanistan, as well as post-deployment interviews with the soldiers, KORENGAL gives audiences an intimate view of what it means to be at war -- and to come home from war.

Hosted by New America, the event will kick off with a reception at 5:30pm and the screening will begin at 6:15. Following the conclusion of the screening, New America Vice President Peter Bergen will moderate a conversation about the film. Speaking on the panel will be filmmaker Sebastian Junger, Congressman and veteran Jim McDermott, Executive Director of Team RWB Blayne Smith, and Command Sergeant Major Caldwell, who is featured in the film.

In addition to raising awareness about the experiences of combat veterans, the event will benefit Team RWB and its community-based programs for veterans. Donations are optional and proceeds will go to supporting programs, such as the Veteran Ambassador Program, Veteran Athletic Camps, and a Leadership Development Program, which give both veterans and the communities they live in the tools they need to reintegrate into all aspects of civilian life.

ABOUT TEAM RWB

Team Red, White and Blue is a national non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their communities through physical and social activity. Team RWB employs a community-based approach that engages veterans in communities where they live, supporting more than 30,000 veterans in 70 official Team RWB communities throughout the country.

Participants:

Sebastian Junger
Director and Producer, RESTREPO

Congressman Jim McDermott
Member of Congress, Washington State 7th District

Blayne Smith
Executive Director, Team RWB

Command Sergeant Major Caldwell
USARMY 82 ABN DIV 3 BCT (US)

Moderator:

Peter Bergen
Vice President, Director of Studies, New America

Agenda:

5:30 PM:
Reception 

6:15 PM:
Introduction and film screening 

7:45 PM:
Moderated discussion