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Bush’s famous “Mission Accomplished” speech, changed the American military’s view of Iraq from a peacekeeping mission to a fight against domestic insurgents. The incident, which took place 11 months after President George W.

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Over eight episodes, The Long Road Home will relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad - a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.” The event series will cut between the action on the ground in Iraq and that of the homefront back in Texas, where wives and families await news for 48 hellish hours, expecting the worst.

Production begins this month at Fort Hood, Texas, and will air later this year on National Geographic in 171 countries and 45 languages. Robert Miltenberger, a career soldier on the cusp of retirement who has been stop-lossed for this deployment. And actor Jeremy Sisto (“Suburgatory,” “Law & Order,” “Six Feet Under”) will take on the role of Staff Sgt. Tomas Young, the heroic 24-year-old soldier and later peace activist who is severely wounded in this battle. Noel Fisher (“Shameless”) has been cast as Pfc. Volesky and a leader in the family readiness community. Sarah Wayne Callies (“Prison Break,” “The Walking Dead,” “Colony”) has been cast as LeAnn Volesky, wife of Lt. Kate Bosworth (“Blue Crush,” “SS-GB,” “The Art of More”) has been cast as Capt. Shane Aguero, leader of the ambushed men. Troy Denomy, who leads the rescue convoys into the city following the dramatic ambush of a 1 st Cavalry Division Platoon and is a devoted family man with a wife and newborn son. Emmy-nominated actor Jason Ritter (“Parenthood,” “Girls”) has been cast as Capt. Gary Volesky, the battalion commander who leads a daring rescue operation when the 1 st Cavalry Division comes under attack by Iraqi insurgents.

Two-time Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kelly (“House of Cards,” “Taboo”) has been cast as Lt. – March 23, 2017) National Geographic today announced the cast for the global scripted event series based on Martha Raddatz’s New York Times best-seller The Long Road Home. Production to Begin This March at Fort Hood, Texas Series Will Premiere Globally Later This Year on National Geographic

The long road home national geographic release date