Brotherhood: when west point rugby went to war - martin pengelly

Before 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field.

This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war.

Filled with drama, tragedy, and personal transformations, this is the story of a unique brotherhood.

It is a story of American rugby and a story of the U.

Army created through intimate portraits of men shaped by West Points motto: Duty, Honor, Country.

Some of the players deployed to Afganistan and Iraq, some to Europe.

Some became infantry, others became fliers.

Some saw action, some did not.

One gave his life on a street in Baghdad when his convoy was hit with an IED.

Two died away from the battlefield but no less tragically.

Journalist Martin Pengelly, a former rugby player himself, was given extraordinary access to tell this story, a story of a brutal sport and even more brutal warfare.