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Yesterday in Lifestyle, Military
By Atlas House Productions
AFGHANISTAN – Active Duty U. S. Army Chaplain Captain Justin David Roberts has added one more credential to his Curriculum Vitae: Film Director.
No Greater Love is a feature-length documentary film that tells his story as an infantry chaplain deployed to Afghanistan in 2010-2011 with the legendary NO SLACK battalion of the 101st Airborne, where he spent most of his time on missions with his soldiers.
This is not a common duty for a chaplain since they don’t typically carry weapons.
Roberts had a sincere desire to serve infantry soldiers after interning at Brooke Army Medical Center while in graduate school.
“I absolutely wanted to serve these guys, wherever they’re at, I wanted to go and I wanted to be their chaplain,” he said.
That combat deployment was Chaplain Roberts’ first deployment and it was a rough one for the 800-man battalion. They came home with more than 200 purple hearts and 18 made the ultimate sacrifice.
Roberts’ combat footage is layered with honest, heartfelt interviews with the soldiers of No Slack and the families of the fallen.
This footage was not shot on training missions but in actual combat in Kunar Province, Afghanistan from 2010-2011. The interviews tell stories from the hearts of the soldiers – the true cost of war.
“This film is about what we fought for, and what our crew worked for,” said No Slack Sergeant Bob Evans, Infantryman and No Greater Love Production Assistant.
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