A third generation member of the U.S. Navy , Gorell serves as a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve . Within days of the September 11 attacks in 2001 he was recalled to active duty to support Operation Enduring Freedom . He spent a one-year deployment in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan . He was decorated for leadership and meritorious actions in a combat zone . He led multiple teams of combat cameramen into the mountains of Afghanistan to embed with small Special Forces teams as they captured enemy weapons caches and fought the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists . Gorell is the grandson of a Seabee who served in Guam during World War II , and the son of a career naval officer and Vietnam veteran
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Jeff Gorell