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Drill, drill, drill. Because a mortar dropping on the top of a humvee is not a good thing and they are more accurate than you realize. | <0>1105<0>3235<0>2860<0>433<0>1157<0>3135<0>1575<0>1688<0>3140<0>493<0>2323<0>1500<0>2860<0>2410<0>2799<0>1007<0>2955<0>287<0>1108<0>1108<0>2029<0>2323<0>321<0>2860<0>3987<0>2753<0>2548<0>443<0>2573<0>3762<0>1108<0>2099<0>368<0>850<0>2659<0>1715<0>3841<0>690<0>3585<0>3821<0>2860<0>2860<0>2530<0>898<0>3782<0>1480<0>2436... |
These, the enemy out there has been launching mortars and indirect fire for decades where you get a little bit of ammo to do it on range 400 out, you know, out in the palms, for Marines that is. These guys get to do it every day for real. | <0>1615<0>142<0>1655<0>1468<0>368<0>2485<0>967<0>1135<0>2968<0>2089<0>75<0>3176<0>553<0>1400<0>1835<0>3556<0>3349<0>259<0>2860<0>3002<0>2716<0>3447<0>3509<0>553<0>2769<0>3593<0>3840<0>1200<0>898<0>1773<0>3713<0>1526<0>1526<0>3821<0>1902<0>1569<0>83<0>3002<0>3585<0>368<0>593<0>1500<0>3349<0>1478<0>593<0>1007<0>2142<0>27... |
The driver is the person deepest in that thing and we couldn't get him out. He was the last one and he was a bigger guy and I'm trying to lift him. I'm a strong dude and I lifted weights in Iraq and I was a strong, bigger guy than I am right now. Couldn't get him out. | <0>1579<0>1858<0>3556<0>1500<0>1838<0>1190<0>1472<0>1328<0>3987<0>593<0>368<0>1208<0>1452<0>2634<0>484<0>3899<0>3850<0>2185<0>1919<0>703<0>1730<0>3134<0>368<0>491<0>2462<0>3637<0>1485<0>1798<0>4079<0>3390<0>3000<0>1499<0>2955<0>9<0>1108<0>2492<0>2589<0>2353<0>1730<0>414<0>679<0>2769<0>2191<0>83<0>3894<0>2152<0>746<0>12... |
And I couldn't understand why, and he's looking at me, he's got blood all over me, he's like, why is this taking so long? And he doesn't say it that clear, I mean, he's out of it. I didn't know at the time, he was paralyzed from the chest down. | <0>3199<0>1944<0>3143<0>3385<0>313<0>668<0>3791<0>3927<0>386<0>3899<0>3347<0>379<0>3405<0>1007<0>1238<0>1569<0>3187<0>1501<0>1377<0>1830<0>2769<0>2799<0>561<0>553<0>967<0>289<0>77<0>2029<0>975<0>2909<0>2049<0>2178<0>1442<0>1500<0>1328<0>229<0>2875<0>1205<0>437<0>3901<0>3443<0>553<0>212<0>3668<0>212<0>368<0>921<0>77<0>1... |
And so I realized the only way I'm getting him out is if I get my legs underneath me. And that's gonna create a target. And so... | <0>2840<0>3637<0>368<0>3966<0>3910<0>3850<0>3791<0>3840<0>3840<0>2185<0>611<0>2748<0>690<0>151<0>3791<0>1977<0>2525<0>2769<0>2799<0>492<0>2716<0>218<0>3585<0>3781<0>3143<0>3347<0>3404<0>2864<0>3393<0>1346<0>1062<0>2840<0>3637<0>2769<0>2594<0>386<0>373<0>3134<0>2799<0>3373<0>386<0>2594<0>679<0>3020<0>1206<0>3114<0>2498<... |
We think, sometimes we think some silly things in combat, and I just thought, look, if I'm gonna get shot by these guys, what's the last thing I want them to see before they hit me, and that's my rear end. So when I hopped up, I faced that ray towards them, but I honestly think I think it would save me. You know, you'... | <0>2398<0>1238<0>151<0>1059<0>2525<0>729<0>1444<0>3841<0>593<0>151<0>386<0>3176<0>1584<0>1022<0>3910<0>2826<0>3373<0>289<0>2152<0>386<0>1214<0>3439<0>1213<0>2441<0>2497<0>1473<0>4009<0>3199<0>3585<0>382<0>553<0>3457<0>770<0>374<0>366<0>234<0>3132<0>2708<0>1882<0>915<0>1773<0>1730<0>368<0>2563<0>3556<0>652<0>3404<0>3347... |
And they talk about when they get that perfect buck in their sights. Huge rack. | <0>1208<0>3894<0>2563<0>746<0>1328<0>2864<0>229<0>1485<0>919<0>3353<0>729<0>1214<0>132<0>998<0>3356<0>321<0>1007<0>746<0>1732<0>2929<0>2799<0>611<0>1031<0>289<0>361<0>1944<0>1842<0>180<0>1348<0>1629<0>3219<0>3803<0>3762<0>3762<0>2437<0>2677<0>2167<0>1377<0>1277<0>1208<0>3987<0>4088<0>1310<0>2952<0>3189<0>3981<0>2068<0>... |
And it's such an easy shot, but they're so excited that they pulled a shot and they miss. Well, when I've got a Kevlar helmet on, I look, who's seen Spaceball? | <0>1108<0>2029<0>386<0>553<0>1730<0>2029<0>1855<0>3660<0>1880<0>2525<0>3002<0>3457<0>3176<0>2563<0>3457<0>1166<0>3437<0>1569<0>374<0>2369<0>1944<0>3850<0>3850<0>1007<0>2199<0>549<0>3447<0>368<0>3155<0>3832<0>703<0>684<0>382<0>327<0>2921<0>35<0>1449<0>691<0>2663<0>703<0>289<0>1208<0>1959<0>3219<0>562<0>3803<0>1335<0>173... |
And I squire, I was able to pull him up and we literally, you know, we, we almost collapse off the tank and landed on top of another guy and got him down. | <0>2834<0>776<0>3448<0>379<0>3927<0>4074<0>279<0>2900<0>2900<0>313<0>433<0>1204<0>3963<0>151<0>3235<0>2510<0>279<0>1444<0>2860<0>3241<0>1455<0>1875<0>1732<0>3114<0>746<0>779<0>779<0>3079<0>3079<0>1323<0>3841<0>3062<0>3062<0>3555<0>1399<0>2070<0>779<0>779<0>386<0>433<0>2174<0>3349<0>80<0>3899<0>2510<0>1190<0>2119<0>746<... |
And we were able to get him out, but that was, that was the thing happened is sometimes you just get lucky and I think I presented such a big target. Whoever was behind that trigger just straight blew it. Yea, that's a nice. | <0>464<0>2840<0>368<0>1858<0>1472<0>1444<0>1472<0>3235<0>1773<0>2525<0>1773<0>3987<0>898<0>898<0>1518<0>1480<0>1945<0>2375<0>2900<0>2302<0>1444<0>3927<0>3045<0>173<0>3927<0>593<0>746<0>368<0>368<0>368<0>368<0>1190<0>2787<0>342<0>3062<0>3927<0>3791<0>107<0>3385<0>4074<0>1472<0>3556<0>3556<0>369<0>3556<0>2525<0>1584<0>13... |
Did that ever pop up on film? It didn't, I couldn't find it, but they study film like NFL teams study film. And sometimes you find their footage where they didn't even attack you. They're just watching what your response was to see what they're going to do next. People underestimate the evil in the detail that they go... | <0>1737<0>65<0>2881<0>3484<0>1773<0>3318<0>1444<0>3061<0>1977<0>824<0>593<0>1444<0>1444<0>3480<0>3447<0>173<0>2014<0>1632<0>2161<0>151<0>2830<0>368<0>2187<0>368<0>368<0>1773<0>3280<0>644<0>3447<0>2332<0>3899<0>2894<0>746<0>898<0>691<0>2284<0>679<0>1449<0>2398<0>714<0>714<0>714<0>2004<0>3373<0>3667<0>1255<0>2935<0>3405<... |
Somehow, miraculously. I still have been, I have not been able to find who was flying that Huey. I never was able to find out, and I mean, I wish I could. | <0>2525<0>3899<0>173<0>313<0>3899<0>2787<0>379<0>313<0>2860<0>3899<0>3349<0>1835<0>2525<0>1444<0>3002<0>3235<0>3374<0>495<0>3235<0>3750<0>679<0>782<0>3158<0>2355<0>691<0>967<0>218<0>919<0>1773<0>691<0>1569<0>3299<0>151<0>553<0>492<0>1442<0>593<0>2594<0>2199<0>2053<0>366<0>900<0>1276<0>2567<0>2051<0>3762<0>3762<0>1108<0... |
That guy who landed because a whole squad was taken out a few clicks to our east and there was no medevac birds. And this guy, I mean, we laid down the butterfly trigger so that he could land, but man, he showed some guts. He would have been fired had they got hit and had that halo going down, but he didn't care. He k... | <0>963<0>3488<0>746<0>1794<0>735<0>967<0>3079<0>3348<0>3447<0>368<0>1171<0>2029<0>369<0>386<0>1007<0>1500<0>895<0>895<0>1842<0>3385<0>666<0>1392<0>898<0>3617<0>3894<0>491<0>3937<0>2935<0>318<0>151<0>2832<0>1981<0>1108<0>3132<0>2594<0>369<0>1022<0>2191<0>1362<0>11<0>1634<0>2762<0>2799<0>2471<0>725<0>2627<0>369<0>1449<0>... |
And, and he landed, got him and lifted off and I never saw him again. I'm telling you that, that's, that's a real hero. | <0>1067<0>553<0>553<0>2152<0>698<0>553<0>3176<0>2506<0>1442<0>3593<0>553<0>1171<0>1076<0>2187<0>3447<0>691<0>2488<0>3987<0>3894<0>3842<0>3837<0>1579<0>1944<0>1300<0>679<0>1500<0>3782<0>1944<0>2733<0>2848<0>2185<0>2716<0>1819<0>1944<0>2799<0>327<0>1738<0>386<0>2161<0>2375<0>1409<0>1308<0>3299<0>2099<0>1777<0>2099<0>509<... |
We had to go up there, the tank that had the catastrophic kill days earlier, we had to go up there and recover. You can't leave that in the battlefield. And so I had never even, I had never known what a Mike 88 recovery vehicle was. I learned that in Ramadi as well. | <0>1858<0>368<0>967<0>2507<0>1858<0>2070<0>1265<0>3447<0>3839<0>698<0>2055<0>1105<0>746<0>776<0>746<0>35<0>2155<0>3422<0>424<0>4095<0>1071<0>294<0>967<0>967<0>110<0>2920<0>967<0>3950<0>461<0>1175<0>379<0>967<0>1171<0>3713<0>967<0>3480<0>1944<0>2375<0>898<0>2748<0>151<0>2830<0>2959<0>151<0>3943<0>229<0>3524<0>2314<0>133... |
It's, it's, it's a tank with no guns and it's basically, it's, it's a mechanic vehicle. They go fix the other tank or they tow it. And so we were gonna meet a tank section, so two regular Abrams tanks plus this Mike 88 tank recovery vehicle in the middle of the desert. | <0>3732<0>3720<0>3530<0>1363<0>2733<0>1323<0>3641<0>1086<0>3555<0>1773<0>239<0>2734<0>779<0>2144<0>2144<0>2173<0>2173<0>2734<0>596<0>1059<0>3257<0>844<0>3307<0>492<0>173<0>593<0>549<0>313<0>1157<0>4083<0>4083<0>668<0>1444<0>2137<0>2944<0>1875<0>3114<0>919<0>368<0>368<0>148<0>3480<0>2485<0>2323<0>3556<0>2485<0>2485<0>35... |
Here's, here's your grid. We'll meet there. I'm going to kick my order there. I've never even met these Marines before. Hey, by the way, here's your introduction to my alpha section by the way too. We're going to head straight north and try and catch them by surprise. | <0>2187<0>561<0>3899<0>2144<0>3556<0>1944<0>379<0>3062<0>3603<0>3348<0>4009<0>553<0>2894<0>232<0>584<0>756<0>368<0>1378<0>3556<0>553<0>3782<0>3617<0>3880<0>1813<0>553<0>2915<0>3359<0>1569<0>746<0>1079<0>895<0>4009<0>1618<0>2348<0>782<0>2506<0>2935<0>3439<0>366<0>2460<0>2952<0>2683<0>955<0>1850<0>553<0>1022<0>3637<0>400... |
And, and get right up to the bridge. But I told him, look, this area has been heavily guarded, so be prepared. | <0>114<0>553<0>1171<0>4041<0>3096<0>2185<0>3176<0>2935<0>165<0>1500<0>386<0>2645<0>3143<0>1022<0>196<0>484<0>3031<0>1449<0>2563<0>3457<0>3654<0>2683<0>1649<0>969<0>151<0>2762<0>1500<0>2510<0>2799<0>1881<0>3840<0>1157<0>1618<0>1580<0>1076<0>2525<0>239<0>553<0>1850<0>2860<0>2716<0>3480<0>151<0>714<0>1732<0>2433<0>2506<0>... |
Well, this master sergeant who's driving the Mike 88 lets me know, Hey sir, just so you know, once we get on that asphalt, | <0>3598<0>3809<0>3235<0>2525<0>3447<0>65<0>2431<0>3927<0>2323<0>746<0>898<0>1569<0>679<0>386<0>2530<0>2715<0>3617<0>1858<0>3348<0>746<0>3075<0>368<0>1730<0>368<0>1671<0>3791<0>1205<0>561<0>2152<0>3373<0>3662<0>223<0>223<0>240<0>2790<0>3713<0>379<0>1363<0>3484<0>3062<0>1729<0>3899<0>3062<0>1773<0>2453<0>1363<0>3542<0>12... |
What? As you start, wait, what? We're good on sand, but we don't go very fast on, on asphalt. Like, well, you don't want to go on sand. You know what they bury in sand for us and what they have waiting for us there. So, man. | <0>814<0>2094<0>3489<0>1472<0>2958<0>2525<0>838<0>1934<0>2863<0>138<0>1670<0>433<0>2173<0>495<0>2734<0>3927<0>1842<0>3914<0>1334<0>3122<0>2638<0>922<0>1191<0>3184<0>219<0>2900<0>2897<0>1723<0>35<0>2708<0>3566<0>2641<0>2310<0>701<0>3999<0>279<0>840<0>3899<0>1086<0>2173<0>2900<0>3899<0>3927<0>2323<0>3078<0>2734<0>1355<0>... |
We hit the line of departure, we head north and, and they opened up on us and that Mike KDH is crawling. | <0>2343<0>3348<0>1701<0>967<0>764<0>259<0>898<0>3045<0>2284<0>2524<0>1007<0>898<0>1798<0>379<0>1981<0>368<0>368<0>3821<0>3891<0>2506<0>690<0>3972<0>691<0>1944<0>2959<0>414<0>1801<0>729<0>1449<0>3792<0>701<0>1449<0>3861<0>729<0>2799<0>1518<0>1238<0>1409<0>2152<0>2001<0>2044<0>348<0>611<0>1944<0>1609<0>3155<0>1444<0>3701... |
Crawling. And my section leader, Staff Sergeant France, his vehicle gets hit with an RPG. | <0>2748<0>1478<0>1472<0>3980<0>1850<0>4009<0>130<0>1945<0>2497<0>1079<0>133<0>2244<0>539<0>115<0>748<0>3288<0>3986<0>1852<0>4<0>1757<0>1509<0>553<0>553<0>553<0>3539<0>1171<0>1701<0>1835<0>931<0>3973<0>3762<0>1950<0>3762<0>1950<0>1108<0>2052<0>1900<0>366<0>967<0>1444<0>776<0>379<0>368<0>374<0>2485<0>1944<0>3002<0>824<0>... |
Just missed by an IED, but the back of the vehicle's on fire. | <0>2398<0>1993<0>3295<0>3791<0>151<0>151<0>2966<0>1518<0>599<0>2716<0>1687<0>404<0>386<0>3861<0>919<0>587<0>289<0>2129<0>2129<0>679<0>3036<0>1794<0>43<0>1617<0>3894<0>3837<0>2161<0>3075<0>2339<0>934<0>1265<0>1830<0>1310<0>1569<0>2536<0>3822<0>1630<0>3566<0>957<0>115<0>1434<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>39... |
And when we're getting hit, the tanks start returning fire. And here's another really good lesson for young officers and just young service members in general. | <0>2161<0>1730<0>553<0>553<0>382<0>75<0>3024<0>2152<0>3840<0>679<0>1007<0>83<0>553<0>632<0>3915<0>3556<0>2598<0>3376<0>3979<0>762<0>714<0>911<0>3693<0>3176<0>838<0>967<0>967<0>3405<0>491<0>652<0>1819<0>1675<0>746<0>1084<0>3143<0>1830<0>2748<0>2766<0>3089<0>386<0>3585<0>1118<0>2075<0>1452<0>259<0>2748<0>492<0>492<0>561<... |
When you're fighting at night and you've got night vision goggles on and, and tanks are returning fire into these buildings, right? They were shooting down on us in these buildings, shooting us through windows. So the tanks are identi- we're identifying targets and they're taking them out. The debris. It's heavy. | <0>229<0>1858<0>2185<0>4009<0>593<0>1902<0>2410<0>983<0>3585<0>3175<0>151<0>746<0>2627<0>1441<0>2187<0>3968<0>2991<0>1485<0>1190<0>2637<0>368<0>2475<0>361<0>262<0>83<0>954<0>2176<0>1777<0>3122<0>1799<0>3097<0>1108<0>2589<0>424<0>1108<0>4095<0>3176<0>3176<0>553<0>1944<0>838<0>703<0>2036<0>3296<0>3968<0>3681<0>212<0>1941... |
The material that these buildings are made of, it's very heavy and it blinded us. Couldn't see now because all the damage the tanks did and my lead vehicle blew the turn. | <0>1919<0>3488<0>4062<0>2129<0>2152<0>3550<0>3480<0>236<0>3447<0>3447<0>484<0>3713<0>1948<0>919<0>2506<0>2029<0>2799<0>2775<0>2769<0>746<0>1518<0>1579<0>3585<0>3880<0>2922<0>919<0>3780<0>3861<0>386<0>623<0>2471<0>386<0>2716<0>3509<0>3176<0>2129<0>2099<0>1819<0>652<0>289<0>684<0>3660<0>180<0>948<0>1108<0>3762<0>3003<0>3... |
Back of the vehicle's on fire, they blow the turn, so we all blow the turn and link back up. And now as I look down the block ahead, I can see these lights blinking. | <0>755<0>967<0>1190<0>65<0>65<0>368<0>386<0>3348<0>3235<0>374<0>779<0>2199<0>2715<0>1850<0>2703<0>368<0>289<0>3541<0>3135<0>3373<0>2799<0>593<0>2525<0>3782<0>3782<0>259<0>426<0>1779<0>2708<0>2870<0>899<0>838<0>3135<0>1022<0>684<0>2056<0>3382<0>3489<0>1500<0>3373<0>2517<0>484<0>313<0>1715<0>1914<0>2053<0>366<0>1667<0>38... |
Which typically tells us it's signaling an ambush. They're expecting us to go that route. | <0>1108<0>679<0>3417<0>3637<0>3176<0>1202<0>3240<0>368<0>280<0>3373<0>492<0>3791<0>2999<0>2826<0>504<0>3045<0>1730<0>1238<0>147<0>2161<0>2252<0>2638<0>3359<0>2497<0>3214<0>3832<0>1779<0>3388<0>403<0>3509<0>2641<0>2498<0>1830<0>1545<0>294<0>3894<0>83<0>2324<0>3918<0>3359<0>2987<0>2575<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
So at that time, we're about to, we're going to, hey, let's turn the convoy around. Let's hit the turn where we know we're going to get right to the people that need us right to that down tank. Let's fight our way through this kill zone. Let me call in some airstrikes. That time is when they let loose those suicide ve... | <0>3003<0>1885<0>2957<0>1842<0>679<0>1669<0>526<0>1139<0>593<0>691<0>1472<0>3894<0>2398<0>2683<0>1639<0>1649<0>3524<0>1981<0>1819<0>1687<0>3443<0>3143<0>1442<0>611<0>553<0>553<0>2634<0>2060<0>770<0>3480<0>2799<0>64<0>691<0>1328<0>1328<0>1569<0>2748<0>3593<0>212<0>967<0>368<0>1782<0>1339<0>746<0>3782<0>144<0>1981<0>2864... |
Man, just a horrible f- I mean I heard that explosion and just the first thing went through my head, I just got five kids killed. Immediately. It's the first thing that went through my head. | <0>4079<0>3566<0>212<0>1133<0>3155<0>3972<0>2864<0>1886<0>2548<0>3168<0>2594<0>1862<0>679<0>3089<0>729<0>286<0>1637<0>3402<0>2748<0>679<0>2710<0>3437<0>860<0>2522<0>2096<0>484<0>679<0>698<0>3008<0>1206<0>1993<0>509<0>2116<0>1300<0>2627<0>1208<0>631<0>2594<0>484<0>1449<0>2115<0>553<0>3894<0>679<0>2406<0>954<0>2868<0>368... |
Radio silence and everybody's waiting for, there's no crying, there's no mourning, there's no time out, there's no, hey, Staff Sergeant Robertson, you take over. No, I mean, after that thought, my next, my next thing needs to be me giving orders out of my mouth and moving people forward. Because we don't have time to ... | <0>3199<0>1544<0>1748<0>614<0>561<0>368<0>368<0>313<0>2525<0>3235<0>3349<0>2151<0>697<0>1196<0>2506<0>3176<0>3670<0>2353<0>3526<0>3466<0>2353<0>746<0>3894<0>361<0>969<0>369<0>1804<0>2934<0>3008<0>561<0>3861<0>386<0>369<0>492<0>1338<0>3899<0>2860<0>898<0>413<0>2716<0>3008<0>386<0>2934<0>3894<0>3874<0>895<0>1518<0>3447<0... |
And, and so immediately I set a perimeter with the tanks. I established which vehicle is going to be the tow vehicle for our down vehicle, where the casualty is going to go, where's the corpsman. And I get out of my vehicle and I push. That's what leaders do. We go to the point of friction. Where's the point of fricti... | <0>3199<0>701<0>3585<0>553<0>838<0>3320<0>1730<0>1196<0>3791<0>1579<0>1022<0>3176<0>1655<0>3539<0>967<0>1977<0>151<0>1250<0>2488<0>1238<0>1579<0>954<0>382<0>3378<0>3668<0>1944<0>386<0>2252<0>2525<0>553<0>365<0>1730<0>553<0>3248<0>3892<0>1265<0>3277<0>3839<0>171<0>2187<0>386<0>1819<0>2799<0>3143<0>3593<0>2129<0>1485<0>3... |
And on top of it is this 22 year old kid, Jeff Lamson, who's built like a number two pencil, right? | <0>3657<0>3585<0>1730<0>809<0>191<0>1260<0>2999<0>2060<0>2769<0>1334<0>2517<0>2799<0>2799<0>3143<0>2589<0>1950<0>104<0>3189<0>1108<0>1491<0>212<0>22<0>751<0>593<0>1200<0>259<0>1730<0>369<0>3155<0>386<0>561<0>3348<0>492<0>1442<0>2959<0>553<0>698<0>3781<0>3457<0>2715<0>1804<0>1579<0>1710<0>3509<0>3347<0>3750<0>1324<0>648... |
He was just in this vehicle. I mean, this vehicle is destroyed. How he's conscious, I don't know, but he's on top of it pulling our gunner out of the turret who's got a piece of shrapnel in his head bigger than that book. Everybody in the vehicles | <0>3708<0>1076<0>1756<0>3079<0>3556<0>3405<0>3556<0>824<0>2522<0>110<0>3457<0>3096<0>212<0>2187<0>3713<0>2627<0>2191<0>3783<0>1488<0>3803<0>3762<0>3003<0>290<0>3134<0>756<0>3176<0>1967<0>22<0>2506<0>1377<0>1701<0>3046<0>3849<0>954<0>229<0>2675<0>369<0>368<0>2452<0>3457<0>3457<0>3556<0>1993<0>3631<0>2062<0>1422<0>3115<0... |
Everybody's wounded, but Staff Sergeant Francis comes out and the whole side of his face is melting. He's like, sir, we're gonna be good. We're gonna be- I was never more relieved in my life. | <0>282<0>1472<0>173<0>173<0>368<0>850<0>2185<0>3175<0>1022<0>1957<0>714<0>1044<0>2629<0>122<0>491<0>22<0>967<0>1842<0>2525<0>1865<0>2323<0>2471<0>1944<0>2741<0>3825<0>3134<0>2769<0>366<0>3918<0>915<0>327<0>895<0>593<0>1842<0>824<0>1773<0>703<0>491<0>1730<0>368<0>3405<0>22<0>2826<0>1277<0>484<0>327<0>327<0>919<0>63<0>23... |
At the time, with one of the guys I had to correct an awful lot, hair's a little too long, he tried to grow a mustache, he looked like a peach fuzz, I mean, he's a kid. | <0>278<0>770<0>593<0>1842<0>2787<0>83<0>348<0>1007<0>2539<0>1049<0>4080<0>3484<0>2525<0>776<0>3082<0>2119<0>3899<0>898<0>3410<0>480<0>2158<0>1981<0>1902<0>3061<0>1850<0>3135<0>990<0>898<0>3748<0>1941<0>1597<0>1569<0>3592<0>2550<0>3809<0>2799<0>1449<0>1022<0>1007<0>2541<0>3972<0>3404<0>1022<0>1701<0>2284<0>595<0>1941<0>... |
You look at the, I mean, you would never imagine that this is a warrior, but in this time of need, I'm telling you, man, he was saving lives. And it was so humbling and so motivating to see that. And we were able to, we got everybody in that Mike 88. | <0>365<0>1701<0>348<0>779<0>1370<0>348<0>1701<0>1701<0>192<0>2858<0>2506<0>3457<0>1366<0>1366<0>714<0>365<0>840<0>173<0>668<0>3060<0>2506<0>967<0>840<0>1902<0>3348<0>243<0>967<0>967<0>3060<0>2506<0>539<0>1636<0>1444<0>3060<0>3927<0>3598<0>1769<0>1797<0>1101<0>1157<0>922<0>2894<0>171<0>1208<0>3556<0>3405<0>2454<0>2332<0... |
Eventually got the toe, got out of there, and I mean, we called in a massive air strike and, and, and we won, but we didn't pitch a shutout. That's for sure. And, and the, the hardest part of that was, | <0>2366<0>368<0>3875<0>3713<0>553<0>3349<0>3278<0>855<0>3480<0>3809<0>3067<0>652<0>1865<0>824<0>898<0>2659<0>782<0>729<0>1850<0>898<0>784<0>1238<0>1442<0>289<0>1902<0>3782<0>2541<0>144<0>3713<0>2785<0>2129<0>2099<0>2155<0>1478<0>1105<0>3002<0>2594<0>3990<0>2748<0>2144<0>850<0>691<0>2716<0>3075<0>553<0>2029<0>3842<0>202... |
When all my casualties are loaded on, you have, we're not doctors, we have no idea. When you see a guy with shrapnel out of his brain like that, you think they're done. So my Marines, they think we may have lost two or three of these folks, and they're down. | <0>2870<0>543<0>492<0>3987<0>3489<0>2619<0>3899<0>779<0>967<0>2958<0>3484<0>1118<0>3405<0>386<0>593<0>715<0>3240<0>3809<0>3359<0>3592<0>2642<0>691<0>1402<0>2088<0>104<0>2187<0>3079<0>277<0>3045<0>1022<0>1671<0>3348<0>3800<0>1472<0>3710<0>1013<0>3045<0>1039<0>2332<0>1303<0>1042<0>1944<0>2594<0>3079<0>2084<0>2703<0>919<0... |
I can't believe I let them get us, I can't believe I let them get us, blaming himself for the suicide vehicle, getting into the vehicle. And I told him, it's not, it's my fault, it's not your fault. And, uh, but at least he was talking. But, I mean, this, | <0>839<0>2525<0>593<0>3067<0>1518<0>895<0>3923<0>2735<0>1328<0>1569<0>1392<0>2864<0>3261<0>1346<0>3585<0>3593<0>679<0>1208<0>3447<0>2787<0>2832<0>2075<0>2075<0>3447<0>1773<0>1022<0>3445<0>2715<0>2708<0>3968<0>979<0>1011<0>3176<0>3176<0>679<0>3556<0>3556<0>1719<0>2167<0>919<0>1442<0>838<0>755<0>3972<0>1214<0>1238<0>3359... |
But he was gone, I mean once he left that day we didn't see him the rest of the deployment, I didn't see him until, until I had gotten back. And the craziest thing is, | <0>2182<0>2099<0>151<0>386<0>779<0>2804<0>3447<0>2748<0>1402<0>361<0>289<0>807<0>3592<0>110<0>1022<0>3373<0>824<0>1442<0>2375<0>2375<0>376<0>3793<0>679<0>3880<0>2129<0>718<0>3561<0>122<0>1214<0>2999<0>63<0>679<0>196<0>2799<0>2324<0>3370<0>1485<0>3340<0>718<0>493<0>2099<0>3109<0>1579<0>1579<0>2339<0>1639<0>3797<0>2952<0... |
We reunited for an episode of Ultimate Insider with the UFC and I didn't really know what they were after. And this, this producer... | <0>196<0>679<0>679<0>1309<0>386<0>386<0>369<0>3880<0>746<0>3880<0>1208<0>2708<0>2199<0>1675<0>1777<0>2697<0>365<0>133<0>746<0>2398<0>3592<0>3910<0>2030<0>2299<0>3798<0>120<0>196<0>1834<0>1769<0>1883<0>2875<0>1579<0>2029<0>2875<0>3109<0>2985<0>2345<0>3275<0>2396<0>294<0>3681<0>2029<0>2187<0>3299<0>382<0>1205<0>729<0>137... |
You know, ask me if I could get this guy there. You're gonna do a story. It was really gonna be honorable to him, this and that. | <0>3526<0>3176<0>2332<0>3402<0>1472<0>2826<0>373<0>2594<0>3447<0>1813<0>1485<0>1208<0>1730<0>1697<0>3713<0>403<0>3990<0>2715<0>3020<0>2187<0>3585<0>553<0>2716<0>2940<0>2708<0>3837<0>3038<0>703<0>679<0>2525<0>3910<0>2799<0>3898<0>1862<0>361<0>3861<0>3359<0>2129<0>1409<0>2129<0>1208<0>3973<0>611<0>2460<0>2813<0>2339<0>32... |
And it was, right? But at the same time, he's sitting next to each other and he's asking this marine, hey, do you blame? | <0>2840<0>3585<0>1171<0>2226<0>3490<0>1832<0>3542<0>3574<0>2185<0>3135<0>1687<0>1185<0>1205<0>1804<0>2053<0>553<0>3464<0>361<0>2152<0>3364<0>3668<0>22<0>3585<0>919<0>593<0>746<0>2187<0>1944<0>1444<0>1000<0>3176<0>1205<0>548<0>553<0>1572<0>1448<0>369<0>975<0>1816<0>2716<0>1598<0>212<0>1944<0>3402<0>1205<0>1523<0>1579<0>... |
Brian Stan for this happening. Do you blame this for ha- I mean, it was, it was, it was dark and it was difficult. It was, it was hard for both of us, man, because, you know, for Gas, he lived, right? And he's got a family now, but the amount of headaches, the piercing headaches this man struggles with. | <0>3762<0>2955<0>3443<0>1295<0>703<0>729<0>227<0>553<0>3155<0>3143<0>3378<0>3927<0>280<0>553<0>2441<0>3797<0>1022<0>553<0>553<0>553<0>361<0>587<0>2645<0>2733<0>3861<0>2187<0>382<0>3791<0>2099<0>1318<0>2525<0>1449<0>2748<0>3402<0>3089<0>1318<0>632<0>3585<0>2176<0>3910<0>3405<0>2176<0>1715<0>759<0>3369<0>2438<0>2162<0>53... |
Four brain surgeries. Unbelievable. And he was blaming himself. Crazy. | <0>3132<0>2594<0>895<0>3348<0>327<0>915<0>3968<0>171<0>2055<0>959<0>1813<0>2010<0>2187<0>2553<0>948<0>3762<0>1912<0>3762<0>4095<0>1915<0>1197<0>405<0>1214<0>679<0>3894<0>492<0>1452<0>294<0>1329<0>1488<0>1108<0>3762<0>3803<0>2273<0>3176<0>1022<0>3079<0>3373<0>2181<0>1378<0>1413<0>779<0>2525<0>3373<0>327<0>2799<0>327<0>1... |
Indeed. It's so humbling when you watch these young men from all different walks of life. | <0>2378<0>2393<0>556<0>3457<0>3457<0>1135<0>191<0>1318<0>1384<0>1145<0>1038<0>1544<0>2870<0>3693<0>1481<0>1145<0>1034<0>1335<0>1329<0>1730<0>2838<0>239<0>280<0>3060<0>3041<0>648<0>648<0>801<0>2130<0>9<0>3340<0>1205<0>3850<0>1715<0>3791<0>2070<0>2070<0>1484<0>2619<0>1238<0>3943<0>386<0>3894<0>3894<0>493<0>1022<0>648<0>1... |
You know, some of them only citizens in the United States for a couple years at that point. Really diverse backgrounds. | <0>2029<0>746<0>2741<0>2008<0>2648<0>3791<0>2934<0>3798<0>457<0>895<0>2769<0>3405<0>22<0>1773<0>1773<0>2525<0>2506<0>2506<0>3176<0>1730<0>838<0>3637<0>3433<0>658<0>785<0>3732<0>1675<0>484<0>244<0>1649<0>3762<0>1108<0>1748<0>3798<0>3404<0>1738<0>2934<0>3176<0>3509<0>746<0>3378<0>191<0>1579<0>207<0>3299<0>1684<0>2840<0>2... |
I mean, it's not a gang full of white people. I mean, it's, it's very diverse, but I mean, they don't care. And man, when they're getting shot at, | <0>405<0>2029<0>3894<0>368<0>3585<0>548<0>2060<0>3791<0>3008<0>3008<0>553<0>386<0>386<0>2799<0>3943<0>1238<0>652<0>1409<0>2733<0>1485<0>3222<0>2548<0>196<0>1485<0>1485<0>2710<0>1655<0>3637<0>2187<0>2703<0>304<0>386<0>1442<0>1084<0>3443<0>2230<0>2729<0>148<0>1022<0>3585<0>3457<0>229<0>3681<0>701<0>236<0>2716<0>2641<0>61... |
There is nobody ducking for cover. Nobody. They are getting after their, their love and care for one another, for the mission, for people trying to destroy their way of life. It's, it's, it's awe inspiring to, to watch their selfless acts. I mean what they'll do. And, and, and this was more obviously, | <0>1719<0>1862<0>1401<0>3176<0>2185<0>2185<0>1858<0>895<0>229<0>820<0>756<0>1688<0>1335<0>1108<0>1108<0>365<0>697<0>3174<0>29<0>294<0>1675<0>2044<0>490<0>2864<0>2864<0>3507<0>290<0>983<0>983<0>1384<0>3732<0>2708<0>1813<0>2952<0>3003<0>648<0>3175<0>492<0>895<0>1768<0>3359<0>289<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<... |
Direct engagement against an enemy, right? But, but there's, I've seen them, you know, just like Lamson was willing to sacrifice himself to save Robert Gass, right? I've seen Marines do the same to save innocent Iraqi kids. The same care that they had for one another. | <0>2769<0>3809<0>484<0>1850<0>735<0>850<0>3324<0>2589<0>3762<0>3973<0>75<0>1485<0>1485<0>368<0>368<0>779<0>3143<0>3155<0>2167<0>2187<0>3637<0>3637<0>2985<0>2710<0>1730<0>368<0>2129<0>3008<0>587<0>3114<0>4095<0>1748<0>931<0>553<0>4086<0>3839<0>234<0>2075<0>397<0>2485<0>593<0>3434<0>3339<0>3079<0>2525<0>729<0>3556<0>668<... |
They had for the people that they were there to protect and that gets lost a lot when people talk about these wars. It's become cool to paint our military like we're this brutal force that's wiped out. | <0>1171<0>3713<0>3490<0>1794<0>2715<0>2284<0>1730<0>1318<0>1318<0>756<0>158<0>1517<0>2432<0>3585<0>3359<0>2060<0>1730<0>2864<0>2327<0>3433<0>3892<0>77<0>645<0>3585<0>3158<0>3927<0>2339<0>492<0>327<0>327<0>348<0>770<0>2105<0>614<0>1442<0>2092<0>1442<0>898<0>2460<0>614<0>679<0>2099<0>2187<0>1738<0>2921<0>327<0>1675<0>611... |
You know, all these people in these different countries. These, these, these were men, these were men who were such great professionals, but under the most extreme circumstances. | <0>1485<0>3155<0>697<0>2548<0>327<0>1442<0>3378<0>3405<0>899<0>369<0>2099<0>327<0>1485<0>703<0>2116<0>2594<0>1862<0>1418<0>559<0>3134<0>1658<0>2187<0>1523<0>3937<0>948<0>1428<0>3762<0>2052<0>1108<0>1593<0>3900<0>278<0>3008<0>1485<0>2498<0>1377<0>2506<0>1532<0>369<0>2506<0>785<0>785<0>3405<0>3405<0>561<0>922<0>3894<0>10... |
Understood that they could lose their life and that was a hundred percent acceptable to them. If that meant saving the guy next to him and that. | <0>1981<0>313<0>2826<0>2142<0>3082<0>2525<0>3155<0>3966<0>1526<0>756<0>556<0>1223<0>4095<0>3466<0>1532<0>209<0>658<0>369<0>1579<0>1442<0>2769<0>1022<0>2741<0>3447<0>3617<0>3943<0>2703<0>368<0>746<0>3732<0>3386<0>3003<0>1108<0>1108<0>2029<0>1485<0>967<0>3972<0>1022<0>2799<0>611<0>2675<0>498<0>705<0>3782<0>3750<0>151<0>9... |
It's hard for me to meet somebody like Michael Strahan or a football player, famous person, right? They're all impressive people, but it's hard for me to meet someone like that and be like, Oh my God, can I get a picture for Instagram? | <0>2637<0>2506<0>1715<0>2645<0>2865<0>2860<0>348<0>593<0>3894<0>369<0>1485<0>1485<0>919<0>919<0>77<0>3219<0>2525<0>3943<0>1277<0>2348<0>820<0>2627<0>3466<0>114<0>3173<0>3173<0>1108<0>1768<0>386<0>1284<0>492<0>2848<0>1442<0>151<0>3556<0>3266<0>2703<0>2161<0>3096<0>369<0>3038<0>1206<0>3861<0>365<0>327<0>1819<0>3720<0>895... |
When, when you've been around 19, 21, 20 year old kids and, and these kids don't come from rich backgrounds, right? They didn't have a whole lot. | <0>1329<0>1858<0>3176<0>2960<0>2769<0>2185<0>3176<0>1022<0>3626<0>2060<0>3447<0>1484<0>1518<0>2748<0>3404<0>1862<0>1261<0>3559<0>2004<0>114<0>2004<0>1335<0>3973<0>1485<0>1022<0>2716<0>1485<0>75<0>3405<0>2185<0>2029<0>3837<0>83<0>2991<0>895<0>3176<0>2185<0>492<0>2185<0>3837<0>83<0>492<0>1539<0>561<0>1238<0>1442<0>3741<0... |
There was a reason when the, when our nation was in two wars, they decided to sign up and be infantry in the Marine Corps. | <0>1485<0>3079<0>173<0>313<0>3348<0>259<0>368<0>3096<0>3405<0>2525<0>3593<0>2158<0>556<0>4095<0>1108<0>1108<0>290<0>1022<0>1858<0>2075<0>2075<0>1671<0>915<0>2860<0>2001<0>368<0>3556<0>2773<0>2799<0>2769<0>3175<0>3637<0>593<0>3305<0>3435<0>895<0>2619<0>1569<0>593<0>3713<0>369<0>3155<0>22<0>3045<0>691<0>2375<0>3280<0>369... |
They will forever be the greatest people I've ever been surrounded with. | <0>75<0>756<0>610<0>3604<0>1485<0>368<0>368<0>1465<0>2734<0>1858<0>527<0>2070<0>1944<0>484<0>3852<0>1819<0>1819<0>1579<0>386<0>3488<0>3488<0>142<0>386<0>2088<0>1022<0>2498<0>611<0>1738<0>2838<0>318<0>2525<0>2115<0>369<0>1277<0>3943<0>3593<0>2934<0>3404<0>3541<0>1339<0>3143<0>244<0>3434<0>1620<0>611<0>294<0>1331<0>3981<... |
That was some nasty fighting down there too. Yeah. Nasty fighting in your body. | <0>2099<0>3541<0>3927<0>374<0>1579<0>553<0>967<0>2525<0>2506<0>3861<0>1804<0>151<0>1318<0>361<0>2645<0>122<0>746<0>3452<0>3832<0>3359<0>1639<0>1769<0>3334<0>920<0>1732<0>2780<0>2099<0>746<0>2703<0>2525<0>3729<0>593<0>1862<0>151<0>1318<0>382<0>1738<0>3299<0>83<0>679<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3981... |
Gabe Diana had actually served in Lima 325 at the reserve unit out of Columbus, Ohio. Before he became active duty and then became an officer, he was enlisted with 325 and I remember when we were starting this operation and 325 came to our base. | <0>2010<0>2187<0>2187<0>2475<0>553<0>3894<0>561<0>2703<0>1171<0>553<0>3839<0>2633<0>1730<0>1491<0>148<0>1140<0>1177<0>3990<0>2605<0>497<0>1830<0>3176<0>3405<0>1205<0>403<0>348<0>1569<0>484<0>1620<0>362<0>1285<0>2205<0>2205<0>2433<0>1485<0>234<0>648<0>2875<0>3894<0>2525<0>3732<0>3359<0>289<0>3732<0>1738<0>289<0>2594<0>2... |
And bringing some of these, these guys. Hey man, I mean, he grew up with them. These were his brothers and now they were firefighters. They were police officers all brought together for this mission. | <0>1108<0>3498<0>3176<0>1277<0>1645<0>321<0>386<0>2152<0>1022<0>949<0>3668<0>2799<0>1579<0>122<0>1485<0>1485<0>2506<0>729<0>1655<0>3176<0>950<0>3073<0>967<0>2323<0>2525<0>368<0>2506<0>1701<0>348<0>1105<0>3464<0>110<0>1655<0>3351<0>631<0>3296<0>75<0>2506<0>2627<0>779<0>506<0>3067<0>3373<0>1480<0>3943<0>1386<0>2075<0>205... |
It was brutal. Absolutely brutal and I- I- I- | <0>539<0>1022<0>779<0>1022<0>2258<0>3404<0>954<0>1442<0>614<0>3658<0>2052<0>3762<0>1108<0>465<0>1145<0>3654<0>967<0>2999<0>1842<0>593<0>362<0>2258<0>690<0>679<0>1777<0>3224<0>3789<0>223<0>3822<0>43<0>2780<0>1095<0>2703<0>151<0>2827<0>602<1>3050<1>3687<1>873<1>504<1>1522<1>2707<1>1482<1>3294<1>1381<1>1623<1>2804<1>2062<... |
And she decided to paint these beautiful murals, murals of each one. | <0>1205<0>2161<0>2506<0>1166<0>1166<0>3457<0>1532<0>369<0>2525<0>2741<0>1500<0>151<0>1022<0>2353<0>2555<0>2645<0>919<0>1485<0>3681<0>2161<0>2187<0>365<0>1377<0>1491<0>679<0>2594<0>1238<0>3145<0>3404<0>3404<0>2864<0>3151<0>2105<0>1919<0>684<0>1318<0>2324<0>2517<0>1973<0>3378<0>365<0>648<0>703<0>2934<0>3184<0>954<0>290<0... |
And they were so nice at the Marine Corps Museum for a while, put them right in their foyer. Right as soon as you walk into the museum, there they were and they were big. And I, I remember hearing the story and then, | <0>634<0>539<0>3781<0>2075<0>386<0>2748<0>491<0>3927<0>3791<0>2748<0>593<0>746<0>2158<0>110<0>2525<0>1198<0>1579<0>3943<0>386<0>3972<0>3972<0>3435<0>2161<0>368<0>553<0>561<0>1944<0>1902<0>1575<0>2753<0>484<0>327<0>1442<0>3943<0>1748<0>2799<0>3929<0>2092<0>3898<0>288<0>327<0>2471<0>3447<0>3488<0>2088<0>3670<0>3176<0>728... |
I was doing a shoot with the UFC and the Marine Corps when the Marine Corps was advertising with the UFC and part of the shoot was going to be us as fighters and then with the Marines going to the Marine Corps Museum and I was kind of, you know, both sides of the fence in that. | <0>150<0>2799<0>1858<0>2525<0>703<0>386<0>348<0>1858<0>3556<0>3214<0>3556<0>3556<0>1858<0>633<0>1858<0>1852<0>919<0>2029<0>1022<0>2410<0>2525<0>491<0>3585<0>3176<0>3894<0>1738<0>3943<0>3439<0>3894<0>1500<0>1214<0>2864<0>679<0>2594<0>1671<0>1730<0>690<0>1569<0>1214<0>746<0>2715<0>1214<0>1449<0>3585<0>2161<0>361<0>1206<0... |
And we walked in and they were there and I didn't know, I didn't expect it. | <0>4058<0>1526<0>492<0>679<0>1238<0>1769<0>1441<0>1218<0>1902<0>3434<0>3275<0>709<0>3457<0>553<0>698<0>1206<0>3712<0>701<0>4095<0>1206<0>1485<0>3793<0>3359<0>1113<0>386<0>809<0>2536<0>1214<0>2363<0>365<0>1501<0>1944<0>386<0>679<0>2029<0>2152<0>492<0>3888<0>386<0>368<0>338<0>2244<0>1301<0>1710<0>1882<0>2641<0>1329<0>329... |
And it was really tough cause here I am, you know, I'm around these Marines and I'm around, you know, some of my buddies, Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin were there. And I mean, as soon as I walked in, man, my eyes filled up with tears. | <0>2029<0>919<0>553<0>1449<0>1206<0>2353<0>196<0>2627<0>649<0>3918<0>561<0>1022<0>386<0>703<0>1882<0>1185<0>746<0>3143<0>212<0>148<0>2641<0>2716<0>3509<0>1485<0>3008<0>1675<0>954<0>1329<0>324<0>244<0>521<0>1819<0>2566<0>2004<0>2029<0>2161<0>3386<0>3840<0>1850<0>632<0>3585<0>2769<0>2769<0>3974<0>244<0>3443<0>1039<0>1620... |
You know, being, getting the opportunity to meet some of these men very briefly, then we set off and go. And because of my relationship with Gabe Diana, who was my mentor at the time and knowing what he went through that day, childhood brothers of his and him also being helpless. | <0>2065<0>2894<0>2894<0>229<0>3299<0>797<0>648<0>648<0>1730<0>2769<0>3585<0>2152<0>2099<0>263<0>684<0>1022<0>368<0>3280<0>1525<0>83<0>593<0>1171<0>3038<0>3637<0>3668<0>1579<0>3123<0>1500<0>3874<0>493<0>2769<0>3353<0>3045<0>915<0>3176<0>2506<0>1022<0>1730<0>553<0>1485<0>2594<0>553<0>3373<0>561<0>3348<0>3348<0>386<0>2323... |
And nothing's fair in combat. We know that. Nothing's fair. And you don't have the choice. Again, you don't have the choice. That gets cleared on. That force continues to push west so that we can finish the mission of this operation. We gotta continue providing our blocking position. And that's it. If you lose focus, ... | <0>2187<0>1882<0>1500<0>3339<0>3339<0>2298<0>175<0>1331<0>3132<0>1649<0>290<0>1993<0>3038<0>2167<0>1485<0>1773<0>1118<0>3176<0>1378<0>3668<0>1944<0>3990<0>2549<0>1329<0>559<0>3662<0>3798<0>3114<0>1748<0>1108<0>3003<0>1748<0>1074<0>1734<0>1973<0>1649<0>3297<0>4062<0>679<0>122<0>1318<0>3693<0>3762<0>1108<0>1208<0>3176<0>... |
It's a difficult thing to deal with, but that's what we signed up to do. | <0>414<0>1710<0>2695<0>4051<0>3637<0>224<0>2167<0>3433<0>212<0>2710<0>3637<0>368<0>1213<0>492<0>3898<0>2826<0>587<0>2029<0>2875<0>369<0>229<0>3626<0>1649<0>122<0>1485<0>3726<0>151<0>2420<0>3222<0>866<0>614<0>1488<0>1022<0>3405<0>491<0>599<0>3968<0>1485<0>3359<0>2004<0>2769<0>1208<0>289<0>2368<0>287<0>3003<0>3003<0>3726... |
That, that's why we have an all-volunteer force and it's the greatest military force this world has ever seen. And it's unfortunate, but part of it is dying. We die in battle. So that the innocent people here that live in America don't. And it sucks. And it's painful. But at the end of the day, we all, we know, when w... | <0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>81<0>746<0>2287<0>553<0>967<0>746<0>1422<0>866<0>2541<0>1569<0>1190<0>690<0>3880<0>2129<0>3404<0>94<0>1484<0>3782<0>1007<0>374<0>850<0>746<0>2594<0>3783<0>1819<0>3899<0>2769<0>1730<0>770<0>3672<0>361<0>614<0>1819<0>1214<0>587<0>296<0>1022<0>3943<0>327<0>1730<0>2641<0>2708<0>88<0>3972<0>3732<0>35... |
All part of it, man. And it's funny you read that passage, I was up last night, same thing. 2.45 in the morning. And replaying it. And it's not something I would say. | <0>3190<0>94<0>1191<0>1592<0>3541<0>3994<0>697<0>3299<0>3299<0>746<0>3413<0>2683<0>1875<0>648<0>2004<0>1748<0>1108<0>701<0>3874<0>2733<0>1730<0>3753<0>2594<0>645<0>1271<0>280<0>3041<0>403<0>366<0>2934<0>2875<0>3114<0>3670<0>2187<0>1813<0>3798<0>2187<0>2029<0>1318<0>2703<0>2888<0>3789<0>355<0>1842<0>2741<0>1655<0>3155<0... |
There's a negative aspect. People will hear me say that and be like, oh man, that's bad, you know, post-traumatic stress or something. No. | <0>2116<0>553<0>2462<0>2379<0>938<0>1959<0>369<0>3861<0>1944<0>2716<0>1444<0>3720<0>1914<0>936<0>1491<0>1329<0>1769<0>679<0>631<0>2187<0>1938<0>2029<0>148<0>3937<0>2462<0>1641<0>1641<0>3670<0>2258<0>2187<0>3686<0>2898<0>3069<0>3299<0>3075<0>1941<0>1941<0>1944<0>3325<0>437<0>3195<0>2208<0>1850<0>148<0>718<0>294<0>614<0>... |
It's, it's me being a human being who cares and wonders. And it's hard. It's never gonna go away. And... | <0>4048<0>227<0>539<0>3195<0>4074<0>3219<0>3219<0>1523<0>1938<0>648<0>369<0>2029<0>369<0>289<0>1730<0>2029<0>1485<0>756<0>2099<0>2099<0>919<0>2161<0>196<0>648<0>77<0>3425<0>2345<0>2641<0>3883<0>2708<0>224<0>3389<0>68<0>1981<0>1804<0>2099<0>1732<0>1154<0>3720<0>948<0>3003<0>3003<0>75<0>3781<0>2328<0>2036<0>2594<0>1862<0... |
I'll always wonder that, you know, would it have been a better decision to take a left turn and abort the mission at that point? Should I have tried to get back to the bridge or if I'd have gone three blocks up, maybe there would have been a path we could have found and put our headlights on. | <0>1218<0>327<0>1442<0>327<0>3135<0>492<0>386<0>746<0>1769<0>492<0>3008<0>493<0>3269<0>1950<0>3657<0>1748<0>3726<0>3003<0>2029<0>2129<0>1238<0>1238<0>492<0>3839<0>2075<0>1318<0>3176<0>2129<0>3373<0>1941<0>2187<0>227<0>491<0>2462<0>3457<0>3457<0>1318<0>2398<0>75<0>3973<0>4048<0>2029<0>3060<0>369<0>3840<0>1579<0>3943<0>5... |
There are so many what ifs, so many what ifs that you go through as leaders. And if you try to ignore those times where you spend those sleepless nights, | <0>648<0>3447<0>898<0>1902<0>491<0>3850<0>368<0>1715<0>3235<0>2070<0>1708<0>512<0>3134<0>2703<0>3585<0>3176<0>826<0>2187<0>648<0>1335<0>9<0>3003<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>648<0>1769<0>492<0>850<0>1609<0>2594<0>2525<0>491<0>1205<0>1538<0>3762<0>707<0>770<0>1205<0>3927<0>3489<0>1401<0>374<0>3155<0>919<0>3435<0>915<0>... |
And not think through it, I think it makes it worse. I think the fact that I'll go through the drill like last night, which is the first time in a long time that I did, uhm, I think part of it, cause I knew we'd probably be talking about it. I think it's healthy to do that. For me at least it has been. | <0>632<0>2029<0>3637<0>43<0>1743<0>789<0>3176<0>1209<0>3720<0>3541<0>3509<0>2187<0>1532<0>2029<0>75<0>386<0>3296<0>3720<0>1769<0>2864<0>2460<0>3732<0>175<0>148<0>3353<0>2029<0>77<0>3720<0>2594<0>2703<0>735<0>3818<0>361<0>1945<0>1328<0>3798<0>679<0>229<0>2594<0>1914<0>294<0>2187<0>1276<0>2368<0>1214<0>327<0>327<0>1941<0... |
You know, it's healthy for me to replay that and to understand and, and you know, you, you talked about that moment with my company commander, Ford Phillips. I remember that conversation. | <0>3003<0>2029<0>2129<0>3143<0>3195<0>1645<0>1484<0>369<0>3732<0>3134<0>2029<0>3359<0>294<0>587<0>294<0>1331<0>698<0>3488<0>304<0>1794<0>1377<0>2129<0>3973<0>611<0>1885<0>35<0>3832<0>2378<0>1530<0>2715<0>2129<0>3364<0>3781<0>3707<0>2029<0>709<0>1067<0>2161<0>1206<0>1119<0>686<0>1491<0>1491<0>1491<0>3868<0>374<0>2872<0>... |
And I remember kind of going back at him a little bit and saying, you know, I just, I think if I would have done this or done that and he stopped me. Brian. | <0>81<0>3839<0>3299<0>1484<0>327<0>2049<0>366<0>3894<0>954<0>2753<0>1277<0>2703<0>1882<0>2915<0>561<0>2799<0>1238<0>327<0>229<0>1485<0>2029<0>3219<0>3096<0>2161<0>1206<0>2187<0>3541<0>1206<0>3457<0>2055<0>3258<0>928<0>2231<0>2231<0>1442<0>1632<0>705<0>705<0>705<0>2687<0>2199<0>1485<0>631<0>2199<0>366<0>1442<0>1442<0>20... |
Listen, you did everything right. You did everything that you could do out there. And it was, you know, it was definitely what I needed to hear because we still had a long way to go in that deployment and I still had to go do another one. | <0>1989<0>2663<0>3592<0>562<0>432<0>1034<0>3003<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2029<0>2161<0>3158<0>2641<0>1022<0>3585<0>2864<0>3980<0>2099<0>2627<0>81<0>1941<0>3299<0>2710<0>1485<0>3759<0>2029<0>2187<0>3097<0>2733<0>2029<0>703<0>679<0>1442<0>1442<0>234<0>3874<0>2641<0>3972<0>3114<0>2029<0>2029<0>1706<0>20... |
It was, it was great leadership on his part because it gave me, there was no more second guessing at that point. | <0>1108<0>2029<0>294<0>679<0>1135<0>294<0>679<0>3266<0>2374<0>1182<0>579<0>269<0>2589<0>1950<0>3466<0>3762<0>998<0>492<0>2703<0>1662<0>243<0>369<0>1190<0>2144<0>3457<0>1862<0>2934<0>368<0>2506<0>1285<0>1579<0>1084<0>3946<0>3861<0>703<0>3155<0>3637<0>1993<0>1206<0>2029<0>2029<0>3176<0>3155<0>1022<0>1208<0>3894<0>1526<0>... |
You know, because that was not the time to sit there and start to question my decision and my instincts in battle that had served me well up until that point. | <0>1108<0>2029<0>658<0>679<0>679<0>2830<0>2506<0>2525<0>668<0>2328<0>78<0>645<0>290<0>3123<0>2092<0>648<0>967<0>735<0>1940<0>1858<0>2525<0>3447<0>3899<0>921<0>785<0>3339<0>3797<0>2460<0>2715<0>2922<0>3798<0>2780<0>1289<0>974<0>1361<0>1108<0>963<0>3668<0>491<0>698<0>864<0>698<0>553<0>678<0>3530<0>2563<0>2471<0>3880<0>29... |
And one of the mistakes you can make too is sometimes you want to stop and you want to think about it. Sometimes there is no right answer. | <0>3597<0>2748<0>3135<0>542<0>1094<0>1094<0>1171<0>1195<0>1171<0>3880<0>3907<0>1730<0>3541<0>151<0>2567<0>3019<0>382<0>3894<0>3850<0>934<0>426<0>2826<0>652<0>526<0>3541<0>180<0>2392<0>4095<0>1108<0>4095<0>1108<0>2840<0>919<0>1022<0>3287<0>2735<0>2934<0>1444<0>2762<0>652<0>1569<0>366<0>229<0>3348<0>83<0>959<0>3176<0>386... |
Right? There, there's a bunch of things you can do. There's a bunch of options and whatever one you take and maintain tempo and achieve tempo and stay a step ahead of the enemy is the right one. It's how you execute it. Either way you could be going into, into a bad day, but you better do it your way and on your terms... | <0>3794<0>746<0>553<0>1844<0>1775<0>1108<0>2004<0>3693<0>746<0>645<0>3447<0>2525<0>1265<0>1575<0>3447<0>1773<0>3002<0>3374<0>1171<0>3176<0>3556<0>151<0>2152<0>338<0>368<0>2152<0>3880<0>746<0>3894<0>229<0>3447<0>3713<0>313<0>1569<0>691<0>2999<0>3535<0>2060<0>2826<0>3937<0>539<0>748<0>1491<0>2152<0>229<0>1773<0>3505<0>40... |
Their turf, their turf, their cities, their neighborhoods, they know every corner. We're guessing. | <0>1842<0>3447<0>898<0>1213<0>2199<0>955<0>1108<0>2004<0>2840<0>368<0>3447<0>3505<0>3235<0>3061<0>898<0>2715<0>2014<0>776<0>4009<0>3448<0>598<0>2734<0>3556<0>368<0>3556<0>369<0>1850<0>967<0>2462<0>553<0>386<0>3348<0>313<0>1773<0>403<0>919<0>553<0>368<0>368<0>1773<0>1500<0>2133<0>553<0>561<0>561<0>3348<0>3359<0>1007<0>1... |
It was tough. I mean, it was, Javaneer had never been patrolled before. They had set up patrol bases, but they had never gone out and walked around and they had, you know, the outgoing units said, you don't want to do that. You don't want to do that. | <0>943<0>4009<0>1569<0>3556<0>3457<0>2641<0>3246<0>2787<0>2648<0>2155<0>492<0>1517<0>2030<0>2787<0>2060<0>797<0>464<0>1108<0>4048<0>561<0>3894<0>2525<0>2826<0>1645<0>2488<0>2594<0>3732<0>290<0>493<0>3585<0>2475<0>679<0>3134<0>3280<0>3720<0>1636<0>4048<0>1108<0>3422<0>4095<0>1335<0>3018<0>1478<0>644<0>1945<0>3849<0>2826... |
But you had to. The only way, the only way to defeat that enemy was to suffocate the area and what mattered most were the people. If the people trusted us, they would feed us the information so we could capture the enemy. If the people trusted them, because we wouldn't patrol and we were scared, | <0>2072<0>151<0>368<0>2958<0>549<0>794<0>3155<0>348<0>1455<0>963<0>2544<0>151<0>151<0>83<0>2970<0>1014<0>2453<0>2525<0>243<0>433<0>776<0>368<0>3280<0>1858<0>231<0>2174<0>2525<0>1858<0>1773<0>3457<0>3457<0>553<0>3155<0>2506<0>686<0>3376<0>2734<0>2773<0>2152<0>1022<0>1022<0>770<0>2525<0>1205<0>3927<0>1715<0>348<0>593<0>2... |
Then they would trust them and we would end up, we would end up not accomplishing our mission and it was, it was so hard. | <0>2492<0>3176<0>3637<0>2581<0>690<0>2773<0>3650<0>1842<0>3311<0>2970<0>1730<0>679<0>679<0>1485<0>492<0>746<0>1579<0>1858<0>2314<0>196<0>1022<0>679<0>1858<0>746<0>1485<0>1485<0>2187<0>2441<0>1687<0>2780<0>1812<0>2026<0>1071<0>1428<0>2251<0>3797<0>1569<0>3246<0>2525<0>1449<0>3783<0>2053<0>2989<0>2563<0>3556<0>2710<0>120... |
People have this idea that because you were a certain rank, everybody's gonna listen. | <0>1145<0>1730<0>2506<0>259<0>3235<0>2323<0>2715<0>652<0>243<0>1967<0>1977<0>3821<0>3585<0>1209<0>3585<0>3713<0>3096<0>3637<0>368<0>3556<0>1076<0>3828<0>2517<0>1773<0>2525<0>2735<0>2782<0>3403<0>553<0>1730<0>553<0>3348<0>3894<0>1858<0>212<0>148<0>1384<0>492<0>2826<0>3045<0>562<0>724<0>3018<0>3003<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
Or it's hardcore leadership and they're not gonna ask questions. You know, when I would go patrol base to patrol base and speak to my men and they would ask, why? Why should I walk out there tomorrow? | <0>3378<0>1518<0>2302<0>838<0>593<0>4009<0>2735<0>2348<0>366<0>3235<0>1007<0>898<0>3235<0>3079<0>746<0>3899<0>3055<0>3376<0>1175<0>809<0>317<0>236<0>3713<0>3713<0>3539<0>3484<0>43<0>2716<0>386<0>2641<0>1882<0>1842<0>1857<0>1500<0>3617<0>3480<0>2563<0>2710<0>317<0>2563<0>1710<0>3404<0>990<0>2332<0>2460<0>4009<0>1858<0>1... |
You know, we don't have CNN and this general or the president talking to us, giving us this big, huge, hey, here's the ultimate game plan. We don't get any of that. | <0>2029<0>3176<0>3592<0>3808<0>3123<0>1769<0>1022<0>1323<0>1820<0>1042<0>1042<0>1944<0>2716<0>1190<0>3437<0>3348<0>2594<0>2780<0>114<0>114<0>1950<0>1944<0>1850<0>3405<0>368<0>553<0>698<0>698<0>967<0>3892<0>1171<0>2432<0>2011<0>709<0>1171<0>1171<0>3892<0>553<0>3320<0>2494<0>3713<0>1485<0>2462<0>368<0>1299<0>539<0>3405<0... |
My guys were showering once every 17, 18 days. That's it. We were living amongst the populace, amongst the enemy that was traveling all around the country coming in. | <0>1318<0>3057<0>263<0>3950<0>4074<0>764<0>549<0>22<0>3899<0>1190<0>3214<0>776<0>3899<0>595<0>898<0>644<0>1328<0>2707<0>3447<0>1977<0>2084<0>967<0>43<0>561<0>3405<0>1195<0>22<0>2598<0>3556<0>2506<0>3060<0>3096<0>2506<0>3155<0>3155<0>212<0>2506<0>3364<0>22<0>3176<0>1655<0>2029<0>2506<0>2070<0>78<0>1306<0>239<0>776<0>491... |
And, and, and, and attacking us. And so it got really difficult, but the one thing that, that stuck with them, that they could understand that at their perspective, they got was, Hey, look, if you quit on me, | <0>2494<0>553<0>3556<0>1206<0>3781<0>3781<0>368<0>3320<0>2603<0>3713<0>2495<0>3155<0>1485<0>3123<0>4095<0>353<0>2152<0>491<0>1850<0>3402<0>2708<0>3894<0>3840<0>3151<0>3621<0>4001<0>1785<0>780<0>634<0>2385<0>748<0>2433<0>3585<0>1306<0>729<0>2525<0>1400<0>3987<0>2070<0>1738<0>1588<0>1079<0>2244<0>718<0>1022<0>3447<0>1910... |
That's one less guy to man the post on top of this patrol base to keep this roadway clear. That's one less guy guarding Mikey's flank when you go on patrol and you got three patrols tomorrow. We were already. | <0>2875<0>2525<0>3277<0>2185<0>666<0>3373<0>2525<0>3235<0>2525<0>2966<0>553<0>691<0>2787<0>553<0>1732<0>290<0>2555<0>1748<0>3176<0>3134<0>3585<0>2734<0>2075<0>1485<0>3373<0>3809<0>1842<0>426<0>1517<0>1043<0>484<0>2075<0>770<0>1448<0>2479<0>3067<0>1238<0>553<0>1801<0>718<0>2437<0>919<0>3837<0>593<0>3404<0>954<0>1442<0>9... |
So thin, at that time, our battle space was way too big for us to truly suffocate it to make sure the enemy couldn't, couldn't come in and influence. Way too big. But, as we got better, | <0>1553<0>3002<0>3850<0>2525<0>3235<0>3235<0>2525<0>3720<0>3096<0>698<0>2563<0>539<0>3856<0>3762<0>1108<0>1108<0>3741<0>1377<0>3002<0>3892<0>838<0>691<0>3402<0>679<0>651<0>2872<0>1902<0>1575<0>327<0>1190<0>1190<0>4009<0>1977<0>367<0>553<0>369<0>746<0>1022<0>2799<0>1579<0>1277<0>3486<0>4067<0>906<0>1166<0>3405<0>2506<0>... |
As we secured the area and we focused really on the main supply route and the economic parts of that, the shops, if we could secure the shops and secure the schools. | <0>1434<0>368<0>746<0>2769<0>3405<0>1444<0>2525<0>166<0>3214<0>967<0>4009<0>668<0>368<0>553<0>2703<0>553<0>1171<0>679<0>850<0>1944<0>1205<0>2070<0>259<0>746<0>2525<0>1399<0>562<0>3348<0>11<0>368<0>25<0>2735<0>3378<0>3592<0>1485<0>919<0>587<0>553<0>368<0>3155<0>2506<0>22<0>3235<0>1645<0>1518<0>1902<0>2715<0>690<0>1442<0... |
Cause the kids couldn't go to school, and the kids tried to go to school, Al-Qaeda killed the teachers. | <0>3189<0>3096<0>368<0>369<0>1967<0>192<0>1449<0>1865<0>151<0>1945<0>3348<0>3927<0>1842<0>1484<0>1780<0>2016<0>3280<0>3457<0>3158<0>3556<0>3612<0>1945<0>840<0>1715<0>2762<0>2339<0>1396<0>666<0>3435<0>2955<0>2044<0>2780<0>362<0>347<0>347<0>1480<0>1500<0>691<0>967<0>368<0>3055<0>2525<0>492<0>2509<0>3668<0>3637<0>3907<0>2... |
So now we secured the area enough that the two schools could open. When we were able to do that, then the shops opened up and the people could start living their lives again. That was one of the proudest days of my Marines lives when those kids could walk to school again. These schools were | <0>3535<0>3175<0>3585<0>1609<0>1729<0>3782<0>231<0>1858<0>3556<0>3045<0>3556<0>4026<0>3556<0>3963<0>668<0>3457<0>368<0>967<0>83<0>386<0>698<0>3176<0>898<0>348<0>1710<0>672<0>209<0>2773<0>2733<0>151<0>776<0>1127<0>492<0>895<0>1500<0>3748<0>3839<0>4088<0>527<0>3661<0>2258<0>3075<0>2626<0>1277<0>1858<0>279<0>4009<0>3828<0... |
Corners blown up from IEDs, bullet holes in them, there were no roofs, I mean they were, by our standards here in America, you wouldn't be able to fathom what these looked like. They were basically concrete squares. | <0>1977<0>3914<0>1618<0>1118<0>229<0>3373<0>3821<0>3821<0>4083<0>1736<0>3899<0>1500<0>691<0>3447<0>1022<0>386<0>3155<0>2506<0>368<0>919<0>2875<0>259<0>3229<0>313<0>895<0>895<0>1518<0>1007<0>3535<0>1773<0>1715<0>386<0>3404<0>2832<0>1547<0>1484<0>618<0>3348<0>690<0>379<0>1400<0>3067<0>1526<0>3002<0>1401<0>3972<0>484<0>12... |
With, with really bad desks in them. The school supplies they had were given to them from us. | <0>3762<0>1108<0>1422<0>782<0>2419<0>990<0>782<0>779<0>279<0>1526<0>259<0>3235<0>2525<0>313<0>1858<0>3134<0>2935<0>1473<0>1730<0>1730<0>3089<0>1105<0>1582<0>22<0>2075<0>2099<0>3307<0>2004<0>1062<0>3750<0>983<0>191<0>2525<0>838<0>1708<0>3235<0>3927<0>2550<0>484<0>824<0>22<0>2485<0>967<0>2410<0>3809<0>83<0>2935<0>313<0>3... |
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