The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
But we're doing what's called a dignified transfer practice.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So to send the bodies of our fallen home, you take a casket with a flag and you march it over to the C-17.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
There's a ceremony that happens.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
Yeah.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So we're practicing this.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
And one of my good friends, Master Sergeant Trey Ponder,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So I was the senior MH-47 pilot in the entire regiment.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
He was the senior non-commissioned officer.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So he and I were the guys that were responsible for making sure the air crews were always up to standard and always up to date in their techniques.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
And we did their evaluations and all that kind of stuff.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
And so I sat this far away from him for...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
uh, six years, you know, and he was the one kicking the ropes out the back and he was killed.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So I'm carrying his casket and, uh, our officer in charge comes running.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
I say, hell, someone's going to take your place.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
I'm like, sir, you know, we're doing dignified transfer.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
And he's like, come on, we got a survivor.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
So somebody takes my place, we come back, we're in the rescue operations center, and we get presented with, okay, somebody walked into a little Marine Corps patrol base with the correct information that we need, that it's likely to be him.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
We had his beacon location from his radio.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
Because it's a specific... Yeah, each person...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Secrets of the Night Stalkers, and Rescuing Marcus Luttrell, with Army Master Aviator Alan C. Mack | Ep. 1324
in a threat theater like that gets what's called an ISO prep, isolated personnel report.