Chris Fettes
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There's like this ditch, and we kind of get back in the ditch. Now we're calling the exfil at the same time as the medevac. The medevac comes during that fighter fight, and they don't know what's going on. They start flying right through where all this shit's coming down. And so that was one moment where I was like, hey, everyone abort, everybody stop. We stop all fires for a few seconds.
There's like this ditch, and we kind of get back in the ditch. Now we're calling the exfil at the same time as the medevac. The medevac comes during that fighter fight, and they don't know what's going on. They start flying right through where all this shit's coming down. And so that was one moment where I was like, hey, everyone abort, everybody stop. We stop all fires for a few seconds.
There's like this ditch, and we kind of get back in the ditch. Now we're calling the exfil at the same time as the medevac. The medevac comes during that fighter fight, and they don't know what's going on. They start flying right through where all this shit's coming down. And so that was one moment where I was like, hey, everyone abort, everybody stop. We stop all fires for a few seconds.
I go, you guys need to turn, just take a 90, just take a 30 degree right turn. So they do, and then they fly out of it and over to the guy's buzz saw. The buzz saw is that chem light where we're spinning it around, right? And they land perfectly on that. They get on, those two are gone to the hospital.
I go, you guys need to turn, just take a 90, just take a 30 degree right turn. So they do, and then they fly out of it and over to the guy's buzz saw. The buzz saw is that chem light where we're spinning it around, right? And they land perfectly on that. They get on, those two are gone to the hospital.
I go, you guys need to turn, just take a 90, just take a 30 degree right turn. So they do, and then they fly out of it and over to the guy's buzz saw. The buzz saw is that chem light where we're spinning it around, right? And they land perfectly on that. They get on, those two are gone to the hospital.
And now we're back at the ditch calling for exfil, and we get out of there, everybody's fine after that. He ends up being fine. You know, he had some complications with his chest for a few years, but he healed up pretty good, I think. And he's still kicking around Virginia Beach. Good deal. You know, I haven't seen him in some years, but I know we're still friends.
And now we're back at the ditch calling for exfil, and we get out of there, everybody's fine after that. He ends up being fine. You know, he had some complications with his chest for a few years, but he healed up pretty good, I think. And he's still kicking around Virginia Beach. Good deal. You know, I haven't seen him in some years, but I know we're still friends.
And now we're back at the ditch calling for exfil, and we get out of there, everybody's fine after that. He ends up being fine. You know, he had some complications with his chest for a few years, but he healed up pretty good, I think. And he's still kicking around Virginia Beach. Good deal. You know, I haven't seen him in some years, but I know we're still friends.
you know yeah um and that was the last so that was the last one we get back to the hooches and i talked to their jtac guy who ends up being later one of my teammates in the team all right that's the turnover bro holy that's a hell of a turnover op wow yeah yeah um did you
you know yeah um and that was the last so that was the last one we get back to the hooches and i talked to their jtac guy who ends up being later one of my teammates in the team all right that's the turnover bro holy that's a hell of a turnover op wow yeah yeah um did you
you know yeah um and that was the last so that was the last one we get back to the hooches and i talked to their jtac guy who ends up being later one of my teammates in the team all right that's the turnover bro holy that's a hell of a turnover op wow yeah yeah um did you
Did you kill anybody with a rifle or with... I did one on the roof team for a teammate of mine. He was climbing up, and these guys woke up, started pointing their guns around, and I had to shoot that guy. Was that your first kill? Yeah. Yeah, that was... Actually, it wasn't a kill. Actually, that was a hard time for me. Besides the JTAC ones, that guy ended up, like...
Did you kill anybody with a rifle or with... I did one on the roof team for a teammate of mine. He was climbing up, and these guys woke up, started pointing their guns around, and I had to shoot that guy. Was that your first kill? Yeah. Yeah, that was... Actually, it wasn't a kill. Actually, that was a hard time for me. Besides the JTAC ones, that guy ended up, like...
Did you kill anybody with a rifle or with... I did one on the roof team for a teammate of mine. He was climbing up, and these guys woke up, started pointing their guns around, and I had to shoot that guy. Was that your first kill? Yeah. Yeah, that was... Actually, it wasn't a kill. Actually, that was a hard time for me. Besides the JTAC ones, that guy ended up, like...
Just he ended up being paralyzed and then later he did, I believe he died later, like some time later, like I don't know when, you know. Like I don't even know if it was during that deployment. I was kind of using one of our translators to kind of update me. But he found some way to find out, like, this guy wasn't dead.
Just he ended up being paralyzed and then later he did, I believe he died later, like some time later, like I don't know when, you know. Like I don't even know if it was during that deployment. I was kind of using one of our translators to kind of update me. But he found some way to find out, like, this guy wasn't dead.
Just he ended up being paralyzed and then later he did, I believe he died later, like some time later, like I don't know when, you know. Like I don't even know if it was during that deployment. I was kind of using one of our translators to kind of update me. But he found some way to find out, like, this guy wasn't dead.
So we ended up fucking taking him with us after that because he was still breathing. So we dropped him at the biop hospital, and I think they essentially recovered him. So it was just a guy on target that woke up and started pointing towards one of our roof team guys. That guy ended up passing away in the future.
So we ended up fucking taking him with us after that because he was still breathing. So we dropped him at the biop hospital, and I think they essentially recovered him. So it was just a guy on target that woke up and started pointing towards one of our roof team guys. That guy ended up passing away in the future.