Evil Mog

And so then we had to go contact their visitor unit and say, hey, do you guys have enough bandwidth for us to go get you video teleconference? And thankfully, they had a really decent tech there. He's like, well, actually, we can make some things happen. What do you guys got for equipment?

And so then we had to go contact their visitor unit and say, hey, do you guys have enough bandwidth for us to go get you video teleconference? And thankfully, they had a really decent tech there. He's like, well, actually, we can make some things happen. What do you guys got for equipment?

Yeah. Wow, okay. Trying to coordinate this from halfway across the world is kind of interesting. Exactly, yeah.

Yeah. Wow, okay. Trying to coordinate this from halfway across the world is kind of interesting. Exactly, yeah.

Exactly, right? So they were running on Tanberg, we were running on Tanberg, and we made the gear all work out. I popped onto the load balancers on our side, and...

Exactly, right? So they were running on Tanberg, we were running on Tanberg, and we made the gear all work out. I popped onto the load balancers on our side, and...

No, it was a TV on a cart with a Tandberg video teleconference unit.

No, it was a TV on a cart with a Tandberg video teleconference unit.

Yeah. Yeah. He just threw this on the thing. They wheeled her in. They plugged her right in next to the woman's bed there. We swiveled the webcam over. He managed to get us a public IP so we could do remote control of it. And then, yeah, we just set up the communication channels and off we went. It was actually running rather well.

Yeah. Yeah. He just threw this on the thing. They wheeled her in. They plugged her right in next to the woman's bed there. We swiveled the webcam over. He managed to get us a public IP so we could do remote control of it. And then, yeah, we just set up the communication channels and off we went. It was actually running rather well.

Yep. I talked to Steve. Steve called the guy's unit commander. Unit commander called the section leader. They pulled him out, said, look, you're to report to building 026 Bravo on Kandahar Airfield. Show up here. We're like, hey, man, we got a surprise for you. Wheel him back out there, plop him down in one of our spare rooms that we had.

Yep. I talked to Steve. Steve called the guy's unit commander. Unit commander called the section leader. They pulled him out, said, look, you're to report to building 026 Bravo on Kandahar Airfield. Show up here. We're like, hey, man, we got a surprise for you. Wheel him back out there, plop him down in one of our spare rooms that we had.

rigged up into this 40-foot sea container, plopped down a chair, made it comfortable, said, here's our little care package, here's some Kleenex, call us if you need anything.

rigged up into this 40-foot sea container, plopped down a chair, made it comfortable, said, here's our little care package, here's some Kleenex, call us if you need anything.

We weren't even looking, we gave him his privacy. Yeah. I remember how he was afterwards, though. After he saw his wife, he walked in, he was all doom and gloom. This is going to sound stereotypical, but that thousand-yard stare, like, you've seen some shit.

We weren't even looking, we gave him his privacy. Yeah. I remember how he was afterwards, though. After he saw his wife, he walked in, he was all doom and gloom. This is going to sound stereotypical, but that thousand-yard stare, like, you've seen some shit.

And then the guy, right afterward, I saw life in his eyes. Yeah. So that's how I knew we did a good thing.

And then the guy, right afterward, I saw life in his eyes. Yeah. So that's how I knew we did a good thing.

I mean, from what I've been told, the actions taken the first couple of days after a major incident are the most critical. And I think by giving him that level of support immediately, I think I changed the guy's life way for the better. I mean, they were talking originally about having to discharge the guy.

I mean, from what I've been told, the actions taken the first couple of days after a major incident are the most critical. And I think by giving him that level of support immediately, I think I changed the guy's life way for the better. I mean, they were talking originally about having to discharge the guy.