Jocko Willink

One of our guys went in that compound.

He got shot.

And...

So then what do they do?

They all start shooting.

So what we end up with, now we're entering the blue on blue.

This is a blue on blue happening.

And as my guys in the overwatch position are now returning fire at the Iraqis that are dumping down rounds, trying to get their guy out of the courtyard, the Iraqis call for the QRF.

So now a QRF launches.

to go down and it gets to that corner, .50 caliber machine gun puts it on the Overwatch, my Overwatch position.

And again, this Overwatch position is Iraqi soldiers and SEALs, and starts engaging with .50 cal into this Overwatch position.

As this is happening, now my guys call the heavy QRF, which is tanks.

And as this happens, I look at the company commander, Joe Claiborne.

I'm like, hey, those are my guys calling QRF.

Let's go.

Like, follow these tanks down there.

Roger that.

So we kind of break contact over here and we pull out onto that main road.

Farouk Way is what it was called.

And as we're driving down this road, I'm looking and I see the tank and I see red smoke.