Major Joshua Mast
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It's good to be here. Yeah, Sean, we really appreciate you having us.
It's good to be here. Yeah, Sean, we really appreciate you having us.
It's good to be here. Yeah, Sean, we really appreciate you having us.
I mean, honestly, we feel blessed to have been a part of this. Like, we're very proud of it. And we'd like to put the spotlight on some people who've made it happen along the way. Regular Americans doing their thing at the ground level, and it's really about them.
I mean, honestly, we feel blessed to have been a part of this. Like, we're very proud of it. And we'd like to put the spotlight on some people who've made it happen along the way. Regular Americans doing their thing at the ground level, and it's really about them.
I mean, honestly, we feel blessed to have been a part of this. Like, we're very proud of it. And we'd like to put the spotlight on some people who've made it happen along the way. Regular Americans doing their thing at the ground level, and it's really about them.
No, obviously this is just my personal opinion, our perspective on what's happened over the last few years in our life. And then normally I wouldn't even associate with MARSOC, but they've recently acknowledged that I'm a member of the command. So that allows us to be here and be able to acknowledge that today.
No, obviously this is just my personal opinion, our perspective on what's happened over the last few years in our life. And then normally I wouldn't even associate with MARSOC, but they've recently acknowledged that I'm a member of the command. So that allows us to be here and be able to acknowledge that today.
No, obviously this is just my personal opinion, our perspective on what's happened over the last few years in our life. And then normally I wouldn't even associate with MARSOC, but they've recently acknowledged that I'm a member of the command. So that allows us to be here and be able to acknowledge that today.
Okay, so obviously we can't go into classified information. A lot of what we're going to talk about has been declassified and authorized for release into the public domain. So we will talk about that portion of it. And then as far as ongoing legal matters, the only thing we're not going to do is some of the Afghans we've been in other litigation with,
Okay, so obviously we can't go into classified information. A lot of what we're going to talk about has been declassified and authorized for release into the public domain. So we will talk about that portion of it. And then as far as ongoing legal matters, the only thing we're not going to do is some of the Afghans we've been in other litigation with,
Okay, so obviously we can't go into classified information. A lot of what we're going to talk about has been declassified and authorized for release into the public domain. So we will talk about that portion of it. And then as far as ongoing legal matters, the only thing we're not going to do is some of the Afghans we've been in other litigation with,
We're not allowed to identify those people to third parties or where they're from or where their families are from. And so we're not going to do that. It's really not even the focus of today. And then there's a restriction from commenting on some of the state court proceedings. So we're not going to talk about what's happened in the state court.
We're not allowed to identify those people to third parties or where they're from or where their families are from. And so we're not going to do that. It's really not even the focus of today. And then there's a restriction from commenting on some of the state court proceedings. So we're not going to talk about what's happened in the state court.
We're not allowed to identify those people to third parties or where they're from or where their families are from. And so we're not going to do that. It's really not even the focus of today. And then there's a restriction from commenting on some of the state court proceedings. So we're not going to talk about what's happened in the state court.
But what we are going to focus on today is there was a recent board of inquiry at MARSOC that I went through in October. And then for the first time, that was actually a blessing in disguise for us because for the first time we had some due process rights to information that we've been asking for for years. And it could be discretionary denied before if it was in a civil case.
But what we are going to focus on today is there was a recent board of inquiry at MARSOC that I went through in October. And then for the first time, that was actually a blessing in disguise for us because for the first time we had some due process rights to information that we've been asking for for years. And it could be discretionary denied before if it was in a civil case.
But what we are going to focus on today is there was a recent board of inquiry at MARSOC that I went through in October. And then for the first time, that was actually a blessing in disguise for us because for the first time we had some due process rights to information that we've been asking for for years. And it could be discretionary denied before if it was in a civil case.
But in this case, because they was putting your career on the line, they had to give you at least some of that information. And so a lot of this is going to focus on the Board of Inquiry and then a little bit on some government misconduct.
But in this case, because they was putting your career on the line, they had to give you at least some of that information. And so a lot of this is going to focus on the Board of Inquiry and then a little bit on some government misconduct.