Major Joshua Mast

Not for a while, actually. So September 6, 2019 is when this mission goes. It takes a couple weeks. We thought that she'd gotten turned over or the baby had been turned over, and then we found out, no, it wasn't. There was back and forth because the Afghans kept saying, we don't have capability, which is not uncommon. It's an injured infant. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

Not for a while, actually. So September 6, 2019 is when this mission goes. It takes a couple weeks. We thought that she'd gotten turned over or the baby had been turned over, and then we found out, no, it wasn't. There was back and forth because the Afghans kept saying, we don't have capability, which is not uncommon. It's an injured infant. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

Not for a while, actually. So September 6, 2019 is when this mission goes. It takes a couple weeks. We thought that she'd gotten turned over or the baby had been turned over, and then we found out, no, it wasn't. There was back and forth because the Afghans kept saying, we don't have capability, which is not uncommon. It's an injured infant. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

It's just the facts, right? And we'd done that with other types of logistical support for the Afghans before, you know, from – munitions to strikes, you know, you provide that support to enable those, you know, partner forces. But for a baby, we're trying to make sure that they have a safe outcome.

It's just the facts, right? And we'd done that with other types of logistical support for the Afghans before, you know, from – munitions to strikes, you know, you provide that support to enable those, you know, partner forces. But for a baby, we're trying to make sure that they have a safe outcome.

It's just the facts, right? And we'd done that with other types of logistical support for the Afghans before, you know, from – munitions to strikes, you know, you provide that support to enable those, you know, partner forces. But for a baby, we're trying to make sure that they have a safe outcome.

And so, again, I had told you, like, we get updates with these stand-ups and asking basic questions and then providing those informations to decision-makers, and it became more and more clear that this is a foreign child and that wasn't the only legally permissible COA. And so I went back to this Air Force major, and I was like, hey, sir, like, we need to go back and brief the two-star, like,

And so, again, I had told you, like, we get updates with these stand-ups and asking basic questions and then providing those informations to decision-makers, and it became more and more clear that this is a foreign child and that wasn't the only legally permissible COA. And so I went back to this Air Force major, and I was like, hey, sir, like, we need to go back and brief the two-star, like,

And so, again, I had told you, like, we get updates with these stand-ups and asking basic questions and then providing those informations to decision-makers, and it became more and more clear that this is a foreign child and that wasn't the only legally permissible COA. And so I went back to this Air Force major, and I was like, hey, sir, like, we need to go back and brief the two-star, like,

what we know now, because we had a significant amount of information that we did not have before. And the attitude was kind of like, oh, well, I already kind of made a big stink about having to tell the Afghans because they weren't going to tell them in the first place. We're just going to do the right thing and take care of the child. And he had made a big stink about telling them.

what we know now, because we had a significant amount of information that we did not have before. And the attitude was kind of like, oh, well, I already kind of made a big stink about having to tell the Afghans because they weren't going to tell them in the first place. We're just going to do the right thing and take care of the child. And he had made a big stink about telling them.

what we know now, because we had a significant amount of information that we did not have before. And the attitude was kind of like, oh, well, I already kind of made a big stink about having to tell the Afghans because they weren't going to tell them in the first place. We're just going to do the right thing and take care of the child. And he had made a big stink about telling them.

And then they were like, we can't, you know, we don't have capability. And he didn't want to go back and brief this two-star. And I was like, Why? I don't know. This is not judging. I'm just saying that's what happened. I don't know why. I think he felt like he had already made a big deal about having to tell the Afghans in the first place.

And then they were like, we can't, you know, we don't have capability. And he didn't want to go back and brief this two-star. And I was like, Why? I don't know. This is not judging. I'm just saying that's what happened. I don't know why. I think he felt like he had already made a big deal about having to tell the Afghans in the first place.

And then they were like, we can't, you know, we don't have capability. And he didn't want to go back and brief this two-star. And I was like, Why? I don't know. This is not judging. I'm just saying that's what happened. I don't know why. I think he felt like he had already made a big deal about having to tell the Afghans in the first place.

And then when we had fidelity on that she was not Afghan, he didn't want to go back and correct that brief to the commander. And so what ended up happening was I started to look at

And then when we had fidelity on that she was not Afghan, he didn't want to go back and correct that brief to the commander. And so what ended up happening was I started to look at

And then when we had fidelity on that she was not Afghan, he didn't want to go back and correct that brief to the commander. And so what ended up happening was I started to look at

research okay well what are the risk factors you know again like you make legal advice based on facts so if the commander executes and gives this infant with a fractured skull and a fractured femur to an afghan institution in 2019 afghanistan what does that look like that's what i wanted to know like and i didn't know like i i was new in country i hadn't really studied

research okay well what are the risk factors you know again like you make legal advice based on facts so if the commander executes and gives this infant with a fractured skull and a fractured femur to an afghan institution in 2019 afghanistan what does that look like that's what i wanted to know like and i didn't know like i i was new in country i hadn't really studied