Major Joshua Mast

So I think they picked up three or four casualties initially from fragmentation. Okay. And one of the things that they said saved their life was it was mostly homemade explosives. And so some of them only partially detonated. He said he wouldn't be here if he stepped on a toe popper and going around the building with his dog.

No, not right off the bat. So they roll grenades back in at him, and he reemerges without her throwing grenades out. And so they have an exchange of grenades. And there's some sympathetic secondary explosions inside the structure. And we're talking about a small, like, family-sized compound, not like a huge open space.

No, not right off the bat. So they roll grenades back in at him, and he reemerges without her throwing grenades out. And so they have an exchange of grenades. And there's some sympathetic secondary explosions inside the structure. And we're talking about a small, like, family-sized compound, not like a huge open space.

No, not right off the bat. So they roll grenades back in at him, and he reemerges without her throwing grenades out. And so they have an exchange of grenades. And there's some sympathetic secondary explosions inside the structure. And we're talking about a small, like, family-sized compound, not like a huge open space.

So it's pretty contained, and they have it isolated with, you know, machine guns. And it's pretty open terrain with a little ravine where they had approached the target through for cover, like a river. And so they have both of these structures pretty isolated with good visibility. And so they continue to... room by room, clear this. And so they're breaching these people.

So it's pretty contained, and they have it isolated with, you know, machine guns. And it's pretty open terrain with a little ravine where they had approached the target through for cover, like a river. And so they have both of these structures pretty isolated with good visibility. And so they continue to... room by room, clear this. And so they're breaching these people.

So it's pretty contained, and they have it isolated with, you know, machine guns. And it's pretty open terrain with a little ravine where they had approached the target through for cover, like a river. And so they have both of these structures pretty isolated with good visibility. And so they continue to... room by room, clear this. And so they're breaching these people.

People are fighting to death, even with their family members present. They told me that there were detonated grenades with their children present as they're clearing these structures room by room. They have an Afghan partner force with them that is helping it to some extent, but it's mostly the rangers, room by room by room, clearing these structures.

People are fighting to death, even with their family members present. They told me that there were detonated grenades with their children present as they're clearing these structures room by room. They have an Afghan partner force with them that is helping it to some extent, but it's mostly the rangers, room by room by room, clearing these structures.

People are fighting to death, even with their family members present. They told me that there were detonated grenades with their children present as they're clearing these structures room by room. They have an Afghan partner force with them that is helping it to some extent, but it's mostly the rangers, room by room by room, clearing these structures.

and so as they're in the first or second room in these structures it goes really kinetic up the hill at the other compound and um there's if you can envision like there's a there's actually a map tip of this they put up on the screen it might help but the north compound in the 20 30 and 40 series which has been declassified and released properly um they were breaching the center structure

and so as they're in the first or second room in these structures it goes really kinetic up the hill at the other compound and um there's if you can envision like there's a there's actually a map tip of this they put up on the screen it might help but the north compound in the 20 30 and 40 series which has been declassified and released properly um they were breaching the center structure

and so as they're in the first or second room in these structures it goes really kinetic up the hill at the other compound and um there's if you can envision like there's a there's actually a map tip of this they put up on the screen it might help but the north compound in the 20 30 and 40 series which has been declassified and released properly um they were breaching the center structure

And the breach, as they were stacked up, set off an HME cache, and it went sky high. Like, I had multiple, like, Rangers that had been on five or six deployments to the Middle East, and it's the largest explosion I've ever heard. And they described the chemical taste. It immediately just flooded the area.

And the breach, as they were stacked up, set off an HME cache, and it went sky high. Like, I had multiple, like, Rangers that had been on five or six deployments to the Middle East, and it's the largest explosion I've ever heard. And they described the chemical taste. It immediately just flooded the area.

And the breach, as they were stacked up, set off an HME cache, and it went sky high. Like, I had multiple, like, Rangers that had been on five or six deployments to the Middle East, and it's the largest explosion I've ever heard. And they described the chemical taste. It immediately just flooded the area.

They thought it was like a booby trap where they actually had to test it to make sure they weren't contaminated and could return to base. But they thought they were dead. The Alpha Team leader, a lot of them have lung damage from breathing that stuff in. It was that pervasive across the target. There's a gunfight down here that's pretty kinetic.

They thought it was like a booby trap where they actually had to test it to make sure they weren't contaminated and could return to base. But they thought they were dead. The Alpha Team leader, a lot of them have lung damage from breathing that stuff in. It was that pervasive across the target. There's a gunfight down here that's pretty kinetic.

They thought it was like a booby trap where they actually had to test it to make sure they weren't contaminated and could return to base. But they thought they were dead. The Alpha Team leader, a lot of them have lung damage from breathing that stuff in. It was that pervasive across the target. There's a gunfight down here that's pretty kinetic.

Up the hill, it's getting really kinetic and the bullets are going over their head into the trees and you're hearing it whizzing. They're both using Carl Gustavs to breach and to engage different targets within the structures.