Major Joshua Mast

And I think that a lot of GWAT vets could close their eyes right now and see a face of a kid or a person, a vulnerable person, and caught up in a crazy circumstance of war that they wanted to help, tried to help, couldn't help. Or maybe some who did. But I've had so many, like, grown colonels crying in my office, like, when I'm telling this story.

And, like, that reminds me of—and telling stories about their experience. For instance, I had a colonel with the – there's a news article, the kids of Camp Eagers, and there was a suicide bombing ISIS child. But he was trying to seek guardianship of an orphan that would come and beg at their camp. And, you know, trying to do it, but there's a lot of red tape, and he said he was –

And, like, that reminds me of—and telling stories about their experience. For instance, I had a colonel with the – there's a news article, the kids of Camp Eagers, and there was a suicide bombing ISIS child. But he was trying to seek guardianship of an orphan that would come and beg at their camp. And, you know, trying to do it, but there's a lot of red tape, and he said he was –

And, like, that reminds me of—and telling stories about their experience. For instance, I had a colonel with the – there's a news article, the kids of Camp Eagers, and there was a suicide bombing ISIS child. But he was trying to seek guardianship of an orphan that would come and beg at their camp. And, you know, trying to do it, but there's a lot of red tape, and he said he was –

He was introducing new lieutenants and like, hey, indicators of something off in your pattern of life. He was like, all these jingle trucks, that one's brand new. Like, why is that? Like, you should watch for things like that. And the next day, that jingle truck, I had driven my 14-year-old Isis a suicide bomber, blew up all those kids and killed this little girl.

He was introducing new lieutenants and like, hey, indicators of something off in your pattern of life. He was like, all these jingle trucks, that one's brand new. Like, why is that? Like, you should watch for things like that. And the next day, that jingle truck, I had driven my 14-year-old Isis a suicide bomber, blew up all those kids and killed this little girl.

He was introducing new lieutenants and like, hey, indicators of something off in your pattern of life. He was like, all these jingle trucks, that one's brand new. Like, why is that? Like, you should watch for things like that. And the next day, that jingle truck, I had driven my 14-year-old Isis a suicide bomber, blew up all those kids and killed this little girl.

And so, like, he wanted the help and couldn't. And, like, he says, I don't think I've ever told anybody that story before. And I had another, like, these are hardened, soft, like, kernels. Another one in 2007, Fallujah. He said he had a team that was, took IDF mortar rounds, and they missed.

And so, like, he wanted the help and couldn't. And, like, he says, I don't think I've ever told anybody that story before. And I had another, like, these are hardened, soft, like, kernels. Another one in 2007, Fallujah. He said he had a team that was, took IDF mortar rounds, and they missed.

And so, like, he wanted the help and couldn't. And, like, he says, I don't think I've ever told anybody that story before. And I had another, like, these are hardened, soft, like, kernels. Another one in 2007, Fallujah. He said he had a team that was, took IDF mortar rounds, and they missed.

And they hit the compound, family compound next to them, and a little four-year-old girl, like, took shrapnel to the abdomen. And they wouldn't send a medical bird because it wasn't in conformance with the medical ROE. And he's like screaming at them on the radio, like, send this. You know, if you don't send this, I will go or blackball and take her to the hospital, ground her back.

And they hit the compound, family compound next to them, and a little four-year-old girl, like, took shrapnel to the abdomen. And they wouldn't send a medical bird because it wasn't in conformance with the medical ROE. And he's like screaming at them on the radio, like, send this. You know, if you don't send this, I will go or blackball and take her to the hospital, ground her back.

And they hit the compound, family compound next to them, and a little four-year-old girl, like, took shrapnel to the abdomen. And they wouldn't send a medical bird because it wasn't in conformance with the medical ROE. And he's like screaming at them on the radio, like, send this. You know, if you don't send this, I will go or blackball and take her to the hospital, ground her back.

And so this colonel said, like, it was his twin, he had two twin little girls at home that were four at the time-ish. And he said it was about the same age. And so he asked for volunteers and he got like some mass sergeant and him and they got in a Humvee and went over Fallujah blacktop roads as fast as they could risking all the IEDs. And she bled out like halfway there.

And so this colonel said, like, it was his twin, he had two twin little girls at home that were four at the time-ish. And he said it was about the same age. And so he asked for volunteers and he got like some mass sergeant and him and they got in a Humvee and went over Fallujah blacktop roads as fast as they could risking all the IEDs. And she bled out like halfway there.

And so this colonel said, like, it was his twin, he had two twin little girls at home that were four at the time-ish. And he said it was about the same age. And so he asked for volunteers and he got like some mass sergeant and him and they got in a Humvee and went over Fallujah blacktop roads as fast as they could risking all the IEDs. And she bled out like halfway there.

And so like, these are the memories our guys that have the same values as these rangers demonstrated. I bet you that is so common in the war that it's not even funny. Because I probably had, there's more I could talk about.

And so like, these are the memories our guys that have the same values as these rangers demonstrated. I bet you that is so common in the war that it's not even funny. Because I probably had, there's more I could talk about.

And so like, these are the memories our guys that have the same values as these rangers demonstrated. I bet you that is so common in the war that it's not even funny. Because I probably had, there's more I could talk about.

Like the medical staff, one of the reasons they were so worried about her was because of their experience with other soft bringbacks where they'd had to shoot through children that were being used as human shields to kill these terrorists and then treat them and then return them to the Taliban. And there was one that stood out in my mind.