Major Joshua Mast

They wanted to get back and negotiate with us. So I guess all that—I think that— Was she the leading thought in their mind? No, but she was an inconvenient truth for both sides, both the embassy and the Taliban.

They wanted to get back and negotiate with us. So I guess all that—I think that— Was she the leading thought in their mind? No, but she was an inconvenient truth for both sides, both the embassy and the Taliban.

Was it in the— Oh, probably mid-October. I got to go down on a rotator to Bagram and spend a couple days down there on some other project. I can't remember what it was. Oh, I think I might have been visiting Parwan. But, yeah, I got to hold her for the first time.

Was it in the— Oh, probably mid-October. I got to go down on a rotator to Bagram and spend a couple days down there on some other project. I can't remember what it was. Oh, I think I might have been visiting Parwan. But, yeah, I got to hold her for the first time.

Was it in the— Oh, probably mid-October. I got to go down on a rotator to Bagram and spend a couple days down there on some other project. I can't remember what it was. Oh, I think I might have been visiting Parwan. But, yeah, I got to hold her for the first time.

And it makes all the difference because seeing a case in paper, like just reading about it in emails, like when you're holding this little life— And you're like, what is going to happen? Like, we're leaving Afghanistan. This is going to go south. Like, I'm thinking, you know, not even with the hindsight of history, but at the time, going like, what's going to happen when we leave? Right?

And it makes all the difference because seeing a case in paper, like just reading about it in emails, like when you're holding this little life— And you're like, what is going to happen? Like, we're leaving Afghanistan. This is going to go south. Like, I'm thinking, you know, not even with the hindsight of history, but at the time, going like, what's going to happen when we leave? Right?

And it makes all the difference because seeing a case in paper, like just reading about it in emails, like when you're holding this little life— And you're like, what is going to happen? Like, we're leaving Afghanistan. This is going to go south. Like, I'm thinking, you know, not even with the hindsight of history, but at the time, going like, what's going to happen when we leave? Right?

There's going to be a civil war at a minimum. And, you know, just a... you know, borderline genocide is what ended up happening, but, you know, holding her like that, it just, her so vulnerable. Like, you felt obligated to protect if you could. And so, I mean, the commander of Task Force Medical Afghanistan, I named my fourth son after him because

There's going to be a civil war at a minimum. And, you know, just a... you know, borderline genocide is what ended up happening, but, you know, holding her like that, it just, her so vulnerable. Like, you felt obligated to protect if you could. And so, I mean, the commander of Task Force Medical Afghanistan, I named my fourth son after him because

There's going to be a civil war at a minimum. And, you know, just a... you know, borderline genocide is what ended up happening, but, you know, holding her like that, it just, her so vulnerable. Like, you felt obligated to protect if you could. And so, I mean, the commander of Task Force Medical Afghanistan, I named my fourth son after him because

he was the model of empathy and like he risked his career advocating like hey we can't we're morally obligated to dna test and terrorist vet for this child like you cannot like i have as a doctor can't abide by this like to the point he was getting warned he's gonna get fired from a two-star who thought it was a distraction and uh like

he was the model of empathy and like he risked his career advocating like hey we can't we're morally obligated to dna test and terrorist vet for this child like you cannot like i have as a doctor can't abide by this like to the point he was getting warned he's gonna get fired from a two-star who thought it was a distraction and uh like

he was the model of empathy and like he risked his career advocating like hey we can't we're morally obligated to dna test and terrorist vet for this child like you cannot like i have as a doctor can't abide by this like to the point he was getting warned he's gonna get fired from a two-star who thought it was a distraction and uh like

He would hold the hands of dying service members, like made sure that none of our guys died alone. Like that's the caliber of person this man is. Like physically fit, just everything you want in a leader. And that's not always the case in the medical corps, but like this guy, I so admire him. Who brought her home?

He would hold the hands of dying service members, like made sure that none of our guys died alone. Like that's the caliber of person this man is. Like physically fit, just everything you want in a leader. And that's not always the case in the medical corps, but like this guy, I so admire him. Who brought her home?

He would hold the hands of dying service members, like made sure that none of our guys died alone. Like that's the caliber of person this man is. Like physically fit, just everything you want in a leader. And that's not always the case in the medical corps, but like this guy, I so admire him. Who brought her home?

That's a long—so she was, despite all of that, despite Senator Cruz advocating for her, different folks trying to get her home, the embassy reported falsely that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test and that they had confirmed that there was family. That's what they reported.

That's a long—so she was, despite all of that, despite Senator Cruz advocating for her, different folks trying to get her home, the embassy reported falsely that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test and that they had confirmed that there was family. That's what they reported.

That's a long—so she was, despite all of that, despite Senator Cruz advocating for her, different folks trying to get her home, the embassy reported falsely that the Afghans didn't want to do a DNA test and that they had confirmed that there was family. That's what they reported.