Major Joshua Mast

So I scrounged around and I got a secret red line to HKIA where I could talk to the SJA, who was a friend of mine, who I knew. And I talked to him at the early stages, and he's like, I am an 04 SJA in the Marine Corps, and I just laid C-wire, concertina wire, and cleared an airport with, like, 250 Marines. That's what I did today. He's like, this is unbelievable.

And, like, never seen anything worse. I mean, a major laying concertina wire on a judge advocate? Like, they were, like, overrun. And, like, as I'm communicating with them, they're saying things like, the situation's not good. The State Department people are leaving. We have no guidance. It's changing. They were afraid they were going to get overrun again. It was bad.

And, like, never seen anything worse. I mean, a major laying concertina wire on a judge advocate? Like, they were, like, overrun. And, like, as I'm communicating with them, they're saying things like, the situation's not good. The State Department people are leaving. We have no guidance. It's changing. They were afraid they were going to get overrun again. It was bad.

And, like, never seen anything worse. I mean, a major laying concertina wire on a judge advocate? Like, they were, like, overrun. And, like, as I'm communicating with them, they're saying things like, the situation's not good. The State Department people are leaving. We have no guidance. It's changing. They were afraid they were going to get overrun again. It was bad.

And so that first group that I got out, or I helped get out, that major was really plugged in with, it was called the Zaki family, and they're in the States, they're safe. Thank God. But they got out. And so he got flooded with a bunch of other requests from other Marines, like, hey, my turf's outside of this gate or that gate.

And so that first group that I got out, or I helped get out, that major was really plugged in with, it was called the Zaki family, and they're in the States, they're safe. Thank God. But they got out. And so he got flooded with a bunch of other requests from other Marines, like, hey, my turf's outside of this gate or that gate.

And so that first group that I got out, or I helped get out, that major was really plugged in with, it was called the Zaki family, and they're in the States, they're safe. Thank God. But they got out. And so he got flooded with a bunch of other requests from other Marines, like, hey, my turf's outside of this gate or that gate.

And so he started filtering those to me because I was able to assist with that original one. And so I got sucked in and like, For the next two weeks, like, totally ad hoc, didn't have to, just did what every other, like, people who had connections tried to do and help get our allies out. Like, guys who'd gone to war with us.

And so he started filtering those to me because I was able to assist with that original one. And so I got sucked in and like, For the next two weeks, like, totally ad hoc, didn't have to, just did what every other, like, people who had connections tried to do and help get our allies out. Like, guys who'd gone to war with us.

And so he started filtering those to me because I was able to assist with that original one. And so I got sucked in and like, For the next two weeks, like, totally ad hoc, didn't have to, just did what every other, like, people who had connections tried to do and help get our allies out. Like, guys who'd gone to war with us.

And if a Marine vouched for them, we would get a Marine to go find them and pull them in. It was unbelievable. So, like, all these groups, like, you know, Concilium, No One Left Behind, Pineapple Express, you know, Mighty Oaks folks, it was incredible.

And if a Marine vouched for them, we would get a Marine to go find them and pull them in. It was unbelievable. So, like, all these groups, like, you know, Concilium, No One Left Behind, Pineapple Express, you know, Mighty Oaks folks, it was incredible.

And if a Marine vouched for them, we would get a Marine to go find them and pull them in. It was unbelievable. So, like, all these groups, like, you know, Concilium, No One Left Behind, Pineapple Express, you know, Mighty Oaks folks, it was incredible.

It was probably the worst two weeks that I personally experienced, just with the huge highs and huge lows of getting people out and knowing they had no hope. But in the midst of that, we experienced a miracle with my command authorizing me to try to go to Afghanistan during all of that craziness, and then ultimately with the National Mission Force getting her. How did they get her?

It was probably the worst two weeks that I personally experienced, just with the huge highs and huge lows of getting people out and knowing they had no hope. But in the midst of that, we experienced a miracle with my command authorizing me to try to go to Afghanistan during all of that craziness, and then ultimately with the National Mission Force getting her. How did they get her?

It was probably the worst two weeks that I personally experienced, just with the huge highs and huge lows of getting people out and knowing they had no hope. But in the midst of that, we experienced a miracle with my command authorizing me to try to go to Afghanistan during all of that craziness, and then ultimately with the National Mission Force getting her. How did they get her?

So as soon as I got word, they were, well, so he came back and said, the Taliban said, no, they'll kill us. We can't go. I was like, disobey the Taliban. The president just got on the TV and said, anyone at risk or anyone who's helped U.S. forces can try to get out. And so I said, if you bring a, she's viewed as a U.S. person by U.S. forces. If you bring her to U.S.

So as soon as I got word, they were, well, so he came back and said, the Taliban said, no, they'll kill us. We can't go. I was like, disobey the Taliban. The president just got on the TV and said, anyone at risk or anyone who's helped U.S. forces can try to get out. And so I said, if you bring a, she's viewed as a U.S. person by U.S. forces. If you bring her to U.S.

So as soon as I got word, they were, well, so he came back and said, the Taliban said, no, they'll kill us. We can't go. I was like, disobey the Taliban. The president just got on the TV and said, anyone at risk or anyone who's helped U.S. forces can try to get out. And so I said, if you bring a, she's viewed as a U.S. person by U.S. forces. If you bring her to U.S.

forces, that's helping the United States. And I will do everything I can to get you out. And then I went downstairs and I talked to my colonel. I was like, sir, crazy story. We've been doing, State Department dumped our little girl two years ago. We've been working to get her out. You know, she has medical concerns. They've reported like shaking and such.