Major Joshua Mast

children with an uncertain environment where there could be, like, emotional outbursts or anger because they've learned to suppress and not make themselves a target, not rock the boat. And they also noticed that she had a real aversion to men and then closed spaces. Like, if in a therapy session they would shut the door, she'd start to, like, lose it.

She didn't want to be alone, and she did not want to be around men specifically. It was... But fortunately, like, we have a big family. She's got, like, 13 or, what, 15 cousins? So, like, that much love pouring on her with all sorts of people, like, learning to trust people. Like, it's safe. It's okay. And... She started to slowly peel that back, where today, like, you couldn't even tell.

She didn't want to be alone, and she did not want to be around men specifically. It was... But fortunately, like, we have a big family. She's got, like, 13 or, what, 15 cousins? So, like, that much love pouring on her with all sorts of people, like, learning to trust people. Like, it's safe. It's okay. And... She started to slowly peel that back, where today, like, you couldn't even tell.

She didn't want to be alone, and she did not want to be around men specifically. It was... But fortunately, like, we have a big family. She's got, like, 13 or, what, 15 cousins? So, like, that much love pouring on her with all sorts of people, like, learning to trust people. Like, it's safe. It's okay. And... She started to slowly peel that back, where today, like, you couldn't even tell.

Like, she's the same little girl in the hospital, same bright face, like, hold me. Because she grew up with all these nurses and doctors. Like, they would hold her for her naps and, like, rock her to sleep. So she was totally spoiled. And then to go to that deprivation and then coming back from that took some time. But, like I said, she was speaking full sentences in two months.

Like, she's the same little girl in the hospital, same bright face, like, hold me. Because she grew up with all these nurses and doctors. Like, they would hold her for her naps and, like, rock her to sleep. So she was totally spoiled. And then to go to that deprivation and then coming back from that took some time. But, like I said, she was speaking full sentences in two months.

Like, she's the same little girl in the hospital, same bright face, like, hold me. Because she grew up with all these nurses and doctors. Like, they would hold her for her naps and, like, rock her to sleep. So she was totally spoiled. And then to go to that deprivation and then coming back from that took some time. But, like I said, she was speaking full sentences in two months.

Like, mommy, daddy, like, unbelievable.

Like, mommy, daddy, like, unbelievable.

Like, mommy, daddy, like, unbelievable.

And this guy had talked to me in some of our conversations during the battle for their city in southern Afghanistan. And he described being inside for days in gunfire and all that. And he said he came out thinking it was over. And a guy next to him got shot in the head and, you know, was a casualty from that experience. This guy's crying on the phone. There's no hope.

And this guy had talked to me in some of our conversations during the battle for their city in southern Afghanistan. And he described being inside for days in gunfire and all that. And he said he came out thinking it was over. And a guy next to him got shot in the head and, you know, was a casualty from that experience. This guy's crying on the phone. There's no hope.

And this guy had talked to me in some of our conversations during the battle for their city in southern Afghanistan. And he described being inside for days in gunfire and all that. And he said he came out thinking it was over. And a guy next to him got shot in the head and, you know, was a casualty from that experience. This guy's crying on the phone. There's no hope.

There's no way we're getting them out of Afghanistan. No one could predict the historic evacuation at that time. I'm dying on the inside. Man, I'm sorry. We'll do whatever we can to help you, but you got to send her before it's too late. Afghanistan's falling. I said, 40 days is done, and it ended up being 32 days.

There's no way we're getting them out of Afghanistan. No one could predict the historic evacuation at that time. I'm dying on the inside. Man, I'm sorry. We'll do whatever we can to help you, but you got to send her before it's too late. Afghanistan's falling. I said, 40 days is done, and it ended up being 32 days.

There's no way we're getting them out of Afghanistan. No one could predict the historic evacuation at that time. I'm dying on the inside. Man, I'm sorry. We'll do whatever we can to help you, but you got to send her before it's too late. Afghanistan's falling. I said, 40 days is done, and it ended up being 32 days.

It was funny because everything he phrased is questions from his father, who's responsible. And he's like, my father says the airplane, there's been war here for 40 years and the airplanes have not stopped. I'm like, they're stopping, man. Like, you need to, like, get her here before this runs out. And I'm so thankful that we did.

It was funny because everything he phrased is questions from his father, who's responsible. And he's like, my father says the airplane, there's been war here for 40 years and the airplanes have not stopped. I'm like, they're stopping, man. Like, you need to, like, get her here before this runs out. And I'm so thankful that we did.

It was funny because everything he phrased is questions from his father, who's responsible. And he's like, my father says the airplane, there's been war here for 40 years and the airplanes have not stopped. I'm like, they're stopping, man. Like, you need to, like, get her here before this runs out. And I'm so thankful that we did.

Honestly, we, in retrospect, I probably had too much, I should have had a little more caution given the circumstances of her recovery. Like, you got a child from a named objective whose guy's talking to the shadow governor. But I figured...