Nick Lavery

Yeah, yeah, quite often. A lot of firefights? Yeah, like maybe two, three, four times a week. Okay. Yeah, so we're going out on most days. We take a day off here too, but it was pretty much kinetic throughout the entire trip. Watching these young studs develop over time was awesome. It was amazing. On the day of the attack- Most of the ODA was wounded as we were getting set to go out.

Yeah, yeah, quite often. A lot of firefights? Yeah, like maybe two, three, four times a week. Okay. Yeah, so we're going out on most days. We take a day off here too, but it was pretty much kinetic throughout the entire trip. Watching these young studs develop over time was awesome. It was amazing. On the day of the attack- Most of the ODA was wounded as we were getting set to go out.

Yeah, yeah, quite often. A lot of firefights? Yeah, like maybe two, three, four times a week. Okay. Yeah, so we're going out on most days. We take a day off here too, but it was pretty much kinetic throughout the entire trip. Watching these young studs develop over time was awesome. It was amazing. On the day of the attack- Most of the ODA was wounded as we were getting set to go out.

And as I'm laying there, and I eventually end up treating myself with tourniquets and some other stuff. But as I'm laying there dying, as I'm bleeding out from oral artery is severed, and I know I'm dead. I know I'm going to die. Watching these young infantry soldiers come out of the...

And as I'm laying there, and I eventually end up treating myself with tourniquets and some other stuff. But as I'm laying there dying, as I'm bleeding out from oral artery is severed, and I know I'm dead. I know I'm going to die. Watching these young infantry soldiers come out of the...

And as I'm laying there, and I eventually end up treating myself with tourniquets and some other stuff. But as I'm laying there dying, as I'm bleeding out from oral artery is severed, and I know I'm dead. I know I'm going to die. Watching these young infantry soldiers come out of the...

Ops and come out of wherever they were on the main camp and they start flooding into Our motor pool, which is where the attack happened and these guys just start going to work and they're taking up fighting positions They're calling out distance direction enemy threats there.

Ops and come out of wherever they were on the main camp and they start flooding into Our motor pool, which is where the attack happened and these guys just start going to work and they're taking up fighting positions They're calling out distance direction enemy threats there.

Ops and come out of wherever they were on the main camp and they start flooding into Our motor pool, which is where the attack happened and these guys just start going to work and they're taking up fighting positions They're calling out distance direction enemy threats there.

They're reloading each other with belt fed They're firing up the mortar that we taught him how to use I mean these guys were like game on as most of the ODA is down dead or dying And these young studs are just going to work. And that to me was, I thought, going to be kind of my last vision as I was laying on the ground looking up and watching these kids just go handle business.

They're reloading each other with belt fed They're firing up the mortar that we taught him how to use I mean these guys were like game on as most of the ODA is down dead or dying And these young studs are just going to work. And that to me was, I thought, going to be kind of my last vision as I was laying on the ground looking up and watching these kids just go handle business.

They're reloading each other with belt fed They're firing up the mortar that we taught him how to use I mean these guys were like game on as most of the ODA is down dead or dying And these young studs are just going to work. And that to me was, I thought, going to be kind of my last vision as I was laying on the ground looking up and watching these kids just go handle business.

And dude, I don't know if, at least up until I became a father, I don't know if I've ever felt that amount of love and pride and respect for a group of others to watch them save us and protect us. These kids just doing what they do, man. It was an amazing moment coupled with pending death that would have been a great way to go had that been it.

And dude, I don't know if, at least up until I became a father, I don't know if I've ever felt that amount of love and pride and respect for a group of others to watch them save us and protect us. These kids just doing what they do, man. It was an amazing moment coupled with pending death that would have been a great way to go had that been it.

And dude, I don't know if, at least up until I became a father, I don't know if I've ever felt that amount of love and pride and respect for a group of others to watch them save us and protect us. These kids just doing what they do, man. It was an amazing moment coupled with pending death that would have been a great way to go had that been it.

Were you pretty convinced at that point that you were going to die? 100% convinced. Yeah, 100%. When I saw the amount of volume of blood that was pumping out of me, I'm talking like just like a hose. I was like, yeah, man, my femoral has been cut. I might have eight or so minutes here, give or take.

Were you pretty convinced at that point that you were going to die? 100% convinced. Yeah, 100%. When I saw the amount of volume of blood that was pumping out of me, I'm talking like just like a hose. I was like, yeah, man, my femoral has been cut. I might have eight or so minutes here, give or take.

Were you pretty convinced at that point that you were going to die? 100% convinced. Yeah, 100%. When I saw the amount of volume of blood that was pumping out of me, I'm talking like just like a hose. I was like, yeah, man, my femoral has been cut. I might have eight or so minutes here, give or take.

So I was convinced that no matter what I did or what anyone did, that this was going to be my last day on earth. I was able to kind of get my head out of the clouds pretty quickly and go to work. So I started to treat myself with tourniquets and eventually with an internal pressure dressing, which is a wild experience to go through. But yeah, I thought that that was it, man.

So I was convinced that no matter what I did or what anyone did, that this was going to be my last day on earth. I was able to kind of get my head out of the clouds pretty quickly and go to work. So I started to treat myself with tourniquets and eventually with an internal pressure dressing, which is a wild experience to go through. But yeah, I thought that that was it, man.