Tulsi Gabbard

The physical, you know, I mean, some injuries appeared to be minor up front. At that time, traumatic brain injury was not something that was talked about much, if at all. And so, you know, many had visible wounds. Others are now what we know were appeared like, all right, cool, he checked out, but had invisible wounds.

Those who were injured in a way that did not allow them to get back to work found it emotionally very difficult to be put on a plane and evacuated out of there, feeling guilty that they were leaving their friends behind. And... not thinking about themselves or not feeling bad for themselves, but instead feeling bad for being forced to be in a position to leave. You know, for soldiers, it's not...

Those who were injured in a way that did not allow them to get back to work found it emotionally very difficult to be put on a plane and evacuated out of there, feeling guilty that they were leaving their friends behind. And... not thinking about themselves or not feeling bad for themselves, but instead feeling bad for being forced to be in a position to leave. You know, for soldiers, it's not...

Those who were injured in a way that did not allow them to get back to work found it emotionally very difficult to be put on a plane and evacuated out of there, feeling guilty that they were leaving their friends behind. And... not thinking about themselves or not feeling bad for themselves, but instead feeling bad for being forced to be in a position to leave. You know, for soldiers, it's not...

Of course, we all have our own political opinions on things. But when it comes right down to it, in a war zone, it's about your friends. It's about your brothers and sisters that you're serving alongside. It's not about the politicians or whatever insanity is going on in Washington. It's about... getting up and going out, getting the job done and coming back home together.

Of course, we all have our own political opinions on things. But when it comes right down to it, in a war zone, it's about your friends. It's about your brothers and sisters that you're serving alongside. It's not about the politicians or whatever insanity is going on in Washington. It's about... getting up and going out, getting the job done and coming back home together.

Of course, we all have our own political opinions on things. But when it comes right down to it, in a war zone, it's about your friends. It's about your brothers and sisters that you're serving alongside. It's not about the politicians or whatever insanity is going on in Washington. It's about... getting up and going out, getting the job done and coming back home together.

I mean, I had friends of mine who were from Hawaii, who were from American Samoa, very culturally tight knit community who confided in me throughout that, you know, year that we were there. Some of the very infantry soldiers who were going out on security patrols and, and doing raids every day, um, just some of the very traumatic experiences that they went through.

I mean, I had friends of mine who were from Hawaii, who were from American Samoa, very culturally tight knit community who confided in me throughout that, you know, year that we were there. Some of the very infantry soldiers who were going out on security patrols and, and doing raids every day, um, just some of the very traumatic experiences that they went through.

I mean, I had friends of mine who were from Hawaii, who were from American Samoa, very culturally tight knit community who confided in me throughout that, you know, year that we were there. Some of the very infantry soldiers who were going out on security patrols and, and doing raids every day, um, just some of the very traumatic experiences that they went through.

No physical injury, but creating a kind of emotional stress and trauma that as human beings they were struggling in dealing with.

No physical injury, but creating a kind of emotional stress and trauma that as human beings they were struggling in dealing with.

No physical injury, but creating a kind of emotional stress and trauma that as human beings they were struggling in dealing with.

Um, on a positive note, you know, I, the Polynesian culture, especially, but, but also Asian culture and other cultures around the world, our guys found that as they were shortly after we got there, the unit that we were replacing, you know, we're taking the guys out on patrol and saying, Hey, here's this village.

Um, on a positive note, you know, I, the Polynesian culture, especially, but, but also Asian culture and other cultures around the world, our guys found that as they were shortly after we got there, the unit that we were replacing, you know, we're taking the guys out on patrol and saying, Hey, here's this village.

Um, on a positive note, you know, I, the Polynesian culture, especially, but, but also Asian culture and other cultures around the world, our guys found that as they were shortly after we got there, the unit that we were replacing, you know, we're taking the guys out on patrol and saying, Hey, here's this village.

Here's where we found friendlies, or here's where we know that there are insurgents operating and they've got allies and lookouts and, you

Here's where we found friendlies, or here's where we know that there are insurgents operating and they've got allies and lookouts and, you

Here's where we found friendlies, or here's where we know that there are insurgents operating and they've got allies and lookouts and, you

And what our guys found was that as they were doing these ride-alongs, they call it a left seat, right seat, when you're coming in and taking over, that there was a bit of a tense, even adversarial type of relationship where on the military side, there was an assumption of suspicion or lack of trust, just with the local Iraqi people who lived around the base that we were at.