on October 2nd of 2008 we received the
mission to go conduct an operation in
the northern province of nurse T and in
Afghanistan the mission was to conduct a
raid when a high-value target the plan
was to infiltrate from the bottom of the
valley and work our way up to this city
that was built into the side of the
mountain with my level of battle
experience there were definitely red
flags once we hit the ground we’ve got
to be ready to fight I actually start to
see women and children you know leaving
the village and so I immediately got on
the radio and called the detachment and
told him hey you know heads on a swivel
we’re gonna have a gun party immediately
the bullets started coming in and the
award bouncing off the rocks next to us
the entire valley just erupted in a
volley of fire and there was nowhere
tied I had never experienced that level
of intensity in an initial draw from an
enemy force today you know these guys
are well disciplined they had a plan
we’ve fallen right into the ambush at
this moment I was starting to feel that
we were no longer in control of this
that I get a radio call from Captain
wall that is one of attachment members
have been hit he said hey it’s Bear it
looks pretty critical I’d never felt
such excruciating pain in my entire life
at times you would you would actually
take your hand off the side of mountain
in amazement look at your hand make sure
your workshop trying to get up another
foot because you’ve got two of your
attachment members that are that are
injured we were either all going to die
there together or we were gonna get out
of there I looked at my uniform and I
just saw the blood run down and just
cover the entire left side of my body my
left leg one guy’s legs amputated
another guy’s been shot in the pelvis in
the bicep and another’s been shot
through his ankle my triceps hanging off
I’ve been through a lot of adversity in
my life this was just another test and I
knew if I could make it through then I
would be able to survive pretty much
anything even though we know the odds
are stacked against us
you’ve got the confidence that if we do
the right things we can come out of this
thing a lot I have most gratitude to
everyone on my team who pulled together
to make sure that I made it down
life those I shed blood with we will
always be my brother
the bond that you have with those guys
is for life it’s a good feeling to know
that you got every man out alive and you
didn’t leave any man behind
mission to go conduct an operation in
the northern province of nurse T and in
Afghanistan the mission was to conduct a
raid when a high-value target the plan
was to infiltrate from the bottom of the
valley and work our way up to this city
that was built into the side of the
mountain with my level of battle
experience there were definitely red
flags once we hit the ground we’ve got
to be ready to fight I actually start to
see women and children you know leaving
the village and so I immediately got on
the radio and called the detachment and
told him hey you know heads on a swivel
we’re gonna have a gun party immediately
the bullets started coming in and the
award bouncing off the rocks next to us
the entire valley just erupted in a
volley of fire and there was nowhere
tied I had never experienced that level
of intensity in an initial draw from an
enemy force today you know these guys
are well disciplined they had a plan
we’ve fallen right into the ambush at
this moment I was starting to feel that
we were no longer in control of this
that I get a radio call from Captain
wall that is one of attachment members
have been hit he said hey it’s Bear it
looks pretty critical I’d never felt
such excruciating pain in my entire life
at times you would you would actually
take your hand off the side of mountain
in amazement look at your hand make sure
your workshop trying to get up another
foot because you’ve got two of your
attachment members that are that are
injured we were either all going to die
there together or we were gonna get out
of there I looked at my uniform and I
just saw the blood run down and just
cover the entire left side of my body my
left leg one guy’s legs amputated
another guy’s been shot in the pelvis in
the bicep and another’s been shot
through his ankle my triceps hanging off
I’ve been through a lot of adversity in
my life this was just another test and I
knew if I could make it through then I
would be able to survive pretty much
anything even though we know the odds
are stacked against us
you’ve got the confidence that if we do
the right things we can come out of this
thing a lot I have most gratitude to
everyone on my team who pulled together
to make sure that I made it down
life those I shed blood with we will
always be my brother
the bond that you have with those guys
is for life it’s a good feeling to know
that you got every man out alive and you
didn’t leave any man behind
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