WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:03.540 Yeah , our daily daily patrols 00:03.540 --> 00:06.070 include trying to protect convoys that 00:06.070 --> 00:09.230 run up and down the highways to ensure 00:09.230 --> 00:11.870 their freedom of movement . In that day , 00:11.870 --> 00:14.330 we were patrolling and observed a 00:14.340 --> 00:16.510 convoy heading south , uh proceeded to 00:16.510 --> 00:18.990 get in behind it uh to what we call 00:18.990 --> 00:21.212 shadowing it , so that if they did come 00:21.212 --> 00:24.670 under any attack or of either uh 00:24.680 --> 00:27.090 provide supposed to devices or small 00:27.090 --> 00:29.312 arms fire , heavy machine gun fire that 00:29.312 --> 00:31.930 we can move to contact and uh fight 00:31.930 --> 00:34.097 against enemy force so that they could 00:34.097 --> 00:36.460 proceed on . Um and that day it so 00:36.460 --> 00:39.170 happened that that's what happened uh 00:39.180 --> 00:41.230 proceeding south on the highway 00:41.240 --> 00:45.100 reserved , the ambush starts to take 00:45.100 --> 00:47.900 place and pretty much just moved up to 00:47.910 --> 00:50.510 contact with the enemy force . 00:50.520 --> 00:53.990 Uh , as we uh , previous 00:53.990 --> 00:56.046 reconnaissance of the area , we knew 00:56.046 --> 00:57.990 that there was a road flanking the 00:57.990 --> 01:01.770 field that the enemy forces in uh 01:01.780 --> 01:03.960 myself , being in charge of the squad 01:03.960 --> 01:06.250 and in the front of the vehicle , uh 01:06.260 --> 01:09.080 ordered the squad to blank down the 01:09.090 --> 01:11.140 side road that they were in 01:11.950 --> 01:15.190 approximately 200 m down the road is we 01:15.190 --> 01:18.150 can't have proper vehicles to stop . We 01:18.160 --> 01:20.740 dismounted and began to engage the 01:20.740 --> 01:24.640 enemy force . How are you 01:24.650 --> 01:28.570 finding the uh , when you guys do 01:28.570 --> 01:30.980 have to engage and how are you finding 01:30.990 --> 01:34.100 tactics , the devices that they're 01:34.100 --> 01:36.520 using ? We keep hearing over here that 01:36.530 --> 01:38.363 things are getting a little more 01:38.363 --> 01:40.308 sophisticated , a little more work 01:40.308 --> 01:42.141 dated . What's it like from your 01:42.141 --> 01:45.400 perspective over there today , is what 01:45.400 --> 01:47.820 they need any armed force or military 01:47.830 --> 01:50.220 force , you know , the tactics change , 01:50.220 --> 01:52.380 they develop and become better . Just 01:52.380 --> 01:55.390 like we do their tactics techniques and 01:55.390 --> 01:57.930 procedures uh get more sophisticated 01:57.930 --> 02:01.430 and we countered by thinking about how 02:01.430 --> 02:03.541 they're doing things and try to do it 02:03.541 --> 02:06.320 better so that we can have a better 02:06.320 --> 02:08.431 force protection for our troops . And 02:08.431 --> 02:11.280 we usually succeed uh 02:11.290 --> 02:14.570 through leadership , which overall in 02:14.570 --> 02:16.570 the United States army and military 02:16.570 --> 02:18.459 force , I believe we do have good 02:18.459 --> 02:20.459 leadership . We think about what it 02:20.459 --> 02:22.960 takes to take care of our troops . They 02:22.970 --> 02:25.120 do have sophisticated means , but 02:25.120 --> 02:27.510 that's just what we have to do is think 02:27.510 --> 02:30.460 of a better tactics to defeat in those . 02:32.080 --> 02:35.270 Absolutely . Are you finding uh 02:35.280 --> 02:38.240 are you finding it more of a challenge 02:38.240 --> 02:40.407 or is this something that , you know , 02:40.790 --> 02:42.679 you feel like you're prepared for 02:42.679 --> 02:45.710 heading in Orlando when you happen upon 02:45.710 --> 02:47.432 these incidents . I'm sure the 02:47.432 --> 02:50.870 adrenaline take over at some point . It 02:51.290 --> 02:53.457 it is a challenge . Each and every day 02:53.457 --> 02:55.810 you're talking about uh my job to take 02:55.820 --> 02:59.300 care of uh nine other soldiers lives to 02:59.300 --> 03:01.470 make sure that tactically proficient 03:01.470 --> 03:05.470 and that they are also um every day is 03:05.470 --> 03:07.860 a challenge . It's not like driving to 03:07.860 --> 03:10.660 work on a regular 9 to 5 job . We go 03:10.660 --> 03:13.930 out and perform up to 18 hours a day 03:13.940 --> 03:16.970 on some long days . So 03:16.980 --> 03:19.400 we're always prepared always mentally 03:19.400 --> 03:22.860 have to be there . You roll out the 03:22.860 --> 03:26.290 gate every day , no one uh that you 03:26.290 --> 03:28.290 have to be ready for the worst case 03:28.290 --> 03:31.610 scenario is if not come back to get you .