There is no going to the rear really You're just in it and this is your life now until it's done. In rammadi I Didn't necessarily think I was going to get wounded or killed but you are just running the numbers in your head and the odds. It's like Is today going to be an iED is today going to being random machine gun fire um an enemy sniper? That's what gives you the knot in your stomach is every day. Yeah, so you may not have been literally Mandated to stay but your own very principles Mandated that you stay and finish the job absolutely.
Ephraim Mattos is the founder of Stronghold Rescue & Relief, a non-profit organization that protects and cares for families in conflict zones.
He is a former Navy SEAL, and the author of “City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul”.
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