Chaos and Courage: The Kabul Evacuation

Major Geoff Ball, USMC, co-founder of the Connecting File, commanded Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines during the evacuation at Kabul International Airport in 2021, including the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate on 26 August. He shares the story of his company and their extraordinary service in Afghanistan.

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    •      01:51 Introduction

    •      02:03 The Marines

    •      08:20 Quantico     

    •      13:07 29 Palms

    •      16:32 On the job training      

    •      21:54 Ghost Company      

    •      26:44 The call

    •      32:10 Isolation

    •      38:30 Abbey Gate   

    •      46:16 Unity of effort 

    •      48:53 Who got through 

    •      51:40 The Taliban

    •      52:54 26 August

    •      56:52 Take command 

    •      59:47 No good choices

    •      01:06:42 The Fallen

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