During his second deployment. We were down in southeast Asia And we were actually in Thailand for like six weeks Um, I was very frustrated just with life in general and I understood the global politics Why you can't just have seals going and start crushing souls and Burma But I knew that we're at one hour helicopter right away from villages where people are being raped and murdered and massacred. In Afghanistan those two little girls caught in the middle of that crossfire that was that was a very very important point in my life It was a turning point in how I and how I view the world and how and what I wanted to do.
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”.
You can support Stronghold’s mission at www.strongholdrescue.org .
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