Controversy & Clarity #4--Nick Rossovskij (Voices of HKIA Series)
In this episode, we discuss:
*Bravo Company’s deployment with the 24th MEU prior to heading to HKIA
*Its training and preparation for the HKIA NEO
*The company’s reaction to hearing it would go to HKIA
*Nick’s understanding of the situation on the ground before arriving at HKIA
*Bravo Company’s first day at HKIA
*Its role in clearing the airfield of civilians
*The enemy fire 1/8 received
*Nick’s reaction to learning that the Taliban would assist in the evacuation
*Bravo Company’s experience manning the North Gate
*The role of trust and intent in Bravo’s efforts at HKIA
*What the company was doing on 20-22 August
*The enemy threat at HKIA
*Bravo’s operations on 26 August, the day of the Abbey Gate bombing
*Bravo’s operations between 26 August and its departure from HKIA
*What Nick observed in himself and his Marines in the aftermath of the mission
*His advice to future leaders whose unit members have gone through something as horrific as the HKIA mission
*Nick’s homecoming to Camp Lejeune
*The friendly nation forces Bravo served alongside at HKIA
*The US Army elements Bravo worked with
*Bravo’s interactions with the State Department at HKIA
*The role of outside entities requesting special evacuations of personnel at HKIA
*Bravo’s interactions with the MEU’s Female Search Team
*The roles of discipline and exhaustion during the evacuation
*Those actions of Bravo Company that make Nick proudest
*The one thing Nick would like Marines and other service members to know about what Bravo Company did at HKIA
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