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And, he was working

with the Mujahadeen.

I told you guys from the very get go

that if somebody says that they're bad,

I have to investigate it.

So now NDS is talking to him.

He's not in jail.

He's not being treated bad,

he's being talked to

and asked questions.

I think we've been pretty upfront

about how we handle people

that we talk to and question.

We've been pretty fair.

l'm not like Jim McKnight

where l take all these guys

and stick them in Bagram

and they never come back.

He says were happy you're here,

you're doing very well,

but he's saying that you detained

Mohammed Youssef before,

now Mohammed Youssef

didn't come back.

Rudy, who the f***

is Mohammed Youssef?

Mohammed Kalam's son,

the guy that cut the worker's heads off.

That's because I saw the video

where he cut their heads off.

I saw him do it.

I saw him with my own two eyes.

You're not understanding

that I don't f***ing care.

And the thing that's sad to me is that as

much as Captain Kearney go down there

and conduct different Shuras

and tell them about the positives

about what we can do to help them,

it seemed like it didn't go anywhere.

You know?

It seemed like everything that he-

We took one step forward

and it seemed like

they took two steps backwards.

We've got three village elders

just come down and they want to talk.

Not sure what they want

to talk about yet.

It's a good sign.

It's the first time it's happened

up here at OP Restrepo.

We've had people come in--

elders come in and say before

that they wanted to provide some information,

but never shown up to us,

you know, come back and talk to us.

So this is a positive sign.

Do you hear about the cow that--

- The cow?

- Yeah, the US soldiers kill it.

- They killed--

- Yeah.

So they came because of that.

They want to get information

about the cow that--

He is the owner of cow.

All right, the cow?

The reason why we killed it

because it ran into our constantine wire

and it was mangled

inside the constantine wire,

so we had to kill it

to put it out of its misery

because if we would have got it out,

it would have been useless.

- That's why we killed it.

- They are asking because it was illegal.

- lllegal?

- Yeah, illegal.

- To kill it?

- Yeah.

- What do you want to do?

- Just tell them.

What do they want us

to do about the cow?

Do they want to be

reimbursed somehow or--

He says that it is up to you,

if you want to pay money for that or--

How much does a cow cost?

It's going to be like four

or five hundred dollars,

which is going to be twenty,

twenty five thousand Afghani, over.

Did we kill this cow?

Well, it was tangled up in a wire,

pretty much dead.

324 ended up cutting it up. Over.

We're not going to be able

to give him money in exchange for his cow.

But what we can give him

is the rice, the beans, the sugar.

Now, the HA that they will receive

is going to be, you know,

the weight of the cow.

Whatever the weight of the cow was

will be the weight of return of HA

as far as rice, beans, sugar.

- ls that good?

- They want money.

We're not going to be able

to give them the money.

If that's all he came for,

he's not going to get it.

626 perstat, I have 20 at Restrepo,

15 at the KOP, 4 at OP1,

4 on leave,

6 ANA and one terp

at Restrepo, break.

Talk louder, nobody

can hear you down here, over.

626 perstat,

I have 20 at Restrepo,

15 at the KOP,

4 at OP1,

4 on leave,

1 photo journalist,

6 ANA, and 1 terp--

I didn't know they had algebra two.

Yeah! Burning the poop!

Got the black man

on the burning the poop detail.

Hey, man, just watch yourself, God damn it.

Second platoon killed that cow

and now I gotta pay for it.

I still wanna see Spanky

and Vaughn go at it.

- Vaughn would f***ing destroy Spanky.

- Let's go get him.

Vaughn!

Vaughn, you're going

to beat Spanky's ass!

He's coming up here,

you better not lose.

Dude, if you lose, so help me God.

It's going to reflect poorly

on me if you lose.

You better not let

that cherry b*tch beat you.

Make him tough.

Get him, get him.

- Vaughn.

- What's up, dude?

- Come on, fight back!

- You're such a little b*tch.

All right, go ahead.

- Stretch them out.

- What the f***, Spanky?

You gonna let him

f***ing manhandle you?

- Let him get tired.

- Flip over, man.

Yeah, there you go!

Nice, there you go.

You suck!

Battle of the cherries.

We're not talking about cherry

in the army either,

we're talking about cherry at life.

Vaughn here is very cherry at life.

But we're making him into a man.

That's all that's important here.

...we talked about the road being built.

Continued to hear from the elders

that they don't want

to give up any workers,

despite what it is that you

all have been telling me.

So if you guys get these local--

that are willing to do that

to come and start getting

them jobs immediately,

to bypass all the elder--

l don't think--

I think they're just--

If we really f***ed them up

like they said,

then they are just chilling,

trying to recuperate.

It's just like what we would be doing.

You know, seven--

eight dudes wounded,

I mean seven dudes wounded,

one dude dead,

we wouldn't be going out strong.

We'd be resting at Blessing right now.

You know what I mean?

That's what I think

they're doing-- resting.

Are you wondering why it is so quiet?

Yeah, it's got me baffled right now.

Baffled or worried?

Just confused.

I am at a loss for words right now.

He's worried.

He's worried. He's scared.

Most scared.

Or worried. Whatever.

Yeah.

I'd have to say Rock Avalanche.

If l had to pick a moment,

I'd probably say Rock Avalanche.

Operation Rock Avalanche

was the low point for me personally.

I saw a lot of professional

tough guys

get weak in the knees.

I'll go ahead and orient you guys

to the different LZs that are out there.

Up on Divpat where the C2 element

will be located is LZ Cubs.

The Taliban

or the AAF forces in the valley,

they got very, very audacious

and tenacious during Rock Avalanche.

Physically putting their hands on soldiers,

able to get so close to us

that they can kill my soldiers,

steal the equipment,

and still get away.

I mean...

that's ballsy.

We'll be releasing with Wildcat One,

somewhere between Busch and Coors.

Moving in on Rock Avalanche

with going into areas like Yaka China

or up on the top of the Talisar.

Those are areas

we haven't previously been,

you know, during the deployment.

North goes that way

toward Sergeant Rougle,

south is this way towards me

and the First Sergeant.

To go in there not ever having

laid eyes on the area,

hearing the stories

about guys who'd gone prior to us

getting f***ed up down,

you know,

in areas where they

literally shouldn't have been in.

We're going to be moving out

of HLZ Cubs into HLZ Polk.

ln Rock Avalanche we knew

the expectation that we was going

to get engaged going up there,

but we all knew that.

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