#4--Nick Rossovskij (Voices of HKIA Series)

Controversy & Clarity

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

Links

US Central Command's "Findings and Recommendations—Attack Against U.S. Forces Conducting NEO at Hamid Karzai International Airport on 26 August 2021"

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