I think that,
combat is a really hard thing to do.
It's very unnatural.
It's not just about shooting straight or
of defending yourself.
In a situation like that,
I mean, part of that is military
You know,
even if it's unnatural,
without question and instinctively.
You know, there are times when,
a conversation, there's times you don't.
But you have to, you have to really want
really want to fight them.
You have to, because if you don't
And what I saw at Al Waki was
really well trained troops,
really well led by NCOs who weren't
And we prevailed against an enemy
None of that made up
But I just, I was utterly humbled by them
that night because they didn't,
I didn't, I did not lead them
they led themselves and,
from start to finish.
And I did reflect afterwards that
really courageous, really courageous.
I mean one of the, one of the gunners,
hit in the chest by a round,
It was probably a ricochet but it still
the back of the vehicle flat his back.
He just got up and got back in the,
and carried on firing.
And then when his machine gun was out
his rifle and just cracked on.
He got a mentioned dispatchers for that.
So there was a lot of courage,
would have been nothing
and the leadership of my NCOs.
It was amazing.
