Kudos to Major General Hejlik !! It's always nice to see a stand-up commander in a sea of political cowards. There ARE some good guys out there in command positions. Hopefully that assclown Secretary of the Navy Winter doesn't give Hejlik a finger wagging.
Hate to throw a wet towel on y’all, but I believe this is the incident where the Marine unit returned to Jalalabad thru what they described as a 7 mile long ambush...along the biggest road in Afghanistan, immediately next to a large FOB with helicopter gunships waiting.
Didn’t happen. An ambush 7 miles long?
I’ve been on that road. The bad guys in the area don’t have the resources to put together an ambush like that.
Sorry, but these guys panicked and shot the place up without any justification by the ROE. They deserve punishment.
I would also note the local Army CC has a reputation for outstanding integrity. I’ve worked briefly with him, and talked to a number of his soldiers - they admire him to an extent I haven’t seen elsewhere in 24 years in the military.
There is no way investigating this incident was going to help his career, unless he swept it under the carpet. He wouldn’t do so. He made General based on an outstanding record, NOT being a suck up.