"NEWS
"NEWS 19"
"NEWS 19" AT NOON. I'M BRANDON TAYLOR4@ IN FOR DARCY STRICKLAND4@.
>> DURING4@ 2015, PA+EUPB/
ARREST
STRICKLAND4@. >> DURING4@ 2015, PA+EUPB/ 2015, PA+EUPB ARRESTED SEVEN 0
HOSTAGES4@
>> DURING4@ 2015, PA+EUPB/ 2015, PA+EUPB ARRESTED SEVEN 0 70 TAGES4@
>> DURING4@ 2015, PA+EUPB/ 2015, PA+EUPB ARRESTED SEVEN 0 70 HOSTAGES IN IRAQ. HE
REFLECTS4@ ON THE MISSION4@.
>> YOU FOR THAT VISION, WHAT
STOOD OUT TO ME IS4@ HONOR,
PERSON COURAGE. IT WAS AN
HONOR TO4@ SERVE WITH MY
TEAMMATES4@ THAT NIGHT. YOU
THINK ABOUT DUTY AS WELL. IT
WAS OUR DUTY TO BRING THOSE
MEN HOME. YOU THINK ABOUT
PERSONAL COURAGE. IT'S4@
CONTAGIOUS ON THE PATLEFIELD.
ONE MAN'S ACTION VERSUS
FEEDING OFF4@4@ ONE ANOTHER. TS
WAS THE EPITOME OF4@ TEAM WORK
FOR THIS RAID. THAT'S WHAT
YOU CAN4@ THINK ABOUT.
>> CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE
SARGEANT MAINLY THOMAS
PA+EUPB/, NICK JONES GOT THE4@
OPPORTUNITY TO SPE4@AK WITH HIM
ABOUT THAT RAID BACK IN 204@15.
PA+EUPB/, NICK JONES GOT THE4@ OPPORTUNITY TO SPE4@AK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT RAID BACK IN 204@15.@
4@4@4@.
4@4@4@. >>>REPORTER: A WAY OF LIFE PROTECTED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN
THAT SERVE THIS COUNTRY4@.
>> I DECIDED TO JOIN THE4@
MILITARY.
>> SARGEANT MAJOR4@ THOMAS
PA+EUPB/ JOINED THE SEVEN 5TH4@
RANGE
>> SARGEANT MAJOR4@ THOMAS PA+EUPB/ JOINED THE SEVEN 5TH4@ 75TH RANGER AND HAS A RANGER
IS THE SPECIAL COMMAND SINCE
AUGUST OF 2007. WHEN DEPLOYED
IN IRAQ, HIS TEAM WAS GIVEEN4@ A
MISSION TO SAVE MORE THAN
SEVEN 0 HOSTAGES4@.
70 HOSTAGES.
>> THEY SET HOSTAGE INTEL AT4@ A
PRISON COMMAND. WE LOADED UP4@
ON HELICOPTERS. THE PILOT GOT
THE CALL AND THAT'S WHEN YOU
MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM
SOLDIER TO4@ WARRIOR. 4@4@
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT WAS OUR
DUTY TO BRING THOSE MEN HOME. 4@
YOU THINK ABOUT PERSONAL
COURAGE. CONTROLLING YOUR
PERSONAL FEAR.
>>REPORTER: WHEN THEY GOT4@ TO
THEIR ASSIGNED BUILDINGS
PERSONAL FEAR. >>REPORTER: WHEN THEY GOT4@ TO THEIR ASSIGNED BUILDING, THEY
HEAR A MAN WAS DOWN. HE WAS4@
AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN
PA+EUPB/'S TEAM. THEY KNEW4@
THEY HAD TO CONTINUE THE
PHEUG/.
>> WE PUT UP THE LADDERS AND
WE NEEDED INSPIRATION4@. 4@ YOU
SEE THE FACES LIGHT4@ UP. SOME
ARE HAPPY, SOME ARE CRYING.
WHILE IT IS4@ GOING4@ ON, THERE
SEE THE FACES LIGHT4@ UP. SOME ARE HAPPY, SOME ARE CRYING. WHILE IT IS4@ GOING4@ ON, THERES
STILL AN INTENSE FIREFIGHT G
GOING ON IN OTHER BUILDINGS
AND I HEAR4@ A CALL TO RADIO
THAT THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE
OTHER BUILDING AND WE LOOKED
EACH4@ OTHER IN4@ THE EYE AND SD
4@--
4@-- --4@
4@
PULLED
PULLED OUT OF THE BACK ROOM. POINTING TO -- --4@ AT THAT POINT, WE4@ GOT THE CALL FOR AN
EVACUATION BECAUSE THE
BUILDING STARTED TO COLLAPSE.
GOT BACK IN4@.
>>REPORTER: AT THE END OF THE
MISSION, PA+EUPB/ AND HIS TEAM
RESCUED4@ MORE THAN SEVEN 0
HOSTAGES
MISSION, PA+EUPB/ AND HIS TEAM RESCUED4@ MORE THAN SEVEN 0 70 TAGES
MISSION, PA+EUPB/ AND HIS TEAM RESCUED4@ MORE THAN SEVEN 0 70 HOSTAGES. STILL ONE OF THE
ONE OF THE LARGEST IN SPECIAL
OPERATIONS HISTORY.
>> BRINGING THOSE MEN4@ HOME.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
HOSTAGES4@ -- --
>>4@ ON FRIDAY, SARGEANT MAJOR4@
PA+EUPB/ WILL HONEST NORED AT
THE WHITE HOUSE BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP WITH A MEDAL OF4@ HONOR
FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS.
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH
FAMILY AND TO SERVE AND4@ HONOR.
YOU4@4@ THINK ABOUT THEM, DOING
AN OUTSTANDING4@ JOB OF
REPRESENTING4@ THE STATE MY4@
TEAMMATES IN THE SPIRIT OF
THAT HONOR.
>> WHAT A STORY, AGAIN4@, THAT
WAS NICK JONES REPORTING,
SARGEANT MAJOR PA+EUPB/ WILL
RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR
TOMORROW ON SEPTEMBER 11TH,