This is Jocqueau podcast number 359 with Echo Charles and me, Jocqueau Willink.

Good evening, Echo. Good evening. There was a loud burst of gunfire and

Kaui fell to the ground exposed in the street. He had taken around to his right

femur. The barrage of enemy gunfire continued to cascade toward him from

multiple enemy positions kicking up dust and sending ricochet and secondary

frag of rock and concrete right at him. Kaui immediately returned fire but was

unable to move quickly to cover because of the grievous injury to his leg.

Within seconds of hitting the ground, Kaui heard a new weapon and are the chaos.

Michael Montsour, the automatic weapons gunner, broke from his covered position in an

adjacent courtyard into the middle of the street. In that same moment,

Michael sent a long burst of 762 millimeter rounds from his Mark 48 machine gun into enemy positions.

Although carrying a heavy load of equipment, Michael definitely moved to where Kaui lay wounded

and bleeding. He stood in front of him and used his lean frame and armor as a shield to protect

Kaui from incoming enemy fire. This gave the wounded seal a reprieve he needed to continue to call

for backup on his radio. Michael's technical acumen was apparent as he swiftly engaged and suppressed

enemy positions with his Mark 48, affectionately known as the pig.

Every second and every round mattered. The other seal began to prepare Kaui to move while Michael

engaged enemy insurgents. Let's move the other seal shouted. Michael grabbed Kaui's drag handle

on top of his armor and began to pull him back to the courtyard while still firing his Mark 48.

Kaui looked up at Michael as he dragged him across the road, but the perspective was not what he

expected. Kaui felt as if for just a moment he had left his body below. He looked down upon the scene.

As Michael dragged him, the snaps and ricochets of the heavy machine gun of enemy fire continued

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