A truly amazing story of amazing people, one guy in particular. I just listened to podcast about them on Snap Judgement which is focused mostly on their Iraq work. A collection of people, a few yanks with mil backgrounds, a Syrian, Iraqi private, a Burmese fighter, etc deliver aid and directly fight ISIS. No back back up, no CAS, nadda other then the favors they can call in. Their Christian faith is what drives them, or at least the key player (Dave Eubank), some there for adventure, some out of a need to help and be in the thick of it, some who only feel alive in war perhaps. One guy quit the SEAL teams and joined them because he didn't feel being a SEAL was enough adventure. They go all over the world in conflict zones, providing aid, going direct action when needed.
Listen:
https://snapjudgment.org/the-badlands
Their web site:
https://www.freeburmarangers.org/multimedia/videos/
The group often records what they're involved in. In Iraq, a big massacre occurred by ISIS. There was an area no one would go, including the Iraq army. These guy talked a tank into assisting them with cover, and under horrific fire, went out to save people:
That poor baby was pulled from her mothers dead arms:
And she's here while they risk their lives to save some men among the slaughter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Y9xpaf-2Y
I can't fathom this level of sacrifice, bravery, and lunacy, all rolled into one. There's even a part of me that wants to pack up my 50+ year old ass, drop everything, and go do that. Of course I'd probably be dead within a week or so having no mil training, etc, so common sense is going to prevail.
I'm at a loss for words with this one.
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