Timestamps Transcript 00:03 Okay I got it. 00:05 Last conversation Hotel Two-Six. 00:09 Roger Hotel Two-Six [Apache helicopter 1], uh, [this is] Victor Charlie Alpha. Look, do you want your Hotel Two-Two two el- 00:14 I got a black vehicle under target. It's arriving right to the north of the mosque. 00:17 Yeah, I would like that. Over. 00:21 Moving south by the mosque dome. Down that road. 00:27 Okay we got a target fifteen coming at you. It's a guy with a weapon. 00:32 Roger [acknowledged]. 00:39 There's a... 00:42 There's about, ah, four or five... 00:44 Bushmaster Six [ground control] copy [i hear you] One-Six. 00:48 ...this location and there's more that keep walking by and one of them has a weapon. 00:52 Roger received target fifteen. 00:55 K. 00:57 See all those people standing down there. 01:06 Stay firm. And open the courtyard. 01:09 Yeah roger. I just estimate there's probably about twenty of them. 01:13 There's one, yeah. 01:15 Oh yeah. 01:18 I don't know if that's a... 01:19 Hey Bushmaster element [ground forces control], copy on the one-six. 01:21 Thats a weapon. 01:22 Yeah. 01:23 Hotel Two-Six; Crazy Horse One-Eight [second Apache helicopter]. 01:29 Copy on the one-six, Bushmaster Six-Romeo. Roger. 01:32 Fucking prick. 01:33 Hotel Two-Six this is Crazy Horse One-Eight [communication between chopper 1 and chopper 2]. Have individuals with weapons. 01:41 Yup. He's got a weapon too. 01:43 Hotel Two-Six; Crazy Horse One-Eight. Have five to six individuals with AK47s [automatic rifles]. Request permission to engage [shoot]. 01:51 Roger that. Uh, we have no personnel east of our position. So, uh, you are free to engage. Over. 02:00 All right, we'll be engaging. 02:02 Roger, go ahead. 02:03 I'm gonna... I cant get 'em now because they're behind that building. 02:09 Um, hey Bushmaster element... 02:10 He's got an RPG [Rocket Propelled Grenade]? 02:11 All right, we got a guy with an RPG. 02:13 I'm gonna fire. 02:14 Okay. 02:15 No hold on. Lets come around. Behind buildings right now from our point of view. ... Okay, we're gonna come around. 02:19 Hotel Two-Six; have eyes on individual with RPG. Getting ready to fire. We won't... 02:23 Yeah, we had a guy shoot---and now he's behind the building. 02:26 God damn it. 02:28 Uh, negative, he was, uh, right in front of the Brad [Bradley Fighting Vehicle; an tracked Armored Personal Carrier that looks like a tank]. Uh, 'bout, there, one o'clock. [direction/orientation] 02:34 Haven't seen anything since then. 02:36 Just fuckin', once you get on 'em just open 'em up. 02:38 All right. 02:40 I see your element, uh, got about four Humvees [Armored cars], uh, out along... 02:43 You're clear. 02:44 All right, firing. 02:47 Let me know when you've got them. 02:49 Lets shoot. 02:50 Light 'em all up. 02:52 Come on, fire! 02:57 Keep shoot, keep shoot. [keep shooting] 02:59 keep shoot. 03:02 keep shoot. 03:05 Hotel.. Bushmaster Two-Six, Bushmaster Two-Six, we need to move, time now! 03:10 All right, we just engaged all eight individuals. 03:12 Yeah, we see two birds [helicopters] and we're still fire [not firing]. 03:14 Roger. 03:15 I got 'em. 03:16 Two-six, this is Two-Six, we're mobile. 03:19 Oops, I'm sorry what was going on? 03:20 God damn it, Kyle. 03:23 All right, hahaha, I hit [shot] 'em... 03:28 Uh, you're clear. 03:30 All right, I'm just trying to find targets again. 03:38 Bushmaster Six, this is Bushmaster Two-Six. 03:40 Got a bunch of bodies layin' there. 03:42 All right, we got about, uh, eight individuals. 03:46 Yeah, we got one guy crawling around down there, but, uh, you know, we got, definitely got something. 03:51 We're shooting some more. 03:52 Roger. 03:56 Hey, you shoot, I'll talk. 03:57 Hotel Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 04:01 Crazyhorse One-Eight; this is Hotel Two-Six. Over. 04:03 Roger. Currently engaging [fighting/shooting at] approximately eight individuals, uh KIA [Killed In Action], uh RPGs, and AK-47s. 04:12 Hotel Two-Six, you need to move to that location once Crazyhorse is done and get pictures. Over. 04:20 Six beacon gaia. 04:24 Sergeant Twenty is the location. 04:28 Hotel Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 04:31 Oh, yeah, look at those dead bastards. 04:36 Nice. 04:37 Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 04:44 Nice. 04:47 Good shoot. 04:48 Thank you. 04:53 Hotel Two-Six. 04:55 Hotel Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 05:03 Crazyhorse One-Eight; Bushmaster Seven. Go ahead. 05:06 Bushmaster Seven; Crazyhorse One-Eight. Uh, location of bodies, Mike Bravo five-four-five-eight eight-six-one-seven [military map grid reference]. 05:15 Hey, good on the uh... 05:17 Five-four-five-eight eight-six-one-seven [map grid reference]. Over. 05:21 This is Crazyhorse One-Eight, that's a good copy. They're on a street in front of an open, uh, courtyard with a bunch of blue uh trucks, bunch of vehicles in the courtyard. 05:30 There's one guy moving down there but he's uh, he's wounded. 05:35 All right, we'll let 'em know so they can hurry up and get over here. 05:40 One-Eight, we also have one individual, uh, appears to be wounded trying to crawl away. 05:49 Roger, we're gonna move down there. 05:51 Roger, we'll cease fire. 05:54 Yeah, we won't shoot anymore. 06:01 He's getting up. 06:02 Maybe he has a weapon down in his hand? 06:04 No, I haven't seen one yet. 06:07 I see you guys got that guy crawling right now on that curb. 06:08 Yeah, I got him. I put two rounds [30mm cannon shells] near him, and you guys were shooting over there too, so uh we'll see. 06:14 Yeah, roger that. 06:16 Bushmaster Thirty-Six Element; this is uh Hotel Two-Seven over. 06:21 Hotel Two-Seven; Bushmaster Seven go ahead. 06:24 Roger I'm just trying to make sure you guys have my turf [area], over. 06:31 Roger we got your turf. 06:33 Come on, buddy. 06:38 All you gotta do is pick up a weapon. 06:44 Crazyhorse this is Bushmaster Five, Bushmaster Four break. We are right below you right time now can you walk us onto that location over. 06:54 This is Two-Six roger. I'll pop flares [drop flares]. We also have one individual moving. We're looking for weapons. If we see a weapon, we're gonna engage. 07:07 Yeah Bushmaster, we have a van that's approaching and picking up the bodies. 07:14 Where's that van at? 07:15 Right down there by the bodies. 07:16 Okay, yeah. 07:18 Bushmaster; Crazyhorse. We have individuals going to the scene, looks like possibly uh picking up bodies and weapons. 07:25 Let me engage. 07:28 Can I shoot? 07:31 Roger. Break. Uh Crazyhorse One-Eight request permission to uh engage. 07:36 Picking up the wounded? 07:38 Yeah, we're trying to get permission to engage. 07:41 Come on, let us shoot! 07:44 Bushmaster; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 07:49 They're taking him. 07:51 Bushmaster; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 07:56 This is Bushmaster Seven, go ahead. 07:59 Roger. We have a black SUV-uh Bongo truck [van] picking up the bodies. Request permission to engage. 08:02 Fuck. 08:06 This is Bushmaster Seven, roger. This is Bushmaster Seven, roger. Engage. 08:12 One-Eight, engage. 08:12 Clear. 08:13 Come on! 08:17 Clear. 08:20 Clear. 08:21 We're engaging. 08:26 Coming around. Clear. 08:27 Roger. Trying to uh... 08:32 Clear. 08:35 I hear 'em co.. I lost 'em in the dust. 08:36 I got 'em. 08:41 I'm firing. 08:42 This is Bushmaster Forty got any BDA [Battle Damage Assessment] on that truck. Over. 08:44 You're clear. 08:47 This is ah Crazyhorse. Stand by. 08:47 I can't shoot for some reason. 08:49 Go ahead. 08:50 I think the van's disabled. 08:53 Go ahead and shoot it. 08:54 I got an azimuth limit for some reason [gunner moved gunsight too far] 09:00 Go left. 09:03 Clear left. 09:15 All right, Bushmaster Crazyhorse One-Eight. 09:20 A vehicle appears to be disabled. 09:22 There were approximately four to five individuals in vehicle moving bodies. 09:28 Your lead Bradley should take the next right. 09:31 That's cruising east down the road. 09:34 No more shooting.

Timestamps Transcript 09:38 Crazyhorse; this is Bushmaster Four. We're moving a dismounted element [troops] straight south through the Bradleys [tanks]. 09:44 I have your Elem- uh, Bradley element turning south down the road where the engagements were. 09:53 Last call on station's uh Bradley element say again. 09:56 Roger this is Crazyhorse. 09:58 Your lead Bradley just turned south down the road where all the engagements [shooting] happened. 10:03 Should have a van in the middle of the road with about twelve to fifteen bodies. 10:11 Oh yeah, look at that. Right through the windshield! 10:14 Ha ha! 10:16 All right. There were uh approximately four to five individuals in that truck, so I'm counting about twelve to fifteen. 10:24 I would say that's a fairly accurate assessment so far. 10:27 Roger that. 10:29 I want to just be advised Six, Bushmaster Six are getting mounted up right now. 10:35 Okay, roger. Hey, we can't flex down that road towards that, uh, where Crazyhorse engaged. 10:43 So, uh, I don't know if you want us to do so or stay put. Over. 10:46 Why can't they go down there? 10:56 I think we whacked [killed] 'em all. 10:58 That's right, good. 10:59 This is Hotel Two-Six. 11:03 Hey you got my dismounted element [troops] right there over to your left. 11:06 Roger, I see 'em. 11:11 Hey yeah, roger, be advised, there were some guys popping out with AKs behind that dirt pile break. 11:19 We also took some RPGs off, uh, earlier, so just uh make sure your men keep your eyes open. 11:26 Roger. 11:27 And, uh, Bushmaster ahead are, uh, Hotel Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 11:33 Crazyhorse One-Eight; this is Hotel Two-Six. 11:35 Yeah Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 11:37 Uh, location I have about twelve to fifteen dead bodies. 11:42 Uh, where else are we taking fire from? 11:48 Currently we're not being engaged, ah, but just south of that location. Break. 11:55 You should see dismounted elements with Humvees [armored cars] moving to the east, over. 12:01 This is Crazyhorse One-Eight; we have elements in sight. 12:05 Bushmaster Three-Six. 12:07 I'm gonna get down a little lower. 12:09 All right. 12:10 I'm gonna come down a little lower and take a quick gander. 12:13 Roger that. 12:14 Six; this is four. We're headed to the area where Crazyhorse engaged. 12:26 Bushmaster Six; this is Hotel Two-Six. 12:28 Request to go to the south to our original BP so if you flushed them to the south we will be there to uh intercept over. 12:39 Hey this is Bushmaster Seven; we're coming up on B... on the ass end of the Brads [tanks]. 12:54 Hey uh, Bushmaster Element; this is Copperhead One-Six break. 13:00 We're moving in the vicinity of the engagement area and looks like we've got some slight movement from ah, the ah van that was engaged. 13:06 Looks like a kid. Over. 13:11 This is Bushmaster Seven, roger. Uh, we're about a hundred meters behind you. 13:16 Got that big pile, to the right? 13:18 Roger, you gonna pull in here? Do you want me to push stuff so you can, uh, get clear of it? 13:21 Right on the corner? 13:22 What's that? 13:23 Got that big pile of bodies to the right, on the corner? 13:24 Yeah, right here. 13:25 We got a dismounted infantry and vehicles, over. 13:30 Again, roger. 13:31 And clear. 13:48 There's the Bradley right there. 13:51 Got 'em. 14:00 Hotel two-six; are you uh at this grid over? 14:05 Yeah I wanted to get you around so didn't you just get that one dude to scare them all away. It worked out pretty good. 14:11 I didn't want those fuckers to run away and scatter. 14:12 Yeah. 14:15 Bushmaster Six; Hotel Two-Six. Roger, we linked up with our two element they are all mounted up in our trucks break. 14:23 We moved south so that we could ah possibly intercept personnel being flushed south. So we are vicinity Fifth Street. 14:30 And ah please line Gadins. Over. 14:37 Bring the trucks in, cordon this area off. 14:39 Can we move the Bradley forward so we can bring trucks in and cordon off this area. 14:44 If the Bradleys could take the south cordon, that could help out a lot. 14:53 Bushmaster or element. Which Element called in Crazyhorse to engage the eight-elem- eight-men team on top of a roof. 15:02 Bushmaster Six; this is Hotel Two-Six. Uh, I believe that was me. 15:07 They uh had AK-47s and were to our east, so, where we were taking small arms fire. Over. 15:20 Hotel Crazyhorse One-Eight. 15:26 Crazyhorse One-Eight; this is Hotel Two-Six. 15:28 Yeah Two-Six. One-Eight I just also wanted to make sure you knew that we had a guy with an RPG cropping round the corner getting ready to fire on your location. 15:36 That's why we ah, requested permission to engage. 15:40 Ok, roger that. Tango mike. 15:46 Hotel Two-Six; do you understand me, over? 15:51 I did not copy last, uh, you got stepped on. Say again please? 16:00 They cordoned off the building that the helicopters killed the personnel on. 16:04 Don't go anywhere else we need to cordon off that building so we can get on top of the roof and SSC the building. Over. 16:13 Hotel Two-Six; Crazyhorse One-Eight. 16:16 This is Hotel Two-Six. 16:19 Hey, whoever was talking about rooftops, know that all the personnel we engaged were ground level. I say again ground level. 16:27 Roger I copy ground level. Over. 16:30 One-Eight roger. 16:33 Can I get a grid to that one more time please? 16:36 Target twenty. 16:36 Roger. 16:40 You want me to take over talking to them? 16:42 S'alright. 16:46 Seven-Six Romeo Over. 16:49 Roger, I've got uh eleven Iraqi KIAs [Killed In Action]. One small child wounded. Over. 16:57 Roger. Ah damn. Oh well. 17:04 Roger, we need, we need a uh to evac [evacuate] this child. Ah, she's got a uh, she's got a wound to the belly. 17:10 I can't do anything here. She needs to get evaced. Over. 17:18 Bushmaster Seven, Bushmaster Seven; this is Bushmaster Six Romeo. 17:20 We need your location over. 17:25 Roger, we're at the location where Crazyhorse engaged the RPG fire break. 17:37 Grid five-four-five-eight. 17:46 Well it's their fault for bringing their kids into a battle. 17:48 That's right. 17:56 Got uh, eleven. 18:01 Yeah uh, roger. We're monitoring [observing]. 18:02 Sorry. 18:04 No problem. 18:07 Correction eight-six-one-six. 18:16 Looking for more individuals-south. 18:18 Bushmaster Six-Bushmaster Seven. 18:29 I think they just drove over a body. 18:31 Hey hey! 18:32 Yeah! 18:37 Maybe it was just a visual illusion, but it looked like it. 18:41 Well, they're dead, so. 18:44 Bushmaster Six; Hotel Two-Six over. 18:56 Six; this is Four. I got one individual looks like he's got an RPG round laying underneath him. Break. 19:05 Probably like to get... 19:10 Look at that. 19:12 Bushmaster Six; Hotel Two-Six over. 19:29 Bushmaster Six; Romeo Hotel Two-Six over. 19:44 Bushmaster Six; Hotel Two-Six over. 19:56 Hotel Two-Six; Bushmaster Seven colocated with Six. 20:08 Hotel Two-Six; Bushmaster Seven. 20:10 Bushmaster Seven; Hotel Two-Six over. 20:14 Roger, we got a little girl who needs to be evaced. What's your location over? 20:22 On route Gadins, I am all the way to the south. So I am Gadins and Fifth Street. 20:28 I say again Gadins and Fifth Street, over. 20:40 Bushmaster Seven; Hotel Two-Six. Do you want us to push to your location? 20:55 Hey, uh, I need to get the Brads to drop rads I got a wounded little girl we need to take her off the maya. 21:04 Bushmaster Seven; Hotel Two-Six. Do you want us to move to your location over? 21:30 Bushmaster Six; Hotel Two-Six over. 21:34 Hotel Two-Six; this is Bushmaster Seven. Roger, come to our location. 21:39 Okay, roger, we're coming up north on Gadins and then we will push east to your location. 22:06 Bushmaster elements be advised we have friendlies coming from the south to your location. Over. 22:13 All right, got 'em moving up from the south. 22:35 Bushmaster elements be advised we are coming up from the east. 23:49 Hey One-Two; follow me over. I'm going to try and get out of here as quickly as possible. 24:10 You guys all right back there? 24:13 Yeah, we're with you. 24:35 Lotta guys down there. 24:37 Oh yeah. 24:37 Came out of the woodwork. 24:38 This is Operation, ah, Operation Secure.