mark everson a young platoon commander by all accounts going places very charismatic young officer. in charge of this outpost on the edge of the affected area of operations. he was a podgy alum in may of 2009 at the start of it all and again this is part of the dead men risen aspect. he was writing in his diary which was a lot expressed in that published in the book. he was concerned about lack of medical equipment and helicopter evacuation procedures and also he didn't know what the mission was. he was unsure what the mission was so the patrol that day i mean it was really what was called -- matches to go out there and be seen and reassure the local population which is sort of nonsensical in the helmand context. so a big ambush and what i found out in the blogs to the u.s. edition is that he was in all likelihood -- a bullet that killed him. what happened to him was he was mortally wounded heroic gallantry medals awarded. he got him back to the base but it was in screw-ups with helicopters and he got back to the hospital well outside of the golden hours 20 minutes outside of the go

mark everson again a young commander by all accounts was going places very charismatic young officer tremendously excited to be in charge of this outpost right on the edge of the affected area of operations. he was in me 2009 at the start of the tour. he was writing in his diary which was not published in the book. he was writing his diary that they radios didn't work and he was concerned about lack of mental cool equipment and evacuation procedures and he didn't know what the mission was. he was unsure what the mission was so it was really what was called a northern ireland days eight -- just to go out there and be seen and reassured those local population which was nonsensical in the holman context at that point. the big ambush and what i found out which is the revelation in the epilogue to the u.s. edition i found out very recently was that he was in all likelihood the bullet that killed him. he was mortally wounded in what happened to him was he was mortally wounded. her row at gallantry medals supported from those who got them back to the base but it was groups with helicopters