Brian mockenhaupt biography

Brian Mockenhaupt told his story to producer Mike Kessler for an episode of The Daily Rallypodcast. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I saw Kevin drop down, and then my feet gave out a little bit underneath me. Kevin had fallen into a crevasse, and I was beside him. And so at this moment, real concern started to rise up. Like, we’re in a bad situation. This is not good.

I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I’ve spent most of my adult life as a journalist. Much of that time was spent covering conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then writing about the military, the physical and psychological effects of war, and outdoors and adventure sports.

I was in the Army. I served as an infantryman with the 10th Mountain Division. I served two tours in Iraq shortly after the war started in 2003. And then in 2004 and 2005. We did a lot of mounted and dismounted patrolling, regularly received small arms fire, mortars, rockets. Roadside bombs were a pretty big threat. After I got out of the Army, I returned to journalism, and went several times to Iraq and Afghanistan to

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