On Monday, Memorial Day, find Episode 142 of The Afghanistan Project on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Podcasts.
My guest, Gold Star father Mark Schmitz, shares the story of his son, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, who perished on August 26, 2021 alongside 12 U.S. service members and 160 Afghans.
Mark and I discuss the continued lack of answers about the events that took place in August 2021, and our hopes for additional information to be forthcoming as a new review nears completion.
Mark also talks about The Freedom 13 Recreational Healing Camps, the 501(c)3 he and his wife have created to commemorate Jared and all 13 U.S. service members who lost their lives at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Find The Freedom 13 here: https://thefreedom13.org/
About the host: Beth Bailey worked in support of Afghanistan operations as a civilian intelligence analyst for the Department of the Army between 2010 and 2013. She is a freelance contributor to Fox News Digital and the Washington Examiner.
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