people. >> can you tell us a little bit about your experience with the u.s. troops, you know, how long you worked for the military, the kinds of injuries that you personally sustained. >> i have worked for -- the u.s. military in afghanistan from 2005 all the way to 2012 i worked as a local, national linguist in afghanistan, and then from february 2018 all the way up to beginning of march last year, i worked as a duty civilian contractors. throughout that time working with the u.s. troops in afghanistan in a very tiny and less populated country that made me to be a very high profile person.