noble adventure. is that right? is that a pretty good quote, would you say? better say yes otherwise i have a problem. in 1999 david followed the example of his grandfather in joining the united states army infantry. several months after the september 11th attack on our nation, david deployed saying good-bye to his wife and his son. he served in germany, kosovo and then iraq. in 2004 after a year of intense enemy bad, david led his squad into battle to liberate the city of fallujah, an anti-iraq forces. that was a tough place. this operation was the bloodiest battle of the iraq war. for three days straight, david and his men kicked down doors, searched houses and destroyed enemy weapons. never knowing where they would find a terrorist lurking next. and there were plenty of them.
is that right? a pretty good quote would you say? better say yes. otherwise i have a problem. [laughter] in 1999, david followed the example of his grandfather and joined the united states army infantry. several months after the september 11th attack, david said good-bye to his wife and son, evan. he served in germany, kosovo and then iraq. in november of 2004 after nearly a year of intense enemy combat, iraq, david led his squad into battle to liberate the city of fallujah and anti-iraq forces. that was the bloodiest battle of the iraq war. for three days straight, david kicked down doors and searched houses and never knowing where they would find a terrorist lurking next and there were plenty of them. the third day of battle was
dog mattis as our secretary of defense. mad dog the nickname general mattis earned in the bloodiest battle of the iraq war is donald trump s pick for defense secretary. he s our best. they say he s the closest thing to general george patton that we have and it s about time. mattis is a seasoned combat commander with 44 years of service in the marine corps. and key commands in both afghanistan and iraq. he led troops in the 2003 invasion and later in the battle for fallujah. the u.s. military is quite capable of giving enemies their longest day and worst day if ordered to do so. after disputes with the white house, mattis has been critical of the obama administration. the next president is going to inherit a mess. like trump, mattis is hawkish on iran.
endorsed by others, and there are key policy differences that he might have with trump. reporter: we re hearing a lot of positive reaction to mattis nomination, this from both republicans and democrats, but also from people in uniform, some of whom were skeptical of donald trump. we are going to appoint mad dog mattis [ cheers ] as our secretary of defense. reporter: mad dog, the nickname general james mattis earned leading marines in the bloodiest battle of the iraq war is donald trump s pick for defense secretary. and he s our best. [ applause ] they say he s the closest thing to general george patton that we have, and it s about time! reporter: the seasoned combat commander has 44 years of service in the marine corps and key commands in afghanistan and iraq. he led troops in the 2003
education and combat experience, and the military has done this on purpose. they want world thinkers. thought the way, rethought the way pe fight war. right? you have a whole host of challenges you didn t have before and different kinds of adversaries. he is certainly in that category. the guy is extremely well-read but also mad dog. right? he was the guy in charge during the bloodiest battle of the iraq war in fallujah, and it s really i mean, in a way almost a perfect combination. wouldn t you say? i do, but i think, knowing jim mattis, he s probably not going to shy away from that but wouldn t advertise that. the fact he s got this moniker. that s not what he s about. he is about accomplishing a task. it s more about us, never about me. that s what i love about jim mattis. you served with him during a time of war specifically 2003. tell us about that and if you have any specific memories or examples that you can discuss with us about just his leadership style? you talked abo