corps four-star general who did not do with force protection. the job was rushed because of the president the military did a phenomenal job to evacuate as many as a could they should not have to but now when you put people and without pressure mistakes are made we are frisking people at seven different gates rather than backing them up we violated very basic principles and force protection and the consequence is that 12 marines killed and one corpsman and the four-star marine general of centcom decided to add that point and his briefing of how well they are doing and don t need anymore help.
complex. he waited, officials said, until just before he was about to be searched by the american troops and then he detonated the bomb, which was unusually large for a suicide vest, killing himself and igniting an attack that would leave dozens of people dead, including 13 american service members. those 13 u.s. service members killed include 11 marines, one navy corpsman, and one soldier. more than a dozen u.s. service members were injured. as many as 170 afghan civilians outside the airport were killed in the explosion. none of those killed were american. another 200 civilians were reportedly injured. today president biden once again offered his condolences to the families of the 13 fallen service members. let me begin by once again acknowledging the bravery and the sacrifice that our military makes every single day.
the navy corpsman, maxton soviak. navy corpsman are the medics for the marines. um, and he told his mom over facetime when he was saying good-bye that don t worry, mom, my guys got me. they won t let anything happen to me. and today, the statement from his family says his mother realized that they had all just gone together. maxton soviak had 12 brothers and sisters. don, as i mentioned, we will expect to hear from the pentagon with a more full list of names tomorrow. but again, among the 13 service members who were killed, there were 11 marines, one army soldier, one navy soldier. and we do know tonight, we are told by the army that the soldier was a member of special forces. don. wow. rylee was 20. corporal dagan was 23. and what what did you say how old was maxton? we didn t get the age but, again, maxton was a navy
that killed 11 marines or one navy corpsman, who is telling us and when did they know and why are we not able to action on that intelligence? we all should. and the display of the capability president biden has been bragging about. by saying it is offset, it is good we have been skeptical and tonight we see a capability i don t think this means we will go on the offensive. so we can get out as soon as possible. it does mean more afghanistan s will be brought into kabul but people at the airport. no one has done more
isis. they are mortal enemies. this will be another interesting dynamic as the sunrises in kabul tomo tomorrow. we are fortunate to have you to give us that information. retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, thank you very do you mind if i say one more thing? go ahead, general. he mentioned the three two marines and one navy corpsman. the medic, right before the last time i went to combat, i was meeting with a grown up of medics and one of the medics asked me, sir, you re going to bring us home, aren t you? that s the kind of weight that commanders and leaders carry. and when oren commented that he told his mom don t worry, my guys will take care of me, that really struck me as the great young people we have serving. so god bless all of them and may they all rest in peace. agree with you 100%.