Fort Stewart Senior Commander Celebrates Bravery Of Soldiers Who Tackled And Subdued Shooter

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During a press briefing on Thursday, Fort Stewart Senior Commander Brigadier General John Lubas praised the soldiers who tackled and subdued the shooter who opened fire on the base on Wednesday.

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00:00We got time maybe for one more question.

00:03Yeah.

00:04Jill Kovac from the Atlanta General Constitution.

00:07General, could you speak at all, just to give some insight at all on the acts of bravery

00:12that you've heard about in this episode?

00:15Yeah, sure.

00:16I think, as the Secretary mentioned, we have six historical soldiers behind us,

00:21but this is just representative of the larger formation.

00:24Once the shooter was identified and the threat was identified to that soldier,

00:29then immediately raced and tackled that soldier, wrestled the gun away,

00:33so doing a second non-commissioned officer on top of the program was sharing him

00:38until the police could arrive, and then simultaneously no one hesitated.

00:42Most of these soldiers behind me and others of the crowd immediately started applying

00:46court stating and most importantly stopped the bleeding.

00:48When we spoke to the surgeons in the hospital, it was clear that the actions they took

00:52primarily stopped in that meeting before they were loaded up in a handy one

00:56because it quickly evacs when our medical certainly saved their lives.

01:00Are they back to work today?

01:02I'm sorry.

01:02Are they back to work or are they taking some time off?

01:05Well, today is a day that we focused on bringing the brigade and the union together

01:10so they can support one another so we can, of course, get right back at it,

01:13but it's also a day where we're going to focus on ensuring that we're giving the support to them.

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