Have you ever been so badass that you ended a firefight by butt stroking a Taliban fighter to death with his own PKM? SSgt Wooldridge may be only man on earth to answer that question with “Yes. Yes I have.”
On June 18, 2010 Wooldridge’s mounted patrol came under enemy fire in Musa Qala. His squad dismounted their vehicles and maneuvered on the enemy fighters, who were preparing an ambush. Wooldridge, armed with a M249 SAW, and the rest of his squad killed or wounded about eight insurgents, causing the rest to scatter. This is when Wooldridge took the initiative and assaulted the enemy position on his own.
Listen to the rest of the story straight from Wooldridge’s mouth: