Former US Marine Chase Millsap is working to obtain asylum status for the Iraqi military officer who worked with American troops and who is now hiding from Islamic State militants with his family in Turkey.
“The Captain is the epitome of my personal commitment to take care of people,” says Millsap, referring to the former Iraqi officer whose name is kept secret.
The former soldier says the Captain saved his life when a sniper aimed at Millsap’s head during a routine patrol in Iraq.
“He quickly pushed me down and ran towards the gunfire and because of that saved my life,” Millsap recalls, adding that the sniper, seeing an angry Iraqi soldier charging at him, chose to run rather than shoot again.
“He’s one of millions that’s stuck in a system that is broken and he’s just gonna continue to wait,” Millsap says, a day before he travels to Washington to meet with members of Congress and others to discuss just how the US can help foreign soldiers who helped the army.
This June 2015 photo provided by Spencer Millsap shows Chase Millsap, right, and the Captain, posing for a photo in Ankara, Turkey. (Spencer Millsap/National Geographic via AP)
— AP
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