Kabul suicide attack: Tragic final Instagram post of Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak
‘It’s kill or be killed’: Tragic final Instagram post of Navy corpsman from Ohio who was slain by ISIS-K suicide bomb
Maxton Soviak, a Navy corpsman in his early 20s, was killed in Thursday’s blastHis final Instagram post on June 10 acknowledged ‘It’s kill or be killed’Soviak was one of 13 US troops killed in the ISIS-K suicide attack in Kabul His sister lamented, ‘he was just a kid. we are sending kids over there to die’
The Navy corpsman who was among 13 US troops killed in a suicide blast in Afghanistan made a haunting final post on Instagram before his death.
Maxton William Soviak, a medic in his early 20s from Ohio, made the tragic post on June 10, sharing a photo posing with other service members in what is believed to be Afghanistan.
‘It’s kill or be killed, definitely trynna be on the kill side,’ he wrote in a comment on the post.
Navy corpsmen often work alongside Marines, who do not have their own medics. Eleven Marines were also killed in Thursday’s attack at the Kabul airport, as well as an Army soldier, and at least 18 US servicemembers were wounded.
Maxton William Soviak, a medic in his early 20s, made this tragic post on June 10, writing ‘It’s kill or be killed, definitely trynna be on the kill side’
Soviak, an Ohio native, joined the Navy after high school and became a hospital corpsman
Soviak’s sister Marianne said her own Instagram post that her brother was there to ‘help people’.
‘My beautiful, intelligent, beat-to-the-sound of his own drum, annoying, charming baby brother was killed yesterday helping to save lives. He was a f***ing medic. There to help people and now he is gone and my family will never be the same,’ she wrote.
‘He was just a kid. We are sending kids over there to die. Kids with families that now have holes just like ours,’ she added. ‘I’m not one for praying but d**n could those kids over there use some right now. My heart is in pieces and I don’t think they’ll ever fit back right again.’
Soviak was named as a casualty of the attack by his high school in Milan, Ohio, where he graduated in 2017. His death was not immediately confirmed by the US Navy.
‘It is with deepest sorrow that I am sharing this news,’ Edison Local School District Superintendent Thomas Roth said in a statement.
‘Max was a good student who was active in sports and other activities throughout his school career. He was well respected and liked by everyone who knew him. Max was full of life in everything he did.’
In high school, Soviak was on the honor roll and played football. He was named as a casualty of the attack by his high school in Milan, Ohio
Soviak’s family confirmed his death to local media and have asked for privacy.
In high school, Soviak was on the honor roll and played football, according to the Sandusky Register.
Soviak was among the nearly 6,000 US troops now working frantically to evacuate Americans and Afghan refugees from Kabul, with just days remaining before President Joe Biden’s August 31 deadline to withdraw.
Four Marines killed in the attack have been named as Rylee McCollum, David Lee Espinoza, Kareem Nikoui and Jared Schmitz.
The father of two of the fallen Marines spoke out to blame Biden for their deaths, saying he turned his back on the troops on the ground with his chaotic evacuation attempt that made them sitting ducks for ISIS-K.
Marine Kareem Nikoui, pictured with his mother, was killed on Thursday. His father said he blames Biden for abandoning them in Kabul
Kareem’s sickened father Steve told The Daily Beast on Friday: ‘They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security. I blame my own military leaders… Biden turned his back on him. That’s it.’
‘Be afraid of our leadership or lack thereof. Pray every day for the soldiers that are putting their lives at risk, doing what they love which is protecting all of us,’ Schmitz’s father said.
He added that he was relieved when his son signed up as a Marine when Trump was in office because he ‘really believed this guy didn’t want to send people into harm’s way.’
McCollum was named by his high school in Wyoming while Espinoza, 20, was named by the local police department in Laredo, Texas, where he was born. McCollum was expecting his first child with his wife. He was deployed to Afghanistan in April.
