Dan Quinn, a former member of the Special Forces who was discharged after physically confronting an Afghan commander for raping a child, was met with praise and acclaim when he appeared on Glenn Beck’s show.

Quinn described on the show how he and Charles Martland learned of the incident and their decision to send a message to Afghan allies that sexual assault was not acceptable. By the next day, the two were removed from Afghanistan and relieved of duty.

We just made sure that we got our message across, which is if you go near that boy again or his father, there are going to be very serious consequences. And, you know, we sent him home. And that was it. Then at that point, he had told — he had told a few of his friends who had told the other Americans in our area, the Americans that are about an hour away from us. They called me and asked me what happened. And I said, “Yeah, I absolutely did assault him. And here’s why I did it. And if there’s any repercussions, you know, that’s fine. Send them my way.” And the next day, we had a helicopter come, pick Charles and I up. We were relieved of our command immediately.

While Quinn voluntarily left the service, Martland attempted to fight his discharge and return to the service, but his appeal was rejected by the Army.

Beck closed the interview by stressing his support for Quinn and Martland.

I have to tell you, it will be an honor to shake your hand. There is — there is almost no one that I have heard their story that I have more respect for than you. And I have to tell you, the two of you, you will be blessed for taking a stand. You didn’t kill this guy. I would have snapped the guy’s neck, quite honestly. But you didn’t kill him. You didn’t get out of control. You did all the right things. You just did the right thing and said, “Hands off.” And if we’re over there trying to win the hearts and minds of people, how can we possibly win the hearts and minds of people when we’re allowing people to be raped under our nose? It’s disgusting.

Quinn and Martland’s stories are hot button issues in the military community. Both men were featured in a controversial New York Times article about an Pentagon policy to turn a blind eye towards sexual assault–a report the Pentagon vehemently denies.

You can watch the full interview below.