[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the February 11, 2008 edition of the Army Times -                                  
 
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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from January 25, 2008 through January 31, 2008:
 
Army Staff Sgt. Chad A. Barrett, 35, of Saltville, Virginia; assigned to the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.  
 
Army Sgt. James E. Craig, 26, of Hollywood, California; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3348634.html
 
Navy Chief Petty Officer Nathan H. Hardy, 29, of Durham, New Hampshire; assigned to an east coast-based SEAL team. 
 
Army Staff Sgt. Gary W. Jeffries, 37, of Roscoe, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3348656.html
 
Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch, 29,of State College, Pennsylvania; assigned to an east coast-based SEAL team. 
 
Army Spc. Evan A. Marshall, 21, of Athens, Georgia; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3348692.html
 
Army Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer, 20, of Orange, California; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3348697.html
 
Army Sgt. Mikeal W. Miller, 22, of Albany, Ore.; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3343604.html
 
Army Cpt. Michael A. Norman, 36, of Killeen, Texas; assigned to the Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3353697.html
 
Army 1st Lt. David E. Schultz, 25, of Illinois; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3353702.html
 
Army Spc. Matthew F. Straughter, 27, of St. Charles, Missouri; assigned to the 1138th Engineer Company, 35th Engineer Brigade, Missouri National Guard, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3354448.html
 
Army Pvt. Joshua A. R. Young, 21, of Riddle, Oregon; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3348704.html
 
January 25, 2008 – January 31, 2008
Killed: 12; wounded in action: 33
 
March 19, 2003 – January 31, 2008 
Killed: 3,930; wounded in action: 29,038
 
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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from January 25, 2008 through January 31, 2008: 
 
January 25, 2008 – January 31, 2008 
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 12
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – January 24, 2008
Killed: 477; Wounded in action: 1,868
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of January 30, 2008) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2008/d20080130ngr.pdf
 
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And the beat goes on . . . 
 
"Bring 'em Home"
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3
 
"If you love this land of the free 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Bring them back from overseas 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
It will make the politicians sad, I know 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
They wanna tangle with their foe 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
They wanna test their grand theories 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
With the blood of you and me 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
Now we'll give no more brave young lives 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
For the gleam in someone's eyes 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
The men will cheer and the boys will shout 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah and we will all turn out 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
The church bells will ring with joy 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
 
We will lift our voice and sound 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." 
 
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Pro patria,
 
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
 
-- Adlai Stevenson, Jr.
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