[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the March 3, 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 February 15, 2008 through February
21, 2008:

 

Army Sgt. Conrad Alvarez, 22, of Big Spring, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

 

Army Cpl. Albert Bitton, 20, of Chicago; Illinois; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

 

Army Staff Sgt. Bryant W. Mackey, 30, of Eureka, Kansas; assigned to the 3rd
Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3387551.html

 

Army Spc. Micheal B. Matlock, Jr., 21, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

 

Army Spc. Keisha M. Morgan, 25, of Washington, D.C.; assigned to the
Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

 

Army Spc. Kevin S. Mowl, 22, of Pittsford, New York; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis Washington.

 

Army Spc. Micheal E. Phillips, 19, of Ardmore, Oklahoma; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

 

Army Capt. Nathan R. Raudenbush, 25, of Pennsylvania; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

 

Marine Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri; assigned to
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California.

 

February 15, 2008 - February 21, 2008

Killed: 9; wounded in action: 70

 

March 19, 2003 - February 21, 2008 

Killed: 3,953; wounded in action: 29,203

 

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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in
Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from February 15, 2008
through February 21, 2008: 

 

February 15, 2008 - February 21, 2008 

Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 11

 

Oct. 10, 2001 - February 21, 2008

Killed: 478; Wounded in action: 1,879

 

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 

(as of February 20, 2008) 

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2008/d20080220ngr.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 E. Stevenson, Jr. 

 

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