[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the July 20, 2009 edition of the Army Times -                                
 
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The following U.S. service member died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 3, 2009 through July 9, 2009:
 
Army Pvt. Lucas M. Bregg, 19, of Wright City, Missouri;  assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 
 
July 3, 2009 – July 9, 2009
Killed: 1; wounded in action: 22
 
March 19, 2003 – July 9, 2009 
Killed: 4,312; wounded in action: 31,430
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 3, 2009 through July 9, 2009: 
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro A. Barbozaflores, 27, of Glendale, California; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 
 
Army Sgt. Brock H. Chavers, 25, of Bulloch, Georgia; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, Americus, Georgia.
 
Army Spc. Joshua R. Farris, 22, of La Grange, Texas; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
 
Army Capt. Mark A. Garner, 30, of Elkin, North Carolina; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany.
 
Army Pfc. Nicolas H. J. Gideon, 20, of Murrieta, California; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Roger G. Hager, 20, of Gibsonville, North Carolina; assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Marine Master Sgt. Jerome D. Hatfield, 36, of Axton, Virginia; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Marine Master Sgt. John E. Hayes, 36, of Middleburg, Florida; assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Army Spc. Chester W. Hosford, 35, of Hastings, Minnesota; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Dixon, Illinois.
 
Army Spc. Issac L. Johnson, 24, of Columbus, Georgia; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron, Rome, Georgia.
 
Marine Cpl. Matthew R. Lembke, 22, of Tualatin, Oregon; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
 
Army Spc. Gregory J. Missman, 36, of Batavia, Ohio; assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
 
Navy Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Oklahoma; assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight, Sigonella, Italy, and was deployed with his platoon to Joint Task Force South conducting counter-improvised explosive device operations in support of Task Force Zabul in Afghanistan. 
 
Marine Sgt. Michael C. Roy, 25, of North Fort Myers, Florida; assigned to 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Advisor Group, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolinia.
 
Army Spc. Christopher M. Talbert, 24, of Galesburg, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Marion, Illinois.
 
Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate, 21, of Canyon, Texas; assigned to the USS Iwo Jima, and deployed as an Individual Augmentee to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan. 
 
Army 2nd Lt. Derwin I. Williams, 41, of Glenwood, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Dixon, Illinois.
 
July 3, 2009 – July 9, 2009
Killed: 17; Wounded in action: 62
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – July 9, 2009
Killed: 727; Wounded in action: 3,162
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of July 7, 2009)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2009/d20090707ngr.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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