[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the June 29, 2009 edition of the Army Times -                             
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 12, 2009 through June 18, 2009:
 
Army Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling, 25, of Indianapolis, Indiana; assigned to the 961st Engineer Company, Sharonville, Ohio. 
 
Army Capt. Kafele H. Sims, 32, of Los Angeles, California; assigned to the 18th Engineer Brigade, Schwetzingen, Germany. 
 
Army Sgt. Joshua W. Soto, 25, of San Angelo, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss Texas. 
 
June 12, 2009 – June 18, 2009
Killed: 3; wounded in action: 12
 
March 19, 2003 – June 18, 2009 
Killed: 4,303; wounded in action: 31,354
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 12, 2009 through June 18, 2009:  
 
Army 1st Sgt. John D. Blair, 38, of Calhoun, Georgia; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, Georgia Army National Guardsman, Lawrenceville, Georgia.
 
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin A. Dupont, 52, of Templeton, Massachusetts; assigned to the 79th Troop Command, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
 
Navy Command Master Chief Jeffrey J. Garber, 43, of Hemingford, Nebraska; aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea.   
 
Army Sgt. Ricky D. Jones, 26, of Plantersville, Alabama; assigned to the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
 
Army Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Melton, 26, of Carlyle, IL. He was an Illinois Army National Guardsman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Illinois Army National Guard, Marion, Illinois. 
 
Army Spc. Jonathan C. O’Neill, 22, of Zephyrhills, Florida; assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
 
Army Spc. Rodrigo A. Munguia Rivas, 27, of Germantown, Maryland; assigned to the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
 
Army Sgt. Paul G. Smith, 43, of Peoria, Illinois, assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry, Illinois Army National Guard, Aurora, Illinois.
 
June 12, 2009 – June 18, 2009
Killed: 8; Wounded in action: 44
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – June 18, 2009
Killed: 701; Wounded in action: 3,023
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of June 16, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20090616ngr.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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