[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the March 9, 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 February 20, 2009 through February 26, 2009:
 
Army Spc.  Micheal B. Alleman, 31, of Logan, Utah; assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 
 
Army Spc. Brian M. Connelly, 26, of Union Beach, New Jersey; assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, Task Force 1-6, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. 
 
Army 1st Lt. William E. Emmert, 36, of Lincoln, Tennessee; assigned to the 269th Military Police Company, 117th Military Police Battalion, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
 
Army Cpl. Michael L. Mayne, 21, of Burlington Flats, New York; assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 
 
Army Pfc. Zachary R. Nordmeyer, 21, of Indianapolis, Indiana; assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 
 
February 20, 2009 – February 26, 2009
Killed: 5; wounded in action: 35
 
March 19, 2003 – February 26, 2009 
Killed: 4,242; wounded in action: 31,089
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from February 20, 2009 through February 26, 2009:   
 
Army Capt. Brian M. Bunting, 29, of Potomac, Maryland; assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Syracuse, New York.
 
Army Sgt. Schuyler B. Patch, 25, of Owasso Oklahoma; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Kewanee, Illinois.
 
Army Sgt. Scott B. Stream, 39, of Mattoon, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Effingham, Illinois.
 
Army Sgt. Daniel J. Thompson, 24, of Madison, Wisconsin; assigned to the 715th Military Police Company, Melbourne, Fla.
 
February 20, 2009 – February 26, 2009
Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 5
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – February 26, 2009
Killed: 654 Wounded in action: 2,701
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of February 24, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2009/d20090224ngr.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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