[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Aug 31 13:36:05 PDT 2010

Courtesy of the September 6, 2010 edition of the Army Times -

No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in

Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 20, 2010 through
August

26, 2010:

August 20, 2010 - August 26, 2010

Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 7

March 19, 2003 - August 26, 2010  

Killed: 4,421; wounded in action: 31,929

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations

in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 20, 2010
through August 26, 2010:

Army Pfc. Chad D. Coleman, 20, of Moreland, Georgia; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Marine Master Sgt. Daniel L. Fedder, 34, of Pine City, Minnesota; assigned
to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Floyd E. C. Holley, 36, of Casselberry, Florida;
assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group,
I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Staff Sgt. James R. Ide, 32, of Festus, Missouri; assigned to the 230th
Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military
Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Sembach, Germany.

Marine Lance Cpl. Robert J. Newton, 21, of Creve Coeur, Illinois; assigned
to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
Twentynine Palms, California.

Army Pvt. Adam J. Novak, 20, of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

Army Pfc. Bryn T. Raver, 20, of Harrison, Arkansas; assigned to 1st Brigade
Special Troop Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Spc. James C. Robinson, 27, of Lebanon, Ohio; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Marine Sgt. Ronald A. Rodriguez, 26, of Falls Church, Virginia; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Spc. Justin B. Shoecraft, 28, of Elkhart, Indiana; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James M. Swink, 20, of Yucca Valley,
California; assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Forces.

Army Capt. Ellery R. Wallace, 33, of Utah; assigned to the 1st Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

August 20, 2010 - August 26, 2010

Killed: 12; Wounded in action: 115

October 10, 2001 - August 26, 2010

Killed: 1,246; Wounded in action: 7,820

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated 

(as of August 24, 2010)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100824ngr.pdf

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 And the beat goes on . . . 

Bring 'em Home"

 <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3>
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 else'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

SFC, US Army (Retired)

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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