[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

(Since I will be spending all day tomorrow either on the road or in the air
. . . )

 

Courtesy of the July 19, 2010 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 2, 2010 through July 8,
2010:

 

Army Sgt. Jordan E. Tuttle , 22,  of West Monroe, Louisiana; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

July 2, 2010 - July 8, 2010

Killed: 1; Wounded in action: 8

 

March 19, 2003 - July 8, 2010 

Killed: 4,401; wounded in action: 31,882

 

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from July 2, 2010
through July 8, 2010: 

 

Army Staff Sgt. Marc A. Arizmendez, 30, of Anaheim, California; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany.

 

Army Staff Sgt. Christopher F. Cabacoy, 30, of Virginia Beach, Virginia;
assigned to 1st Squadron, 71st Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

 

Army Spc. Keenan A. Cooper, 19, of Wahpeton, North Dakota; assigned to the
4th Squadron, 73rd Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

 

Army Sgt. Andrew J. Creighton, 23, of Laurel, Delaware; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
Washington.

 

Army Pfc. Jacob A. Dennis, 22, of Powder Springs, Georgia;  assigned to the
4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

 

Army Spc. Roger Lee, 26, of Monterey, California; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany. 

 

Army Spc. Jerod H. Osborne, 20, of Royse City, Texas; assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 73rd Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

 

Army Pfc. Michael S. Pridham, 19, of Louisville, Kentucky; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany. 

 

Army Pfc. Anthony W. Simmons, 25, of Tallahassee, Florida; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

 

Army Pfc. Edwin C. Wood, 18, of Omaha, Nebraska; assigned to 1st Squadron,
71st Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. 

 

July 2, 2010 - July 8, 2010 

Killed: 10; Wounded in action: 150

 

October 10, 2001 - July 8, 2010

Killed: 1,142; Wounded in action: 6,784

 

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated 

(as of July 6, 2010)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100706ngr1.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 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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