[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the November 29, 2010 edition of the Army Times –

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New
Dawn in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from November 12, 2010
through November 18, 2010:

Army Staff Sgt. Loleni W. Gandy, 36, of Pago Pago, American Samoa;
assigned to the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa.

Army Sgt. David J. Luff Jr., 29, of Hamilton, Ohio;  assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

November 12, 2010 – November 18, 2010
Killed: 2; Wounded in action: 1

March 19, 2003 – November 18, 2010
Killed: 4,419; wounded in action: 31,999

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the
Defense Department from November 12, 2010 through November 18, 2010:

Army Spc. Shane H. Ahmed, 31, of Chesterfield, Michigan; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Spc. Jacob C. Carroll, 20, of Clemmons, North Carolina; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Cpl. Jacob R. Carver, 20, of Freeman, Missouri; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Sgt. Justin E. Culbreth, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Pfc. Kyle M. Holder, 18, of Conroe, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance and Surveillance), 525th
Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina.

Army Spc. Nathan E. Lillard, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Spc. Scott T. Nagorski, 27, of Greenfield, Wisconsin; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Marine Staff Sgt. Javier O. Ortiz-Rivera, 26, of Rochester, New York;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Staff Sgt. Kevin M. Pape, 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Army Staff Sgt. Juan L. Rivadeneira, 27, of Davie, Florida; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Sgt. David S. Robinson, 25, of Fort Smith, Arkansas; assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Staff Sgt. David P. Senft, 27, of Grass Valley, California; assigned
to the 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Marine Sgt. Jason T. Smith, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; assigned to
the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Headquarters and Headquarters
Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Marine Corps Bases Japan,
Iwakuni, Japan.

Army Spc. Jesse A. Snow, 25, of Fairborn, Ohio; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Pfc. Christian M. Warriner, 19, of Mills River, North Carolina;
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

November 12, 2010 – November 18, 2010
Killed: 15; Wounded in action: 128

October 10, 2001 – November 18, 2010
Killed: 1,378; Wounded in action: 9,368

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of November 16, 2010)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20101116ngr.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.