[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the October 18, 2010 edition of the Army Times –


No U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from October 1, 2010 through October
7, 2010:

October 1, 2010 – October 7, 2010
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 3

March 19, 2003 – October 7, 2010
Killed: 4,415; wounded in action: 31,967

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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 October 1, 2010 through October 7, 2010:

Army Pfc. Cody A. Board, 19, of McKinney, Texas;  assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Sgt. Karl A. Campbell, 34, of Chiefland, Florida; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Pfc. Ryane G. Clark, 22, of New London, Minnesota; assigned to the
27th Combat Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Combat Engineer Brigade,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Navy Hospital Corpsman Edwin Gonzalez, 22, of North Miami Beach, Florida;
assigned to 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic, Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina.

Air Force Senior Airman Daniel J. Johnson, 23, of Schiller Park, Illinois;
assigned to the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base,
California.

Marine Lance Cpl. Scott A. Lynch, 22, of Greenwood Lake, New York;
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Brian J. Pedro, 27, of Rosamond, California; assigned to the 2nd
Engineer Battalion, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Marine Cpl. Stephen C. Sockalosky, 21, of Cordele, Georgia; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, Illinois; assigned to
3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

October 1, 2010 – October 7, 2010
Killed: 9; Wounded in action: 136

October 10, 2001 – October 7, 2010
Killed: 1,309; Wounded in action: 8,530

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of October 5, 2010)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20101005ngr.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.