[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the January 24, 2011 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 January 7, 2011
through January 13, 2011:

Army Sgt. Michael P. Bartley, 23, of Barnhill, Illinois; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Spc. Martin J. Lamar, 43, of Sacramento, California; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Spc. Jose A. Torre, Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, California; assigned to
the Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

January 7, 2011 – January 13, 2011
Killed: ; Wounded in action: 14

March 19, 2003 – January 13, 2011
Killed: 4,422; wounded in action: 32,036

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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 January 7, 2011 through January 13, 2011:

Army Sgt. Omar Aceves, 30, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to the 7th Engineer
Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum,
New York.

Army Sgt. Zainah C. Creamer, 28, of Texarkana, Texas; assigned to the
212th Military Police Detachment, Headquarters Battalion, Fort Belvoir,
Virginia.

Army Spc. Jarrid L. King, 20, of Erie, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 7th
Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort
Drum, New York.

Army Maj. Evan J. Mooldyk, 47, of Ranch Murieto, California; assigned to
the 19th Sustainment Command, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Belle
Chasse, Louisiana.

Army   Pfc. Benjamin G. Moore, 23, of Robbinsville, New Jersey; assigned
to the 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, New York.

Army Pfc. Zachary S. Salmon, 21, of Harrison, Ohio; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

January 7, 2011 – January 13, 2011
Killed: ; Wounded in action: 111

October 10, 2001 – January 13, 2011
Killed: 1,440; Wounded in action: 10,081

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of January 11, 2011)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110111ngr.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.