[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the March 21, 2011 edition of the Army Times –

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No U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from March 4, 2011 through March 10,
2011:

March 4, 2011 – March 10, 2011
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 1

March 19, 2003 – March 10, 2011
Killed: 4,429; wounded in action: 32,050

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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 March 4, 2011 through March 10, 2011:

Army Cpl. Loren M. Buffalo, 20, of Mountain Pine, Arkansas; assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Pfc. Andrew M. Harper, 19, of Maidsville, West Virginia; assigned to
the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Pfc. Kalin C. Johnson, 19, of Lexington, South Carolina; assigned to
the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Marine Cpl. Ian M. Muller, 22, of Danville, Vermont; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Daehan Park, 36, of Watertown, Connecticut; assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
Washington.

Army Pfc. Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19, of Bellflower, California; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Staff Sgt. Eric S. Trueblood, 27, of Alameda, California; assigned to
the 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade,
Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim, Germany.

Army Spc. Andrew P. Wade, 22, of Antioch, Illinois; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, New York.

March 4, 2011 – March 10, 2011
Killed: 8; Wounded in action: 75

October 10, 2001 – March 10, 2011
Killed: 1,488; Wounded in action: 10,534

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of March 8, 2011)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110308ngr.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.