[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the September 12, 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 August 26, 2011 through September
1, 2011:

August 26, 2011 – September 1, 2011
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 11

March 19, 2003 – September 1, 2011
Killed: 4,464; wounded in action: 32,186

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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 August 26, 2011 through September 1, 2011:

Army Sgt. Devin J. Daniels, 22, of Kuna, Idaho; assigned to the 546th
Transportation Company, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Dennis James Jr., 21 of Deltona, Florida; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Army Pfc. Christophe J. Marquis, 40, of Tampa, Florida; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team,
25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Army Pfc. Alberto L. Obod Jr., 26, of Orlando, Florida; assigned to the
391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st
Theater Sustainment Command, Bamberg, Germany.

Army Sgt. Colby L. Richmond, 28, of Providence, North Carolina; assigned
to the 546th Transportation Company, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, XVIII
Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Christopher J. Scott, 21, of Tyrone, New York; assigned to the
716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

August 26, 2011 – September 1, 2011
Killed: 6; Wounded in action: 162

October 10, 2001 – September 1, 2011
Killed: 1,743; Wounded in action: 13,609

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of August 30, 2011)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110830ngr.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.