[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the March 25, 2013 edition of the Army Times.
 
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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 8, 2013 through March 14, 2013:

Army Staff Sgt. Steven P. Blass, 27, of Estherville, Iowa; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Army Chief Warrant Officer James E. Groves III, 37, of Kettering, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson, 27, of Franklin, Louisiana; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson, 27, of Eldersburg, Maryland; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
 
Army Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel, 28, of South Miami, Florida; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Christian M. Pike, 31, of Peoria, Arizona; assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit. 

Army Spc. David T. Proctor, 26, of Greensboro, North Carolina; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Staff Sgt. Rex L. Schad, 26, of Edmond, Oklahoma; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Staff Sgt. Marc A. Scialdo, 31, of Naples, Florida; assigned to the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

Army Spc. Zachary L. Shannon, 21, of Dunedin, Florida; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
 
March 8, 2013 – March 14, 2013
Killed: 10; Wounded in action: 34
 
October 10, 2001 – March 14, 2013
Killed: 2,178; Wounded in action: 18,358
 
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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
  
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