
<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Courtesy of the September 24, 2012 edition of the Army Times.</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">-------------------------------</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from September 7, 2012 through September 13, 2012:</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Marine Sgt. Bradley W. Atwell, 27, of Kokomo, Indiana; assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Army Sgt. Kyle B. Osborn, 26, of Lafayette, Indiana; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy.</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Marine Lt. Col. Christopher K. </span><span class="s3">Raible</span><span class="s3">, 40, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">September 7, 2012 – September 13</span><span class="s3">, 2012</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 186</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">October 10, 2001 – September 13</span><span class="s3">, 2012</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Killed: 2,104; Wounded in action: 17,702</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">---------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">And the beat goes on . . .</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">“Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> Home"</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3</a></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">"If you love this land of the free</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring them back from overseas</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">It will make the politicians sad, I know</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">They </span><span class="s3">wanna</span><span class="s3"> tangle with their foe</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">They </span><span class="s3">wanna</span><span class="s3"> test their grand theories</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">With the blood of you and me</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Now we'll give no more brave young lives</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">For the gleam in someone else's eyes</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">The men will cheer and the boys will shout</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Yeah and we will all turn out</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">The church bells will ring with joy</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">To welcome our </span><span class="s3">darlin</span><span class="s3">' girls and boys</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">We will lift our voice and sound</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home, bring '</span><span class="s3">em</span><span class="s3"> home."</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">---------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Pro patria,</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Tom Hansen</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">SFC, US Army (Retired)</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">Moscow, Idaho</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3"></span> </p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="s3">-- Adlai E. Stevenson</span></p></body></html>