<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of the December 30, 2013 edition of the Army Times.
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The following service member died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from December 13, 2013 through December 19, 2013.</pre><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy L. Billings, 34, of Heavener, Oklahoma; assigned to the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.</span></font></pre><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Sgt. Peter C. Bohler, 29, of Willow Spring, North Carolina; assigned to the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.</span></font></pre><pre><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Sgt. 1st Class Omar W. Forde, 28, of Marietta, Georgia; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.</span></font></pre><pre><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Spc. Terry K. D. Gordon, 22, of Shubuta, Mississippi; assigned to 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.</span></font></pre><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua B. Silverman, 35, of Scottsdale, Arizona;assigned to the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.</span></font></pre><pre><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Navy Petty Officer 1st Class James L. Smith, 38, of Huffman, Texas; </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, Shreveport, Louisiana.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">
</span></font></pre><pre><font face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Army Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Williams, 30, of Elkhart, Indiana; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.</span></font></pre><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">December 13, 2013 – December 19, 2013
Killed: 7; Wounded in action: 9
October 10, 2001 – December 19, 2013
Killed: 2,295; Wounded in action: 19,535
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And the beat goes on . . .
“Bring 'em Home"
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"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 in song
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. </pre></div></div></div></body></html>