[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the April 6, 2009 edition of the Army Times -
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from March 20, 2009 through March 26, 2009:
 
Army Sgt. Jose R. Escobedo Jr., 32, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment in Schweinfurt, Germany.
 
Army Staff Sgt. Raphael A. Futrell, 26, of Anderson, South Carolina; assigned to the 13th Military Police Detachment, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
 
March 20, 2009 – March 26, 2009
Killed: 2; wounded in action: 4
 
March 19, 2003 – March 19, 2009 
Killed: 4,251; wounded in action: 31,135
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from March 20, 2009 through March 26, 2009:    
 
Navy Lt. Florence B. Choe, 35, of El Cajon, California; assigned to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan at Camp Shaheen, Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan.
 
Marine Cpl Michael W. Ouellette, 28, of Manchester, New Hampshire; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Navy Lt. j.g. Francis L. Toner IV, 26, of Narragansett, Rhode Island; assigned to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan at Camp Shaheen, Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan. 
 
Marine Cpl Anthony L. Williams, 21, of Oxford, Pennsylvania; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 
 
March 20, 2009 – March 26, 2009
Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 12
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – March 19, 2009
Killed: 667 Wounded in action: 2,737
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of March 24, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2009/d20090324ngr.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'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
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. 

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