[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the September 20, 2010 edition of the Army Times -

 

 

The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New Dawn
in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from September 3, 2010 through
September 9, 2010:

 

Army Sgt. Philip C. Jenkins, 26, of Decatur, Indiana; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Advise and Assist Brigade,
25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

 

Army Pvt. James F. McClamrock, 22, of Huntersville, North Carolina; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Advise and Assist
Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

 

September 3, 2010 - September 9, 2010

Killed: 2; Wounded in action: 5

  

March 19, 2003 - September 9, 2010  

Killed: 4,421; wounded in action: 31,934

 

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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 September 3, 2010 through September 9, 2010:

 

Marine Sgt. Jesse M. Balthaser, 23, of Columbus, Ohio;  assigned to the 3rd
Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms,
California.

 

Marine Cpl. John C. Bishop, 25, of Columbus, Indiana; assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

 

Marine Lance Cpl. Ross S. Carver, 21, of Rocky Point, North Carolina;
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

 

Marine Cpl. Philip G. E. Charte, 22, of Goffstown, New Hampshire; assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

 

Army 1st Lt. Todd W. Weaver, 26, of Hampton, Virginia; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

 

September 3, 2010 - September 9, 2010

Killed: 5; Wounded in action: 131

 

October 10, 2001 - September 9, 2010

Killed: 1,270; Wounded in action: 7,951

 

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated 

(as of September 7, 2010)

 

 <http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100907ngr.pdf>
http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100907ngr.pdf

 

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 And the beat goes on . . . 

 

Bring 'em Home"

 

 <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3>
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.

 

 

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