Your Thoughts for Our Troops

[QueenBee]

Of local interest to me, as he was from Spencerport, NY, near Rochester. LC..the lady I work with lives there. Cause of death undetermined, but I think I heard on local news the area he was in may have been fired upon.

I am posting a link to article as there are pics.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/04/us/afghani...=obnetwork

[Cracker]

www.icasualties.org We lose some almost every single day. They don't even list the ones who die from injuries once they are medically evacuated. No telling what the "real" numbers are at any given time.

They all should be "of interest" to you. They are our troops. No matter your political affiliation, they have your back. Even if they don't have your support or concern, they have your back.

Some people forget that. Some don't.

[tweetpea]

www.icasualties.org We lose some almost every single day. They don't even list the ones who die from injuries once they are medically evacuated. No telling what the "real" numbers are at any given time.

They all should be "of interest" to you. They are our troops. No matter your political affiliation, they have your back. Even if they don't have your support or concern, they have your back.

Some people forget that. Some don't.

I try my best to NEVER forget our troops!

[Lady Cop]

countless broken hearts.








Ashley Edens collapses on the coffin of her 22-year-old husband, Army Spc. Jason K. Edens, as his body arrives in Nashville, Tennessee from service in Afghanistan.
More than 100 friends, relatives and Patriot Guards gathered at Smyrna Airport to welcome the fallen soldier home on Thursday after his death on April 26.

[Lady Cop]

Of local interest to me, as he was from Spencerport, NY, near Rochester. LC..the lady I work with lives there. Cause of death undetermined, but I think I heard on local news the area he was in may have been fired upon.

I am posting a link to article as there are pics.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/04/us/afghani...=obnetwork

strange.



full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/us/afghani...?hpt=hp_t3

(CNN) -- Military investigators said Monday that they do not suspect foul play in the death of an Army captain who collapsed during a video call with his wife.

Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, 43, was using the video calling service Skype to speak with his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, on April 30 when he slumped forward. He was dead when military personnel arrived two hours later.

Orellana-Clark said Sunday in a statement that she saw what appeared to be a bullet hole on the wall behind her husband after he collapsed, leading to speculation he had been shot.

While the cause of death is not known, investigators have ruled out a gunshot, Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey said in a statement.

"Agents conducting the investigation, found no trauma to the body beyond minor abrasions and a possible broken nose most likely caused from Captain Clark striking his face on his desk when he collapsed," Grey said.

[QueenBee]

[username]

That made me smile, Queenbee. Loved it.

[JsMom]

countless broken hearts.








Ashley Edens collapses on the coffin of her 22-year-old husband, Army Spc. Jason K. Edens, as his body arrives in Nashville, Tennessee from service in Afghanistan.
More than 100 friends, relatives and Patriot Guards gathered at Smyrna Airport to welcome the fallen soldier home on Thursday after his death on April 26.

That first picture mad me cry. :( dammit!

[Duchess]

Wah.

[JsMom]

Wah.

Yep! wah wah

[FAHQTOO]

JaBraun Knox (23) from Auburn, IN - Killed in action - Afganistan - 5/18/12 - leaving behind his wife Courtney, 6 month old son Braylon, mother Kelly Knox - father Ken Knox, sister Amara Knox, brother Ty Knox and a grieving community


I'm headed uptown now to pay my respects to this young man who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

This is the first service member we have lost in our community...hopefully, it will be the last.



RIP Sargent Jabraun knox

[Lady Cop]

wear your buddy poppy~~




In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army


In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[Lady Cop]

RE: post 1

A COURAGOUS MAN

A soldier who lost both of his arms and legs after he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan is making incredible progress, even standing again for the first time.

Just six weeks after he underwent drastic surgery to remove all of his limbs, Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills is also taking care of his baby daughter Chloe and is looking forward to getting new hands.

Mills, who lost both legs above the knee, his right arm above the elbow and his left arm below the elbow, was injured while serving with the 82^nd Airborne as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

He revealed his progress during an upbeat interview with Fox News, adding: 'Bad things happen and life is sometimes tough. But my life isn't over - it just got a little more unique.'

Of standing again, he explained: 'My left cast fitting didn't fit properly but my right one did, and I was able to go to 45 degrees and feel like what it was to have a little bit of weight on me.

'I get to start of with little prosthetics so they're shorties so I'm going to maybe be about 4 ft 3 - I haven't been that small since I was in third grade.'

Sgt. Mills has retained his good humour throughout the incident and his recovery, with his wife noting that he had nurses in Germany 'in stitches' after dancing for them following his amputations.

He said that he is inspired to stay positive for his eight-month-old daughter Chloe and his wife Kelsey.

He said: 'I didn't marry my wife to take care of me, but bad things happen and life is sometimes tough. My life isn't over, it just got a little more unique. I'm inspired to get better because I have things to do in my life.'

[Lady Cop]

Associated Press

Seven American troops, 2 of which were Navy SEALs, and four Afghans died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, the NATO military coalition said. The Taliban claimed their fighters shot down the aircraft.

The crash marked another deadly day for the U.S. in Afghanistan, less than a week after six American service members were gunned down, apparently by two members of the Afghan security forces they were training to take over the fight against the insurgency as international combat troops prepare to exit the country by the end of 2014.

The spike in American deaths and attacks by Afghan allies have stirred fresh doubts about the prospects for the U.S. plan to leave a capable Afghan government in place when most troops depart after more than a decade of war.

Spokesman Brig. Gen Gunter Katz said the NATO coalition is investigating the cause of Thursday's crash in Kandahar province. The coalition had no immediate comment on the insurgents' claim that they shot down the helicopter.

Kandahar is a traditional Taliban stronghold and the spiritual birthplace of the hardline Islamist movement that ruled Afghanistan before being ousted in 2001 by the U.S.-led alliance for sheltering Al Qaeda's terrorist leaders.

Among the dead were seven American service members, three members of Afghan security forces and one Afghan civilian interpreter, said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the coalition. He said there were no survivors of the crash.

He declined to give any details on the mission of the helicopter, a UH-60 Black Hawk.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said insurgent fighters shot down the helicopter in Kandahar province on Thursday morning.

"Nobody survived this," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by phone.

The helicopter was shot down in Kandahar's Shah Wali Kot district, which lies in the northern part of the province, said Ahmad Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial government said. He declined to give further details.

The area where the helicopter went down -- a stretch of Kandahar along the border with Uruzgan province -- is seen as a Taliban stronghold and key transit route. The insurgents regularly attack police checkpoints around the rural villages of the district and plant bombs in the road to catch passing government vehicles.

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift helicopter that has served as the U.S. Army's workhorse since the 1980s.

The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan has relied heavily on utility helicopters such as the Black Hawk to ferry troops, dignitaries and supplies around the mountainous terrain, thus avoiding the threat of ambushes and roadside bombs.

Thursday's crash is the deadliest since a Turkish helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 16, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, officials said.

In August last year, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30 American troops, mostly elite Navy SEALs, in Afghanistan's central Wardak province.

At least 221 American service members have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year.

[Jimbone]

When those who you are trying to train and help turn and start killing you, it's time to leave.

Defoliate every poppy field in that country and head home. Let's see how long they last without their precious drug trade money. Even terrorists won't want to spend any time in Afghanistan when all the money is gone.