US casualties 01-12 August 2010

[IndianaGreen]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 722-10
August 12, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Christopher N. Karch, 23, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Aug. 11 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13795

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 720-10
August 12, 2010


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DOD Identifies Marine Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Jose L. Saenz III, 30, of Pleasanton, Texas, died Aug. 9 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13793

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 717-10
August 11, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. John E. Andrade, 19, of San Antonio, Texas, died Aug. 7 at DE Khak Chupan Turah, Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13791

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 710-10
August 09, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe, 23, of Plant City, Fla., died Aug. 8 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13786

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 709-10
August 09, 2010


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DOD Identifies Marine Casualties


The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The following Marines died Aug. 7 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan:

Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Cornelius, 20, of Ashtabula, Ohio.

Pfc. Vincent E. Gammone III, 19, of Christiana, Tenn.

Cornelius and Gammone were assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13785

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 708-10
August 09, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualties


The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

They died Aug. 8 at Zhari Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their unit using an improvised explosive device.

Killed were:

Sgt. Andrew C. Nicol, 23, of Kensington, N.H.,

Pfc. Bradley D. Rappuhn, 24, of Grand Ledge, Mich.

They were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13784

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 707-10
August 09, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Faith R. Hinkley, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Aug. 7 in Baghdad, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit in Iskandariya, Iraq. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13783

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 705-10
August 09, 2010


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DOD Identifies Marine Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Cpl. Max W. Donahue, 23, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., died Aug. 7 of wounds received Aug. 4 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13781

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 702-10
August 06, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Master Sgt. Jared N. Van Aalst, 34, of Laconia, N.H., died Aug. 4 in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered while his unit was conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=63002

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 688-10
August 02, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Kyle B. Stout, 25, of Texarkana, Texas, died July 30 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13772

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 686-10
August 01, 2010


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DOD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. Michael L. Stansbery, 21, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., died July 30 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.


http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13771

[patrice]

1. Screw our War Dead. We gotta show what big Professional Lefties we are.

Afghanistan does not matter.

:sarcasm:

[IndianaGreen]

2. I used to post the DOD casualty announcements without commentary

as I did here. Then I started to post local newspaper stories about the casualties. It had a great emotional impact to see pictures and watch home videos of the dead GI and his or her family, read about their background, their hopes, their tremendous potential for making this world a little better. After a handful of weeks I stopped doing it altogether. It was too heart wrenching. Not long ago I was at a red light waiting for it to change when a line of cars escorted by police drove across the intersection. It was a funeral procession. The casket was draped in the American flag. I broke down and cried!

I want the troops home alive!

[patrice]

3. Me too!!! But some people have decided that their personal agendas are more important than unity.

They are out to screw Democrats in November in order to show Gibbs & the President what a bunch of big dicks they are.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Unity? I spit on a political system that sends our best to fight wars

while the owners of this country enrich themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHd_jXtp4Rs

[patrice]

5. Well, then you need to decide where the power to beat them is and if you think that's by

NOT delivering Congress to the Democrats in November, those men and women are going to be there and elsewhere a GREAT DEAL longer than if we do increase our majority in the House and in the Senate.

That's the ONLY power over the President that we have and throwing the chance of doing that away right now over a temper fit about Gibbs will only guarantee Republican oppression for the next decade.

[IndianaGreen]

6. FRAK the Beltway! They are corrupt beyond redemption.

I am concentrating on pressing local issues, civil liberties, economic justice, and peace. If we want change, we will have to work outside the crappy political system.

[patrice]

7. I'm working on our state level candidates. FYI, I'm not happy with what has been going on either, bu

t I'm not stupid enough to cut my nose off to spite Obama's face.