Kanadesaga

DoD Announces Change In Status Of Army Soldiers

The Department of Defense today announced the deaths of two soldiers previously listed as “Missing-Captured” while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

On July 10, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner positively identified human remains recovered in Iraq July 9 to be those of two soldiers who had been previously listed as “Missing-Captured.”

Killed were:

Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez, 25 at the time of his capture, of Lawrence, Mass.

Pfc. Byron J. Fouty, 19 at the time of his capture, of Waterford, Mich.









Jimenez and Fouty were part of a patrol that was ambushed by enemy forces south of Baghdad on May 12, 2007. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. The Department of Defense previously announced the names of soldiers killed in the attack. They were Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack, Jr., 20, of Torrance, Calif.; Sgt. 1st Class James D. Connell, Jr., 40, of Lake City, Tenn.; Pfc. Daniel W. Courneya, 19, of Nashville, Mich.; Cpl. Christopher E. Murphy, 21, of Lynchburg, Va.; and Sgt. Anthony J. Schober, 23, of Reno, Nev.

The incident is under investigation.

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Kanadesaga

DoD Identifies Army Casualties


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

They died July 10 in Babo Kheyl, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, Barrigada, Guam.

Killed were:

Spc. Brian S. Leon Guerrero, 34, of Hagatna, Guam.

Spc. Samson A. Mora, 28, of Dededo, Guam.

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Kanadesaga

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Master Sgt. Mitchell W. Young, 39, of Jonesboro, Ga., died on July 13 of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

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Kanadesaga

American Dead........................4121
...Afghanistan...........................542

United Kingdom.........................176

Other......................................138

Iraqi.........................unfuckinknown

American Wounded................30,409
...Afghanistan.........................2205

Self inflicted deaths..................1290+

Missing.......................................1

Not counted by DoD......................5

AWOL....................................3816*

Days Left Till the Retard leaves....192

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Kanadesaga

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of nine soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died of wounds suffered when their outpost was attacked by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 13. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.

Killed were:

1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, of Hawaii.

Sgt. Israel Garcia, 24, of Long Beach, Calif.

Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, of Snellville, Ga.

Cpl. Jason M. Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Wash.

Cpl. Jason D. Hovater, 24, of Clinton, Tenn.

Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips, 27, of Jasper, Ga.

Cpl. Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, of Haw River, N.C.

Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, of Florissant, Mo.

Pfc. Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Ky.

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cheapseats

Barack Obama began his slide into Politics As Usual when he backtracked rather than elaborated on the 'wasted lives' remark.

I, for one, would MUCH rather see nine of our smug, overweight, self-important Politicos killed than nine young men.

I think the reason that smug, overweight, self-important Politicos keep sending young men off to die is precisely because they do not fear for their own lives.

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Kanadesaga

or their children's lives.

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cheapseats

That suicide statistic...TWELVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SELF-INFLICTED DEATHS...takes me aback every time I see it.

Do the 4121 Dead include the suicides...2831 killed in action and 1290 killed by their own hand, because the alternative of continuing to live within the American Armed Forces was too awful to be born...or is it 4121 killed PLUS 1290 suicides for 5411 Goners?

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cheapseats

If the family is AT the table, the family is ON the table.

Otherwise, Bad Guys can have professional lives consisting entirely of nefarious shit disturbing, and picture perfect compartmentalized personal lives...which, lo and behold, is exactly what we find.

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Kanadesaga

5411 and growing, that suicide number is old. It is very hard to get reliable numbers. Many commit suicide after they've left service. They aren't counted. Those are soldiers that actually committed suicide in country or en route.

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