As of today, there have been 6,026 U.S. military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan (source: Washington Post Faces of the Fallen). These soldiers fought for their country and made the ultimate sacrifice. I have been very fortunate that in seven years in the Army and two deployments to Iraq, I […]
This posting is the first in what I hope is a semi-frequent profile of real soldiers fighting in our nation’s war on terrorism. “I knew I’d be deploying to the Middle East eventually, but NEVER was I told I’d be going on patrols and laying in the prone with 11Bs […]