God Bless these guys. Such spirit and can do attitudes. Fox ran this story yesterday.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/358408871...#sp=show-clips
God Bless these guys. Such spirit and can do attitudes. Fox ran this story yesterday.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/358408871...#sp=show-clips
Alyosha (05-24-2014)
And just think we have all these warriors on this forum.
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky..
Dark Mistress (05-24-2014)
Alyosha (05-24-2014)
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky..
I told my uncles story in part and would appreciate the family member or the service man telling his or her story of a departed warrior. Thanks. I edited my post on my uncle several times.
I tracked down the army battle report and read what he was doing prior to dying in a rice paddy in Korea.
Peter1469 (05-24-2014)
Here's the thing @Bob
people like my husband or Codename or The Wash or Terminal Lance when something happens to them all you get from the government is "it was a training accident".
That's what we get. We send them overseas and if they don't come home we get no answers and there isn't closure.
...
@Ethereal or @Cthulhu's mom and wife would be told where exactly they died and what happened to them. I wasn't allowed to know until 5 years after it happened and it's highly classified so I cannot tell you.
I can say that he died in the line of duty and that everyone who did come back said he was brave, that if it weren't for him they would not be here.
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky..
Peter1469 (05-24-2014)
@Alyosha, why doesn't the government explain?
I never did like that about the service. Family should get to know what happened to their loved ones. Opsec is important, but we need to re-evaluate what we're doing and why we're doing it if we can't let the families know what they were doing.
I don't think any parent should have to out live their children, but if they do, they deserve to know why.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12
Alyosha (05-24-2014)
Their missions are classified. Sometimes it is intelligence gathering, sometimes it is rescue operations, sometimes what normal people would call an assassination. Some would say that they go over the border illegally into nations not directly involved with a Congressional war act.
Lots of reasons but they'll tell you "troop safety". @Peter1469 or @Ethereal or @Codename Section could explain better.
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Calling out father, prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky..