{This blog is not affiliated with the VA. Though a Veteran, four yrs. all shore in Navy last year In-Country Vietnam, I don't work for the VA}
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In 2003 some 72% of Americans fully supported the Abandoning of the Missions and those Sent to Accomplish so extremely Quickly after 9/11!!
At least some 95%, if not more as less then 1% serve them, not only still support the, just below, total lack of Sacrifice, they ran from any and all Accountability and left everything still on the table to be continually used if the political/military want was still in play in future executive/legislative wants!!
DeJa-Vu: “With no shared sacrifices being asked of civilians after Sept. 11", Decades and War From, All Over Again!!
Especially for the Corporate and Wealthy Community, investors in Defense Industries, and for these, Afghanistan and Iraq, came Two Huge Tax Cuts, with more sweetheart deals to same from states and the fed!!


Thousands of people across America don’t just talk about honoring Veterans; they walk the walk. Dedicated Volunteers Serve Veterans for Decades

On this Executive Administration, it's Cabinet and those directly around same, "Best - Ever": "We haven't had this kind of visibility from the White House—ever." Joyce Raezer National Military Family Association - Dec. 30, 2011, and plenty more of similar since Joyce, others, spoke and continues!

Ask yourself: If the Veterans Administration is so corrupt and mismanaged, as the conservative ideology, under which the seeds of are planted when they control, wants everyone to buy into as they obstruct the budgets and do extremely little after they charge same, then why does the Private sector, many problems within rarely heard about, adopt so many practices and advanced technologies developed within the VA, for free?! The VA, DoD, and in partnership with Universities and Colleges, not just Health Care are constantly in R&D and that developed that works is quickly moved into the private, for profit, sector, even as the VA is long under funded, decades, and especially during and after our wars that the few are sent into!

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President Obama 26 August 2014

Fact: "This is not just a job of government. It’s not just a job of the veterans’ organizations. Every American needs to join us in taking care of those who've taken care of us. Because only 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans benefit from that 1 percent. A hundred percent need to be supporting our troops. A hundred percent need to be supporting our veterans. A hundred percent need to be supporting our military families."

Fact:
"We’ve been able to accomplish historic increases to veterans funding. We’ve protected veterans health care from Washington politics with advanced appropriations. We’ve been able to make VA benefits available to more than 2 million veterans who didn't have them before, including more Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange. We’ve dedicated major new resources for mental health care. We’ve helped more than 1 million veterans and their families pursue their education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill."

August 26, 2014 - Secretary Robert A. McDonald's Remarks for the American Legion's 96th Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC
Fact: "Unlike, P&G, VA may not be concerned about quarterly profit and loss statements or shareholder value, but it does have a bottom line—Veterans. "
{which is why No Government agency should be turned into a private corporate entity feeding for profit off the Countries duty and responsibility, especially the VA}
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Fact: “We are dealing with veterans, not procedures—with their problems, not ours.” —General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

Facts: Matthew Hoh {former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan}: "We spend a trillion dollars a year on national security in this country."
"And when you add up to the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA, Veterans Affairs, interest on debt, the number that strikes me the most about how much we're committed financially to these wars and to our current policies is we have spent $250 billion already just on interest payments on the debt we've incurred for the Iraq and Afghan wars."
26 September 2014

Fact: "If military action is worth our troops’ blood, it should be worth our treasure, too — not just in the abstract, but in the form of a specific ante by every American." -Andrew Rosenthal 10 Feb. 2013

Fact: "12 years also is a long time. We now have a lifetime responsibility to a generation of service members, veterans and their families." Dr. Jonathan Woodson 11 Sep. 2013: With 9/11 Came Lifetime Responsibility
{two tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, came with these two recent unpaid for wars, nor the results of, DeJa-Vu all over again from the previous decades and wars from! Ignore the many issues, by those served, no need to fund!}

Fact: Sen. Bernie Sanders told Republicans: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.” February, 26th, 2014

Fact: 25 June 2014 U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Veterans' Affairs issue an 'all too similar' scene

Fact: How We Could Do More For Our Vets: "We need to go into debt to pay our debt to U.S. veterans to make sure they get the care and services we owe them."

Fact: “Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

WHY? GOOD QUESTION THOSE SERVED SHOULD ANSWER!


Bob Herbert Losing Our Way : "And then the staggering costs of these wars, which are borne by the taxpayers. I mean, one of the things that was insane was that, as we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration cut taxes. This has never been done in American history. The idea of cutting taxes while you're going to war is just crazy. I mean, it's madness." Bill 'Moyers and Company': Restoring an America That Has Lost its Way 10 Oct. 2014

Presidential Proclamation -- Veterans Day, 2013: "As we pay tribute to our veterans, we are mindful that no ceremony or parade can fully repay that debt." read more>>>


Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:

ProPublica and The Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2012 - Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
"DeLara's case is part of a much larger problem that has plagued the U.S. military since the 1990 Gulf War: a failure to create and maintain the types of field records that have documented American conflicts since the Revolutionary War."

Part Two: A Son Lost in Iraq, but Where Is the Casualty Report?

Army Says War Records Gap Is Real, Launches Recovery Effort

3/27/15 - U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq
"During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today."
"When Brown and others tried to obtain their medical records to prove their illnesses were service-related, they learned that the records had disappeared."


Add in the issues of finally recognizing in War Theater and more Veterans, by the Shinseki Veterans Administration and the Executive Administrations Cabinet, what the Country choose to ignore from our previous decades and wars of: The devastating effects on Test Vets and from PTS, Agent Orange, Homelessness, more recent the Desert Storm troops Gulf War Illnesses, Gulf War Exposures with the very recent affects from In-Theater Burn Pits and oh so so much more! Tens of Thousands of Veterans' that have been long ignored and maligned by previous VA's and the whole Country and through their representatives!

How does a Country HONOR It's Fallen, by Their Own 'Sacrifice' in Taking Care of the Brothers and Sisters They Served With!!


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Saturday, October 9, 2010

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - March 2007

There have been 3,504 coalition deaths -- 3,246 Americans, two Australians, 134 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three Latvian, 19 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 30, 2007
Numbers and Names received from the CNN Iraq Casulties Site
You can also view casualties in the war in Afghanistan HERE

Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey 22 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Hollidaysburg, Pennyslvania Died of a non-combat related illness in Homburg, Germany on March 27, 2007
Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski 30 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Lewisburg, Tennessee Died of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 27, 2007
Master Sgt. Sean M. Thomas 33 28th Division Support Command Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using indirect fire during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 27, 2007
Pfc. Orlando E. Gonzalez 21 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division New Freedom, Pennsylvania One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on March 25, 2007
Spc. Sean K. McDonald 21 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Rosemount, Minnesota Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 25, 2007
Cpl. Jason Nunez 22 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Naranjito, Puerto Rico One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on March 25, 2007
Sgt. Jason W. Swiger 24 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division South Portland, Maine One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on March 25, 2007
Pfc. Anthony J. White 21 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Columbia, South Carolina One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on March 25, 2007
Lance Cpl. Trevor A. Roberts 21 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Killed while condcuting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 24, 2007
Sgt. Greg N. Riewer 30 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division Frazee, Minnesota Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee during combat operations in Habbaniya, Iraq, on March 23, 2007
Spc. Lance C. Springer II 23 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Fort Worth, Texas Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 23, 2007
Cpl. Henry W. Bogrette 21 Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Corps Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Richville, New York Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 22, 2007
Sgt. Freeman L. Gardner Jr. 26 18th Engineer Company, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Little Rock, Arkansas Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. Darrell R. Griffin Jr. 36 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Alhambra, California Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with small arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq, on March 21, 2007
Cpl. Dustin J. Lee 20 Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Logistics Base Quitman, Mississippi Died of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 21, 2007
Sgt. Adrian J. Lewis 30 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Mauldin, South Carolina Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq, on March 21, 2007
Sgt. Nicholas J. Lightner 29 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Newport, Oregon Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. on March 21, 2007, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit while on combat patrol on March 15, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq
Joey T. Sams II 22 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Spartanburg, South Carolina Died of injuries suffered when he was pinned between two vehicles at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on March 21, 2007
Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell 26 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Holstein, Nebraska One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 20, 2007
Spc. Curtis E. Glawson Jr. 24 610th Brigade Support Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Daleville, Alabama Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 20, 2007
Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson 22 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Bridgeport, Connecticut One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 20, 2007
Sgt. Ryan P. Green 24 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Woodlands, Texas Died on March 18, 2007, in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15.
Sgt. John E. Allen 25 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Palmdale, California One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Pfc. William N. Davis 26 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Adrian, Michigan One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Spc. Marieo Guerrero 30 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Fort Worth, Texas Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Pfc. Anthony A. Kaiser 27 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade Narrowsburg, New York Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Pfc. John F. Landry Jr. 20 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Lowell, Massachusetts One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Sgt. Ed Santini 25 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Toa Baja, Puerto Rico One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin L. Sebban 29 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Chattanooga, Tennessee Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Baquba, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Sgt. Nimo W. Tauala 29 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Honolulu, Hawaii Died of a non-combat related injury in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Lance Cpl. Harry H. Timberman 20 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Minong, Wisconsin Died of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 17, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard 31 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Phoenix, Arizona Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 16, 2007
Pfc. James L. Arnold 21 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Mattawan, Michigan One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Sgt. Emerson N. Brand 29 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Rigby, Idaho One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Staff Sgt. Blake M. Harris 27 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Hampton, Georgia One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Lance Cpl. Raymond J. Holzhauer 19 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Dwight, Illinois Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Staff Sgt. Terry W. Prater 25 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Speedwell, Tennessee One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class John S. Stephens 41 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division LaGrande, Oregon Died of wounds suffered when his patrol came under attack during combat operations in Tikrit, Iraq, on March 15, 2007
Spc. Joshua M. Boyd 30 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Seattle, Washington Died on March 14, 2007, at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Lance Cpl. Steven M. Chavez 20 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Hondo, New Mexico Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 14, 2007
Cpl. Brian L. Chevalier 21 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Athens, Georgia Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Mufrek, Iraq, on March 14, 2007
Spc. Stephen M. Kowalczyk 32 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division San Diego, California Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on March 14, 2007
Spc. Adam J. Rosema 27 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Pasadena, California Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during recovery operations south of Baquba, Iraq, on March 14, 2007
Spc. Forrest J. Waterbury 25 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Richmond, Texas Died when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire near Ramadi, Iraq, on March 14, 2007
Sgt. Robert M. Carr 22 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Warren, Ohio Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 13, 2007
Pfc. Alberto Garcia Jr. 23 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Bakersfield, California Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire and a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 13, 2007
Lance Cpl. Nathanial D. Windsor 20 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Scappoose, Oregon Died of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 13, 2007
Sgt. Thomas L. Latham 23 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Delmar, Maryland Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 11, 2007
Spc. Jonathan K. Smith 19 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Atlanta, Georgia Died of a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 11, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Douglas C. Stone 49 96th Regional Readiness Command Taylorsville, Utah Died of wound suffered from a non-combat related incident in Iraq on March 11, 2007
Sgt. Daniel E. Woodcock 25 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Glennallen, Alaska Died of wounds suffered from a building explosion while on combat patrol in Ad Dawr, Iraq, on March 11, 2007
Lance Cpl. Dennis J. Veater 20 Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve Jessup, Pennsylvania Died of wounds received during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 9, 2007
Pvt. Mark W. Graham 22 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Lafayette, Louisiana Died on March 7, 2007, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Spc. Shawn P. Rankinen 28 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Independence, Missouri One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 7, 2007
Spc. Michael D. Rivera 22 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Brooklyn, New York One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 7, 2007
Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Webb 28 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Winchester, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 7, 2007
Spc. Ryan M. Bell 21 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Colville, Washington One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Staff Sgt. Justin M. Estes 25 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Sims, Arkansas One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Spc. Blake Harris 22 1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Pueblo, Colorado One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit in Baquba, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Pfc. Cory C. Kosters 19 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division The Woodlands, Texas One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Pvt. Barry W. Mayo 21 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Ecru, Mississippi One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit in Baquba, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Sgt. Andrew C. Perkins 27 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Northglenn, Colorado One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Spc. Justin A. Rollins 22 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Newport, New Hampshire One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Spc. Ryan D. Russell 20 1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Elm City, North Carolina One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit in Baquba, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Staff Sgt. Robert M. Stanley 27 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Spotsylvania, Virginia One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on March 5, 2007
Staff Sgt. Darrel D. Kasson 43 259th Security Forces Company, Arizona Army National Guard Florence, Arizona Died on March 4, 2007, in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle at Bayji, Iraq
Pvt. Johnathon Dany Wysoczan 21 4 Platoon, Company B, First Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment Stoke-on-Trent, England Died on March 4, 2007, in the United Kingdom of a gunshot wound sustained during a patrol in South Basra, Iraq, when his vehicle was tasked to investigate a possible mortar firing point
Lance Cpl. Raul S. Bravo 21 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Elko, Nevada Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 3, 2007
Sgt. Ashly L. Moyer 21 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Emmaus, Pennsylvania One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 3, 2007
Sgt. Brandon A. Parr 25 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade West Valley, Utah One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 3, 2007
Sgt. Michael C. Peek 23 630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Chesapeake, Virginia One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 3, 2007
Hospitalman Lucas W.A. Emch 21 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Kent, Ohio Killed when a roadside bomb exploded in his vicinity while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Gould 28 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Longmont, Colorado Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney 28 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Roselle, Illinois One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Spc. Luis O. Rodriguez-Contrera 22 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Allentown, Pennsylvania One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle while on combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Lt. Cmdr. Morgan C. Tulang 36 U.S. Central Command Deployment Distribution Operations Center Hilo, Hawaii Died of apparent natural causes in Kuwait on March 2, 2007
Pvt. Wesley J. Williams 23 163d Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2007
Spc. Christopher D. Young 20 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard Los Angeles, California Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Safwan, Iraq, on March 2, 2007



Brookings Institution{pdf} counts 70,100 Iraqi Casulties.

To

John Hopkins School of Public Health - The Lancet Report {pdf} puts the count at 650,000, with a range from 400,000 to 900,000.

Exact Count of Civilian Casulties may never be known, as is the case in every conflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civilians and those Defending their Countries {of which All would be counted if this land were ever invaded} who suffer the most, during and long after!

All the Deaths, Maimings and Destruction are the Blood on All Our Hands, No One can escape the Guilt!

Those who take some sort of relief in the "We are fighting them over there so we won't be fighting them here!", Better Rethink their Future, or rather their Childrens Future!!
The Failed Policies will Haunt Us and the World for Decades!!

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