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:
97 percent {now more} of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George W. Bush declared an end to "major combat."
May 1, 2003 - "Mission Accomplished!" After leaving the Main Mission in Afghanistan, as to 9/11, to invade and occupy Iraq, which created the rise in the regional insurgents fighting in Afghanistan since!
OIF: Iraq, from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn Sept 1, 2010
Officially: December 18 2011 - "Last Vehicle Out of Iraq"
December 20 2011 - Ceremony to Retire Iraq Mission Colors on U.S. Soil
John Kerry: "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
The last Soldiers to die in service in OIF-OND prior to the official end to the war and occupation in Iraq
Spc.David Emanuel Hickman 23 Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Died of injuries suffered when his patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 14, 2011
1st Lt.Dustin Dale Vincent 25 Mesquite, Texas, USA Battery A, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Kirkuk province, Iraq, on November 3, 2011
There have been 4,804 coalition deaths
4,487 Americans 2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 Italians, 1 Kazakh, 1 South Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of January 2, 2012, according to a CNN and iCasulties count.
Graphical breakdown of casualties. At least 32,226 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
View casualties in the war in Afghanistan
POW/MIA: Afghanistan & Iraq
Two U.S. soldiers are currently listed as captured or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown as of December 1, 2009. The information below reflects the name, an unknown, officially listed as Prisoners of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.
Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie 41 Army reservist assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad Ann Arbor, Michigan On October 23, 2006, Altaie was categorized as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown when he allegedly was kidnapped while on his way to visit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon changed his status to missing-captured on December 11.
Sgt Bowe R. Bergdahl 23 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Ketchum, Idaho Captured in Paktika province in Afghanistan, on June 30, 2009. The Pentagon declared him Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on July 1 and his status was changed to Missing-Captured on July 3.
Memorial at the New JPED facility at Dover Air Force Base, Del..OEF: Afghanistan - Pakistan!!
There have been 2,847 coalition deaths -- 1,863 Americans, 32 Australians, 394 Britons, 1 Belgian, 158 Canadians, 5 Czech, 42 Denmark, 25 Netherlands, 9 Estonians, 2 Finn, 76 French, 53 Germans, 7 Hungarian, 42 Italians, 2 Jordan, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 10 Norwegians, 35 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 19 Romanians, 1 South Korean, 34 Spaniards, 5 Swedes, 2 Turks, 4 New Zealand, 10 Georgian and 10 NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of January 2, 2012, according to a CNN and iCasulties count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 15,157 {14,969 up to last month} U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. In addition to the military deaths, 11 U.S. intelligence operatives have died in Afghanistan.
Spc.Pernell J. Herrera 33 Espanola, New Mexico, USA 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 31, 2011
Pvt.John King 19 Darlington, England Company B, 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment King was killed when a joint British-Afghan patrol was attacked near the village of Llara Kalay in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 30, 2011. In the ensuing firefight, King was caught in the explosion of a roadside bomb.
Sgt.D. Zingarelli 27 France 2e Régiment Etranger de Génie, Légion Etrangere (2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, French Foreign Legion) One of two French soldiers killed when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on them during an operation in Jangali in the Tagab Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on December 29, 2011
Sgt. Maj.Mohammed El Gharrafi 39 France 2e Régiment Etranger de Génie, Légion Etrangere (2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, French Foreign Legion) One of two French soldiers killed when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on them during an operation in Jangali in the Tagab Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on December 29, 2011
Pfc.Justin M. Whitmire 20 Easley, South Carolina, USA 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia, Afghanistan, on December 27, 2011
Sgt.Noah M. Korte 29 Lake Elsinore, California, USA 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia, Afghanistan, on December 27, 2011
Spc.Kurt W. Kern 24 McAllen, Texas, USA 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on December 27, 2011
Staff Sgt.Joseph James Altmann 27 Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Kunar province Afghanistan, on December 25, 2011
Maj.Anthony Downing 34 England Royal Air Force Died on December 23, 2011, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb during an operation south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 22. A Royal Marine also was killed in the explosion.
Capt.Tom Jennings 29 England Royal Marines Killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb during an operation south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 22, 2011. A British airman also died of his wounds sustained in the explosion.
Sgt.Marcin Szczurowski 30 Moraga, Poland 20 Brygada Zmechanizowana (20th Mechanized Brigade) One of five Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their MRAP armored vehicle near Rawza in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Sgt.Krystian W. Banach 22 Piecki, Poland 20 Brygada Zmechanizowana (20th Mechanized Brigade) One of five Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their MRAP armored vehicle near Rawza in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Spc.Mikayla Anne Bragg 21 Longview, Washington, USA Company A, 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died in Khost province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Sgt. 1st ClassPiotr Ciesielski 33 Ostroda, Poland 20 Brygada Zmechanizowana (20th Mechanized Brigade) One of five Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their MRAP armored vehicle near Rawza in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Sgt.Lukasz Krawiec 24 Moraga, Poland 20 Brygada Zmechanizowana (20th Mechanized Brigade) One of five Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their MRAP armored vehicle near Rawza in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Sgt.Marek Tomala 25 Bartoszyce, Poland 20 Brygada Zmechanizowana (20th Mechanized Brigade) One of five Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their MRAP armored vehicle near Rawza in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2011
Maj.Samuel Mark Griffith 36 Virginia Beach , Virginia, USA 4th Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Forces Reserve Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2011
Pfc.Jalfred David Vaquerano 20 Apopka, Florida, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Died on December 13, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered from enemy small-arms fire while deployed in Logar province, Afghanistan
Spc.Ronald Herbert Wildrick Jr. 30 Blairstown, New Jersey, USA 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Khas Kunar district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2011
Sgt.Christopher Lee Muniz 24 New Cuyama, California, USA Company B, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Khas Kunar district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2011
Lance Cpl.Christopher Phoenix Jacob Levy 21 Ramseur, North Carolina, USA 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died on December 10, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 7
Sapper Elijah Cooper Bond 24 St Austell, England 8 Troop, Engineer Field Squadron 1, 35 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers Died on December 8, 2011, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated while he was conducting an engineer reconnaissance task in the Deh Adam Khan region of Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 6, 2011
Spc.Christopher Luis Mendonca 20 Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Mendonca was on mid-tour leave from his deployment in Afghanistan when he died in a car accident in Binghamton, New York, on December 4, 2011
Sgt. 1st ClassClark Arnold Corley Jr. 35 Oxnard, California, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Haft Asiab, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011
Sgt.Ryan David Sharp 28 Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died on December 3, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 21, 2011
Spc.Ryan Michael Lumley 21 Lakeland, Florida, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Haft Asiab, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011
Spc.Thomas James Mayberry 21 Springville, California, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Haft Asiab, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011
"You walk into one of our rooms where ... decisions are being made about disabilities for veterans (and) see individuals sitting at a desk with stacks of paper that go up halfway to the ceiling. And as they finish one pile, another pile comes in," - U.S.V.A. Secretary Gen. Eric Shinseki, Feb. 10, 2009
"And so what I've been trying to do and what Mrs. Biden and Mrs. Obama and the chairman and his wife - all these folks, are trying to do is to - is to try and get that other 99 percent to - they all say they support the troops, but it's not just enough to say it." - Defense Secretary Robert Gates - 23 June 2011 - PBS News Hour
He found one of his biggest battles was connecting with Americans on the home front. "I was struck at how little they really did understand about what we've been through," Adm. Mike Mullen (retired) October 2, 2011 CBS Sunday Morning
Veterans on FLOTUS and SLOTUS, "Best - Ever" Vets: Michelle Best-Ever First Lady
Country Must 'Sacrifice' not just Groups Within nor Just Non Profits Fighting for Donations!
No Revenues = Still No Sacrifice = That's Called 'Support' For The Troops = DeJa-Vu all over again
Now a decade and counting added to the previous decades of under funding the VA, while the peoples reps Still try and lay blame on the Agency, after rubber stamping wars and costs of and those represented cheer on these wars! While the wealthy and other investors garner their booty, still from both, and many have the chutz·pa to call themselves more patriotic{?} then others wrapped in those false flags, using false slogans and various cheap symbols of!
“A nation that does not take care of its veterans has got no business whatsoever making new ones.” Stacy Bannerman, April, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 – Calling on the nation to celebrate military families’ service and sacrifice, President Barack Obama today signed proclamations designating November as Military Family Month and National Family Caregivers Month.
“With every step we take on American soil, we tread on ground made safer for us through the invaluable sacrifices of our service members and their families,” the president said in his Military Family Month proclamation.
Nov 3, 2011 - The Veterans Affairs Department is expanding the number of benefits coordinators specifically assigned to help female veterans file claims, and is assigning more women to handle claims related to sexual trauma for both men and women, as part of new outreach efforts.
The changes were announced Thursday by Allison Hickey, VA’s undersecretary for benefits and a retired Air Force brigadier general who remains in close contact with current and former military women.
December 29, 2011 - Tens of thousands of troops are leaving military service and entering an often bleak job market. For women with families, it's especially difficult to find work and housing.
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller traveled to Fayetteville, N.C., to visit with some female veterans who are looking for help to change their lives.
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
The latest factual information about homeless veterans – how many there are, where they are, and who they are. All information in this section is taken from official studies and reports, and references to the information should include attribution to those sources. for more
November 07, 2011 - President Obama believes that no veteran should have to fight for a job after fighting for our nation overseas. That’s why he’s introduced a host of new tools to help connect veterans to jobs in the civilian workforce, including the Veterans Job Bank, which has more than 500,000 job listings with private sector employers looking to hire vets.
Dec 23, 2011 - As this month draws to an end amid the usual clamor of Christmas music and frenzied shopping, some 40,000 troops will be returning home from Iraq to face one of the hardest challenges of their lives: turning back into civilians.
A series of hardships await soldiers who return home, including suicide, domestic violence, and divorce. But there are many ways to lend a hand.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs has entered agreements to provide more than 3,000 units of permanent and transitional housing for Veterans at 25 VA medical center campuses nationwide. Additionally, agreements are pending on an additional 1,000 units, which we anticipate completing in the coming weeks. Proposed opportunities include housing for homeless Veterans, senior Veterans, disabled Veterans, other at-risk Veteran populations, and their families.
December 22, 2011 - Secretary of the Army John McHugh released today to Congress the results of a year-long effort to ensure accountability of gravesites and records at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). McHugh submitted the report in accordance with Public Law 111-339, which directed the Army to provide an accounting of gravesites at ANC, and put in place a plan of action for any discrepancies which may be found.
“The management team I put in place has now conducted the most comprehensive review and meticulous accounting of gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery’s 147 year history,” McHugh said. “They have examined every available record, physically counted every gravesite on the cemetery’s grounds, and created a digital record of every headstone and niche cover.”
Dec 01 2011 - Some men and women who have put everything on the line to fight for our country say they now feel betrayed by the country they were sworn to protect.
A study just released by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans shows that more than half the men and women returning from Iraq will be homeless for at least two years.
Robert Brown, a 13-year veteran of three different branches of the military, is one of more than 100,000 homeless veterans in America. He says he feels like coming home was the biggest battle he's faced.
"I feel betrayed," Brown said.
VA is seeking to extend the date to Dec. 31, 2018 for medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses and undiagnosed illness to have appeared in Gulf War Veterans. Medically unexplained chronic symptoms include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, insomnia, gastrointestinal problems, and respiratory disorders: Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses.
For those wounded in battle, it's hard to forget the day you almost died. Veterans refer to it as their "alive day" and David Martin met with a couple soldiers who have made it a celebration of life.
WASHINGTON – December 2, 2011 - Six new members have been appointed to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, an expert panel that advises VA on issues and programs affecting women Veterans.
“The Advisory Committee on Women Veterans’ significantly guides VA’s efforts to identify and address the ever changing needs of women Veterans,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “VA welcomes the newest members.”
CNN-Iraq and Afghanistan War Casulties
In Remembrance - Moving Tributes
Recording Casualties: Victims of Armed Conflict Worldwide
This programme draws on the principles of human security to develop and enhance the technical and institutional capacity, identify and consolidate the legal requirements, and build the political will to record details of every single victim of armed conflict worldwide. The programme incorporates research into emerging good practice and existing legal frameworks, the development and promotion of clearer legal and more effective regulatory instruments, and the creation and support of advocacy networks. visit site for updated reports
Every Casualty.org: New Org Website Launched On Casualty Recording The one-stop source for information on conflict's casualties worldwide and the organisations that record them
Refugee's: 27.5 million From Violence 2010
CIVIC: Working for Civilian Victims, Annual Report 2010
Exact Count of Civilian Casualties 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 country, the U.S., were ever invaded, who suffer the most, during and long after!
The Rand Corporation Terrorism Report the press release here, you can get the full document here or a summary of the research brief here
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you don't count American soldiers as Americans." How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq Matthew Alexander who is writing under a pseudonym for security reasons
"Torture is the tool of the lazy, the stupid, and the pseudo-tough. It's also perhaps the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists have." Major General Paul Eaton
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military and Coalition Forces Killed in Action, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan from 2001 to September 2011 - My Honor Rolls, and more, to Share
National World War II Memorial
National Korean War Memorial
National Vietnam Veterans Memorial - "The Wall"
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
Arlington National Cemetery
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