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:
And there Still is No Demand for Sacrifice by Country!! DeJa-Vu all over again!
29 February 2011 - Looking out over a sea of dress uniforms sparkling with medals attesting to years of wartime strife, Obama told the gathering: "In a culture that celebrates fame and fortune, yours are not necessarily household names. You are something more: the patriots who served in our name. And after nearly nine years in Iraq, tonight is an opportunity to express our gratitude and to say once more, welcome home."
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 at 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
Though many still haven't come home from our previous wars, Iraq is Really Now Officially Over,All are out!!
February 26, 2012 - The U.S. military has recovered the remains of the last U.S. service member missing in Iraq, ending a nearly six-year ordeal involving shadowy militants and a tragic love story, his family said Sunday.
At about 1 a.m. Sunday, U.S. officers knocked on the door of the family home in Ann Arbor, Mich., with news that Army Staff Sgt. Ahmed Altaie was confirmed dead, though they had no details yet on how or when he died, said Entifadh Qanbar, his uncle and a close aide to Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi. Altaie was the last soldier unaccounted for in Iraq.
“There is closure now, but we still want to know: Was he killed, or did he die by natural causes in the hands of the group?” Qanbar said, noting that his nephew had suffered kidney problems that could’ve worsened during his time as a hostage. read more>>>
To the family We Welcome Home our Brother and may he now Rest In Peace and for Closure to your longing and suffering!!
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
One U.S. soldier is currently listed as captured or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown as of March 3 2012. The information below reflects the name as Prisoner of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.
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 2,908 coalition deaths -- 1,909 Americans, 32 Australians, 398 Britons, 1 Belgian, 158 Canadians, 5 Czech, 42 Denmark, 25 Netherlands, 9 Estonians, 2 Finn, 82 French, 53 Germans, 7 Hungarian, 46 Italians, 2 Jordan, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 10 Norwegians, 35 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 19 Romanians, 1 South Korean, 34 Spaniards, 5 Swedes, 2 Turks, 5 New Zealand, 10 Georgian and 10 NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of March 3, 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 15,415 {15,310 up to Feb.1, 2012} 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.
Lt. Col.John Darin Loftis 44 Paducah, Kentucky, USA 866th Air Expeditionary Squadron One of two U.S. servicemen killed by a junior officer in the Afghan Interior Ministry's intelligence department while they were working at the ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2012
Maj.Robert J. Marchanti II 48 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Division Security Partnering Team, Maryland Army National Guard One of two U.S. servicemen killed by a junior officer in the Afghan Interior Ministry's intelligence department while they were working at the ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2012
Cpl.Timothy J. Conrad Jr. 22 Roanoke, Virginia, USA 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade One of two soldiers killed after an Afghan soldier opened fire on them while a demonstration was being held outside a U.S. base in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on February 23, 2012
Sgt.Joshua A. Born 25 Niceville, Florida, USA 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade One of two soldiers killed after an Afghan soldier opened fire on them while a demonstration was being held outside a U.S. base in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on February 23, 2012
Cpl.Kacharava Paata Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 31st Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade One of three Georgian soldiers killed when their a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012
Cpl.Beraia Valiko Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 31st Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade One of three Georgian soldiers killed when their a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012
Cpl.Meladze Ruslan Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 31st Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade One of three Georgian soldiers killed when their a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012
Sgt.Allen R. McKenna Jr. 28 Noble, Oklahoma, USA 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012
Capt.Feti Bedri Vogli 30 Baldushk, Albania Batalionit të Forcave Speciale (Special Forces Battalion) Killed when a group of men wearing Afghan National Police uniforms attacked his unit while attending a meeting in Robat, Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2012
Cpl. Maj.Francesco Paolo Messineo 28 Palermo, Italy 66° Reggimento Fanteria Aeromobile, Brigata Aeromobile (66th Aircraft Infantry Regiment, Aircraft Brigade) One of three Italian soldiers killed when their Lynx amored vehicle capsized while crossing a stream, trapping the men inside, about 12 miles (20 km) southwest of Shindand, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2012
1st Cpl. Maj.Francesco Currò 34 Messina, Italy 66° Reggimento Fanteria Aeromobile, Brigata Aeromobile (66th Aircraft Infantry Regiment, Aircraft Brigade) One of three Italian soldiers killed when their Lynx amored vehicle capsized while crossing a stream, trapping the men inside, about 12 miles (20 km) southwest of Shindand, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2012
Cpl. Maj.Lucas Valente 28 Gagliano del Capo, Italy 66° Reggimento Fanteria Aeromobile, Brigata Aeromobile (66th Aircraft Infantry Regiment, Aircraft Brigade) One of three Italian soldiers killed when their Lynx amored vehicle capsized while crossing a stream, trapping the men inside, about 12 miles (20 km) southwest of Shindand, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2012
Capt.Nicholas Schade Whitlock 29 Newnan, Georgia, USA 34th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Group, 1st Special Operations Wing One of four airmen killed when their U-28A utility aircraft accidentally crashed about six miles away from Camp Lemonnier at the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, on February 18, 2012
Senior AirmanJulian Seiji Scholten 26 Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA 25th Intelligence Squadron, 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group One of four airmen killed when their U-28A utility aircraft accidentally crashed about six miles away from Camp Lemonnier at the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, on February 18, 2012
Capt.Ryan Preston Hall 30 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 319th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Group, 1st Special Operations Wing One of four airmen killed when their U-28A utility aircraft accidentally crashed about six miles away from Camp Lemonnier at the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, on February 18, 2012
1st Lt.Justin James Wilkens 26 Bend, Oregon, USA 34th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Group, 1st Special Operations Wing One of four airmen killed when their U-28A utility aircraft accidentally crashed about six miles away from Camp Lemonnier at the Djibouti International Airport in Djibouti, on February 18, 2012
Petty Officer 1st Class Paris Shawn Pough 40 Columbus, Georgia, USA A hull technician assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson Died during a port visit in the Jebel Ali area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on February 17, 2012
Sgt.Jerry Donald Reed II 30 Russellville, Arkansas, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Died as a result of a non-battle related injury at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on February 16, 2012
Petty Officer 3rd ClassKyler Lavon Estrada 21 Maricopa, Arizona, USA Navy corpsman assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Died when he was accidentally shot and killed during a nighttime live-fire training exercise in Djibouti on February 14, 2012
Senior Aircraftman Ryan Tomlin 21 Hemel Hempstead, England 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Killed when a joint British-Afghan patrol was attacked with small-arms fire in the western Dashte area on the edge of Nad-e Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2012
Pfc.Cesar Cortez 24 Oceanside, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Died in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Bahrain on February 11, 2012
Lance Cpl.Osbrany Montes De Oca 20 North Arlington, New Jersey, USA 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 10, 2012
Sgt. 1st ClassBilly Albert Sutton 42 Tupelo, Mississippi, USA 288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, 168th Engineer Brigade, Mississippi Army National Guard Died of a non-hostile medical condition at Forward Operating Base Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on February 7, 2012
Brig. Gen.Terence John Hildner 49 Fairfax, Virginia, USA Commander, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Died of natural causes in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 3, 2012
Lance Cpl.Edward Joe Dycus 22 Greenville, Mississippi, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Dycus was killed when an Afghan National Army soldier shot him while both were guarding a joint operating base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2012. Bloomberg News reported that an Afghan general told investigators that the shooting was an accident. The Marine Corps said the incident is under investigation.
"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
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!
Feb 2, 2012 - Three years ago Gabe Collins was on the front line in Kandahar province, one of the most dangerous places in war-ravaged Afghanistan, conducting search and rescue missions with the U.S. Navy.
These days the 25-year-old, who also served in the Iraq war, is an aircraft engine mechanic at global aerospace firm AAR's plant in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is applying skills honed while working on helicopters during his eight years of service in the Navy.
Just over a 1,000 miles away in Miami, 37 year-old Ruben Henao, also a veteran of the Iraq war, inspects aircraft landing gear at another AAR plant. read more>>>
Feb. 29, 2012 - When the Vietnam War ended, US soldiers were greeted with jeers, anti-war demonstrators, and behaviors so hostile that military superiors warned returning veterans not to wear their uniforms in public. It took years before Vietnam vets received the respect they deserved, and a duly chastened and shamed public was determined not to repeat this again.
Looking at the receptions today's soldiers receive, typically warm greetings, often by cheering crowds who, even if they don't agree with the war, support the troops, it's hard to believe history is repeating itself, even if in different form. While not facing the public shaming they once did, those who wear a uniform today still battle with discrimination, albeit one that is much more subtle, and harder to prove: that of not being hired for a job, even when they're the most qualified candidate, because they were or are a soldier. read more>>>
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. read more>>>
3 February 2012 - It has been eight years since Joe Labuda's army service in the Gulf came to an end."Asking for help...I have a real hard time doing it," Labuda says. "Pride kills and I hope they put that on my tombstone.
The years since and even now he is struggling, with life after war. read more>>>
Feb. 3, 2012 – President Barack Obama today continued his commitment to improving employment among veterans by introducing an initiative to hire them as the country’s first responders.
“In my State of the Union address, I proposed a new initiative called the Veterans Jobs Corps to put veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding America,” he said. “And today, we’re laying out the details of this proposal.”
Speaking at a fire station here to veterans, firefighters, police officers and national park employees, Obama shared the venue’s significance before his remarks.
“This is a fire station that holds some special significance for our country,” he explained. “On September 11th, the firefighters of this house were among the first to respond to the attack on the Pentagon. read more>>>
WASHINGTON – February 2, 2012 - With the success of its recent “Hiring Fair” in Washington, which resulted in more than 500 tentative job offers for Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking at ways to expand VA’s traditional hire-a-vet program with major Veteran-focused career fairs throughout the country.
“America needs to put the skills, dedication and resourcefulness of our Veterans into the workforce to help rebuild an economy that lasts,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “America’s Veterans need to know that, across the federal, private and non-profit sectors, hiring managers are ready to put them to work.” read more>>>
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.
Jan 27, 2012 - Researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York have determined that a soldier who deployed to Iraq is now carrying particles of titanium, iron and copper in his lungs.
In a letter published this month in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stony Brook Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine Dr. Anthony Szema wrote that samples of a service member’s open lung biopsy were found to contain the heavy metals.
Open lung tissue biopsies done on troops who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have been shown to sparkle with crystalline material, as noted by researchers Dr. Robert Miller of Vanderbilt University and Dr. Matthew King of Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. read more>>>
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
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
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!
"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
26 January 2012 - U.S. military personnel will travel to North Korea in March to restart efforts to recover thousands of servicemen missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the Defense Department said Thursday.
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military and Coalition Forces Killed in Action, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan from 2001 to September 2012 - 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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