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:
OIF: Iraq, from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn Sept 1, 2010
December 20 2011 - Ceremony to Retire Iraq Mission Colors on U.S. Soil
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!!
There have been 4,804 coalition deaths
4,488 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 32,224 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 2,945 coalition deaths -- 1,924 Americans, 32 Australians, 407 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, 14 Turks, 6 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 15,560 {15,415 up to April 3, 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.
Spc.James E. Dutton 25 Checotah, Oklahoma, USA 125th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Logar province, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2012
Cpl.Roberto Cazarez 24 Harbor City, California, USA 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2012
Spc.David W. Taylor 20 Dixon, Kentucky, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Taylor was assisting in the movement of ammunition when some of the rounds accidentally exploded in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2012
Pfc.Johnathon F. Davis 20 Griffin, Georgia, USA 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2012
Capt.Francis D. Imlay 31 Vacaville, California, USA 391st Fighter Squadron, 366th Operations Group, 366th Fighter Wing, deployed with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Died of injuries received when his F-15E Strike Eagle crashed approximately 15 miles outside of a base in Southwest Asia on March 28, 2012
Sgt.Joseph D'Augustine 29 Waldwick, New Jersey, USA 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Killed in a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2012
Maj.Christophe Schnetterle 45 Reyniès, France 93e Régiment d’Artillerie de Montagne (93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment) Schnetterle died on March 27, 2012, at Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, France, of wounds sustained on January 20, 2012, when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on French soldiers during physical training at Forward Operating Base Gwan in southern Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Four other French soldiers also were killed in the attack.
Lance Cpl.Michael Foley 25 Burnley, Lancashire, England Adjutant General's Corps, assigned to Headquarters, 20th Armoured Brigade One of two British servicemen killed when an Afghan National Army soldier shot and killed them while they guarding the main entrance to the British operating base in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2012
Sgt.William R. Wilson III Unavailable Getzville, New York, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Killed when he was shot by an alleged member of the Afghan Local Police as his unit approached an ALP checkpoint in the Sar Howza district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2012
Sgt.Luke Taylor 33 Bournemouth, England Royal Marines One of two British servicemen killed when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on them while they were guarding the main entrance to the British operating base in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2012
Sgt.Daniel J. Brown 27 Jerome, Idaho, USA 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2012
Capt.Aaron Dale Istre 37 Vinton, Louisiana, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Sustainment Command Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 24, 2012
Sgt. Maj.Michele Silvestri 33 Napoli, Italy 21° Reggimento Genio (21st Engineer Regiment) Killed when mortar fire struck his forward operating base in Gulistan, Farah province, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2012
Spc.Dennis Paul Weichel Jr. 29 Providence, Rhode Island, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, Rhode Island Army National Guard Weichel was part of a convoy traveling through Laghman province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2012. He had dismounted from his vehicle to help move some Afghan children out of the way of the convoy when he saw a 16-ton MRAP vehicle about to hit an Afghan girl. He grabbed the girl out of the way but was struck by the MRAP and died of his injuries a short time later.
Sgt.Jamie Darrell Jarboe 27 Frankfort, Indiana, USA A Troop, 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Jarboe died on March 21, 2012, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas, of wounds suffered on April 10, 2011, when he was shot by a sniper in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Paralyzed from the waist down from his wounds, he underwent more than 100 surgeries before he passed away.
Capt.Rupert William Michael Bowers 24 Wolverhampton, England Company D, 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Rifles as an advisor to an Afghan National Army infantry company Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while he was leading a patrol to clear a position from the threat of insurgents in the Mirmandab region of Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2012
Sgt.Onay Vurucu 35 Erzurum, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Sgt. 1st ClassMehmet Akbas 28 Isparta, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Lt.Murat Yildiz Unavailable Kadifekale, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Maj.Sukru Bagdati 41 Ankara, Turkey Turkish Air Force Killed along with 11 Turkish soldiers when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Lt.Okan Melikoglu 30 Ordu, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Capt.Ilker Aydin Unavailable Ankara, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Lt.Tahsin Barutcu Unavailable Ankara, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Maj.Serkan Dogan Unavailable Muratli, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Maj.Ismail Cem Yakinlar Unavailable Konya Akşehir, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Capt.Adil Erdogan Unavailable Ankara, Turkey 2. Kara Havacilik Alayi (2. Army Aviation Regiment) One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Sgt. Maj.Salih Helvaci Unavailable Ankara, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
Maj.Mithat Colak Unavailable Ankara, Turkey Turkish Army One of 11 Turkish soldiers killed along with a Turkish airman when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed in Hasan Khel, Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2012
1st Lt.Clovis Tim Ray 34 San Antonio, Texas, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2012
Spc.Daquane Demetris Rivers 21 Marianna, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Died from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident at Forward Operating Base Orgun-e in Paktika province, Afghanistan on March 14, 2012
Staff Sgt.Jesse James Grindey 30 Hazel Green, Wisconsin, USA 287th Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2012
Pvt.Christopher Kershaw 19 Bradford, England Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Pvt.Daniel Wilford 21 Huddersfield, England Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Sgt.Nigel Coupe 33 Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire, England 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, attached to Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Pvt.Anthony Frampton 20 Huddersfield, England Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Cpl.Jake Hartley 20 Dewsbury, England Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Pvt.Daniel Wade 20 Warrington, England Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment One of six British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Warrior armored fighting vehicle during a mounted patrol in the Lashkar Gah district near the border of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2012
Spc.Edward Joseph Acosta 21 Hesperia, California, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Died on March 5, 2012, in La Jolla, California, of injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011
Cpl.Conner Thomas Lowry 24 Chicago, Illinois, USA Battery G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in the Kajaki district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012
Staff Sgt.Jordan Logan Bear 25 Denver, Colorado, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when three individuals, two Afghan National Army service members and a civilian literacy teacher for the Afghan National Army, turned their weapons indiscriminately against ISAF and Afghan National Security Force service members at Combat Outpost Sangsar near Sangsar in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012
Spc.Payton Alexander Jones 19 Marble Falls, Texas, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when three individuals, two Afghan National Army service members and a civilian literacy teacher for the Afghan National Army, turned their weapons indiscriminately against ISAF and Afghan National Security Force service members at Combat Outpost Sangsar near Sangsar in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012
"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. 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>>>
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.
March 26, 2012 - On March 26, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force Report. The 52 page report addresses health-related concerns. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki explained, “This report, which considered input from nearly 500 Veterans who responded to the draft report, provides a roadmap for our continued enhancements in the care and services we provide to Gulf War veterans. We will also apply lessons learned from this Task Force to our engagement with Veterans of all eras.” read more>>>
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
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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