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:
November 29, 2012 - Arlington National Cemetery has created ANC Explorer, an application that can be downloaded on a smart phone or used through a web browser that will enable family members and the public to explore Arlington’s rich history. The first version of ANC Explorer will allow users to look up events, locate gravesites or other points of interest throughout the cemetery, generate front-and-back pictures of a marker or monument, and receive directions to these locations. In the future, ANC Explorer will offer features such as emergency and event notifications, restroom and water fountain locations, shuttle stops, and self guided tours.
From Team Rubicon - Nov 30, 2012 - Some very gracious Rockaway Beach homeowners shared their post-Hurricane Sandy experiences with Team Rubicon. Team Rubicon wouldn't exist without their trust and willingness to let our volunteers into their homes. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
There had 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 32,230 U.S. troops had been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
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 3,233 coalition deaths -- 2,161 Americans, 39 Australians, 438 Britons, 1 Belgian, 158 Canadians, 5 Czech, 42 Denmark, 25 Netherlands, 9 Estonians, 2 Finn, 86 French, 53 Germans, 7 Hungarian, 47 Italians, 2 Jordan, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 10 Norwegians, 35 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 19 Romanians, 1 South Korean, 34 Spaniards, 5 Swedes, 14 Turks, 11 New Zealand, 11 Georgian and 14 NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of December 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 18,071 {17,790 up to November, 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.
Cpl.Christopher M. Monahan Jr. 25 Island Heights, New Jersey, USA Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 26, 2012
Petty Officer 1st ClassKevin R. Ebbert 32 Arcata, California, USA Assigned to an Virginia-based Naval Special Warfare unit Died while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2012
Lance Cpl.Dale Means 23 Jordan, Minnesota, USA Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 18, 2012
Sgt.Channing Hicks 24 Greer, South Carolina, USA 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Divisionm One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2012
Sgt.Joseph A. Richardson 23 Booneville, Arkansas, USA 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2012
Staff Sgt.Rayvon Battle Jr. 25 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2012
Staff Sgt.Matthew Henrick Stiltz 26 Spokane, Washington, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire at Zerok, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2012
Capt.Walter Reed Barrie 41 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom The Royal Scots Borderers, Company D, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Captain Barrie was taking part in a soccer match between British soldiers and Afghan soldiers at Forward Operating Base Shawqat in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, when he was shot at close range by an Afghan soldier on November 11, 2012.
Staff Sgt.Kenneth Wade Bennett 26 Glendora, California, USA 53rd Ordnance Company, 3rd Ordnance Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group Died from injuries sustained when he encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Sperwan Gar, Afghanistan, on November 10, 2012
Spc.Daniel L. Carlson 21 Running Springs, California, USA Company D, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2012
Capt.James Dominic null Nehl 37 Gardiner, Oregon, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Killed by small-arms fire while on patrol during combat operations in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2012
Pfc.Brandon Lucas Buttry 19 Shenandoah, Iowa, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2012
Spc.Ryan Paul Jayne 22 Campbell, New York, USA 444th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, deployed with the 178th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2012
Sgt.Brett Edward Gornewicz 27 Alden, New York, USA 444th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, deployed with the 178th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2012
Staff Sgt.Dain Taylor Venne 29 Port Henry, New York, USA 444th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, deployed with the 178th Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2012
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Geoffrey Kantor 22 Gillette, New Jersey, USA SEAL Team Four, Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit Based at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va. Died supporting stability operations in Zabul, Afghanistan, on November 1, 2012
7 Dec. 2012 - A video news magazine designed to inform veterans, their families and their communities about the services and benefits they have earned through their service to America. The Pentagon Channel: The American Veteran
29 November 2012 - Google is aiming its search-engine horsepower at homecoming veterans, launching Thursday what may be the largest online hub to help men and women exiting the military as American armed forces draw down.
Called VetNet, the site offers veterans three distinct “tracks” to plot and organize their next life moves – from “basic training” which aids job hunters to “career connections” which links users to corporate mentors and other working veterans to “entrepreneur” which offers a roadmap to starting a business.
To arm the new site with some heavy-hitting experts, Google partnered with three leading nonprofits in the veteran-employment space: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes program, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, and Hire Heroes USA.
“We asked: What else can we be doing with our technology to help these folks transition home?” said Carrie Laureno read more>>>
November 2012 - Empowering Veterans through Entrepreneurship
U.S. military veterans own 2.4 million businesses, or nearly 1 in 10 of all businesses nationwide. 8.3 percent of veteran business owners have service-connected disabilities.
Veteran-owned businesses generate $1.2 trillion in receipts and employ nearly 5.8 million people. read more>>>
November 1 2012 - Up to his armpits in flood water, flanked by darkened buildings and submerged vehicles, Iraq veteran Peter Meijer felt oddly at home Monday night as he trudged through the streets of Brooklyn at the height of Sandy's fury: "The right place at the right time with the right mission." read more>>>
Nov 27, 2012 - An Iraq war contractor that lost an $85 million verdict to a group of sickened Oregon soldiers has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to pay the soldiers' damages.
In early November, 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers won the verdict against Kellogg Brown and Root, an engineering and construction firm that helped lead the reconstruction work in post-war Iraq. The soldiers were exposed to a toxin while guarding an Iraqi water plant.
In the new lawsuit, KBR also demands that the government pay more than $15 million in its lawyers' fees. 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.
1 December 2012 - While the Pentagon brass and U.S. military leaders are struggling over how to bring women into ground combat training, two young female soldiers have already proven they've got what it takes to join their male counterparts on the battlefield.
1st Lt. Audrey Moton and 2nd Lt. Carley Turnnidge, both West Point graduates, took on the Army's Sapper Leader Training course for combat engineers at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. It's one of the toughest combat training courses in the entire U.S. military and the only course of its kind that accepts women. Since 1999, nearly 60 women have made the grade. read more>>>
Sapper training may be dirty, grueling and bordering on physical torture but petite women are proving their strength alongside their bigger, beefier soldiers. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports.Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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
Soldier Missing from Vietnam War Identified
December 03, 2012 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Sgt. John R. Jones, of Louisville, Ky., will be buried Dec. 6, in Arlington National Cemetery. On June 4, 1971, Jones was part of a U.S. team working with indigenous commandos to defend a radio-relay base, known as Hickory Hill, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. When enemy forces attacked the site, Jones and another serviceman took up a defensive position in a nearby bunker. The following morning, Jones was reportedly killed by enemy fire and the other soldier was captured and held as a POW until 1973. read more>>>
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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