Those bastards..

[Bigmack]

... they just keep sending people who have no business in a war zone.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/243001_wardead01.ht...
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Roadside bomb kills Yakima reservist
By MIKE BARBER SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Last February, 45-year-old Lawrence Morrison Sr. was a guy with a wife and two sons in his 10th year with the U.S. Postal Service in Yakima, where he helped load mail trucks.

Then an official government telegram arrived at his home calling him to the war in Iraq from inactive reserve status, where he had remained since retiring early from the Army in 1995.

A sergeant first class and a medic with the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion from Fort Bragg, N.C., Morrison knew that the terms of his retirement meant he could be called back to military service at any time, but after a decade away he hadn't counted on it. He arrived in Iraq in June and was looking forward to a break from war, counting the days until a two-week leave began in October.

On Sept. 19, Morrison volunteered for a mission with U.S. Marines during which he was fatally wounded after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Taji, Iraq.
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Army medics don't travel with the Marines... trained Navy Corpsmen do. What the hell was this guy doing on a Marine mission... at 45 years old and 10 years retired?
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Airman killed in Iraq http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123011980
9/30/2005 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN)  -- An improvised explosive device killed a female Airman during a convoy mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson, 21, was providing convoy security Sept. 28 near Camp Bucca, Iraq, when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device.

The Riviera Beach, Fla., native was assigned to the 17th Security Forces Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. Airman Jacobson had been in the Air Force for two years and had been deployed to Iraq for more than three months.

She is the first female Airman killed in the line of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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What the hell was a female Air Force person doing providing convoy security? I know women are in the combat zone these days.... but... with all apologies to anybody in the Air Force... airmen (and women) have no business doing convoy security duty.... they're not trained for it.

I don't know how to post pictures. For a pic of this young woman, go to http://www.af.mil/photos/story_photos.asp?storyID=123011980

[Peter Frank]

1. Pretty Soon...

...we'll be sending Citidel freshmen and all VFW members.



Female Airman killed in Iraq
Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson, 21, was providing convoy security Sept. 28 near Camp Bucca, Iraq, when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device.
http://www.af.mil/photos/story_photos.asp?storyID=123011980

[Peter Frank]

2. To Post Pics...

...right click on pic, hit the "properties" tab, copy the entire link & paste it in message.

[raysr]

3. My god,

why did he go?