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With the U.S Government sending more American soldiers into harms way and tensions on the rise in the Mid East, our bravest Americans become the targets for those Mid-East countries that want the USA out of their countries.

Never, ever forget those who are actually sacrificing something, deployed in harms way by those elected officials in Washington DC.



2 US troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —

Two U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement Saturday.

In keeping with defense department rules, the U.S. military did not identify the service members.




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IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

JAN. 12, 2020

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

Both soldiers were killed in action yesterday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers were conducting operations as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission. The incident is under investigation.

The deceased are:

Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Virginia.

Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Illinois.

Both soldiers were assigned to 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

For more information regarding Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon, media may contact Lt. Col. Mike Burns, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Officer at (910) 432-6189 or michael.j.burns34.mil@mail.mil. link




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Felt this needed a bump to support our fallen hero’s on the front line of the coronavirus.

Our new soldiers....Doctors and nurses putting themselves in harms way and trump can’t command them and he doesn’t seem to know how to support them. Our local communities are basically on their own. God speed...God bless America. We’re going to need it.


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Never take for granted those who put their own lives at stake to help others.

True heroes.

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U.S. Navy sailor assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of COVID-19 complications

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The sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt who was admitted to the intensive care unit of the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam on April 9 died of complications related to COVID-19 on Monday, according to the U.S. Navy.

The sailor, whose named is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30. He was removed from the ship and placed in an isolation house on Naval Base Guam with four other USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors, the Navy said in a statement.




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Navy identifies USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who died


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The 41-year-old sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who died from coronavirus has been identified by the Navy as Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

He tested positive on March 30 and was placed in isolation on Naval Base Guam. He was found unresponsive on April 9 and transferred to an ICU.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time," said Capt. Carlos Sardiello, Theodore Roosevelt's commanding officer. "Our number one priority continues to be the health and well-being of all members of the Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group and we remain steadfast in our resolve against the spread of this virus."

Thacker's spouse, an active duty service member stationed in San Diego, was flown to Guam and was with Thacker when he died, according to the Navy.



Our thoughts and prayers for the family of Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr.




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Medal of Honor Recipient Bennie Adkins Dies of Coronavirus at 86

Retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins, a Medal of Honor recipient and Special Forces legend through three tours in Vietnam, died Friday at age 86 after a 23-day last battle against coronavirus.

"We lost a great husband, father and warrior today. Bennie G. Adkins passed away this afternoon. Please keep his family in your prayers," Adkins' family said in a Twitter post.

Adkins was diagnosed with coronavirus and respiratory failure when he was admitted to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama, on March 26.

Adkins was diagnosed with coronavirus and respiratory failure when he was admitted to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama, on March 26.

Related: Legendary Medal of Honor Recipient Now Critically Ill with Coronavirus

His son, Keith, told the Opelika-Auburn News in Alabama at the time that "We're very appreciative of the prayers and support from people, frankly, from around the country. We're hopeful for the best, but realistic as well."

The Bennie G. Adkins Foundation, created by the MOH recipient to provide scholarships to Special Forces troops and their families, said on Facebook that "The COVID-19 pandemic has hit home. Bennie has been hospitalized and is critically ill with COVID-19 respiratory failure."

Adkins was awarded the nation's highest honor for valor in a September 2014 White House ceremony by President Barack Obama in recognition of his three-day battle 48 years earlier with mortars, grenades and a sawed-off shotgun in Vietnam's forbidding A Shau valley.

"God bless his soul. It's a great loss to America," said retired Marine Maj. Gen. James Livingston, a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Vietnam battle of Dai Do in 1968 and a long-time friend and admirer of Adkins.

"We became fairly close" over the years, Livingston said. Adkins made a point to join Livingston, an Auburn alumnus, at events at Auburn University in Alabama, and Livingston would attend annual fundraisers in Birmingham for Adkins' Foundation.

At Auburn, one of the fraternities would send over a jeep to pick up Adkins for events where students were in awe of his record and struck by his plainspoken humility.

"He was an absolute role model," Livingston said.

"He'd tell his story, how he was a humble man from Oklahoma" who found his way in the Army, and "he certainly motivated people. Bennie always achieved that."

Adkins' valor in the A Shau valley also had a special resonance for Livingston. He recalled hearing tales of units suffering heavy losses in the valley when he took over as commander of Echo company, 2nd Battalion, Fourth Marines, in late 1967.

In March 1966, Adkins was sent to join two officers and 10 enlisted troops from the Fifth Special Forces Group at Camp A Shau in the triple-canopy valley that ran west from Hue city to the Ho Chi Minh trail in Cambodia.

At about 2 a.m. on March 9, 1966, "they hit us," Adkins said in a 2018 interview with Military.com. "They laid down some mortar, 82 and 120 mortars on us initially. Then mass assaults."

At one point, the North Vietnamese had his unit surrounded at night. "We started hearing a noise and then we could see the eyes -- about a 400-pound Indonesian tiger was stalking us that night.

"The North Vietnamese soldiers -- they backed away from us" because of the tiger "and gave us room and we were able to get away," he said.

While "the tiger kinda' helped," he said, the battle continued for another two days.

His medal citation stated that:

"During the thirty-eight-hour battle and forty-eight hours of escape and evasion, fighting with mortars, machine guns, recoilless rifles, small arms, and hand grenades, it was estimated that Sergeant First Class Adkins killed between 135 and 175 of the enemy while sustaining eighteen different wounds to his body."

Livingston recalled being with Adkins and more than 25 other Medal of Honor recipients when they were honored at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., before the start of the 2018 baseball All-Star Game.

Adkins was first out of the dugout, using a walker to get to his place on the baseline. He took his hands off the walker, came to attention, and gave the crowd a crisp salute. The stands erupted in prolonged cheers and the ballplayers later stood in line to meet him.

"They all came by," Adkins said of the ballplayers. "They were a nice group of young men. You could tell they were quality people."

The actor Bradley Cooper narrated a video on the history of the Medal of Honor that night:

"You don't win a Medal of Honor. It is earned by the rarest of heroes, heroes who reveal the remarkable capacity of their character. They connect us through the ideals they proudly represent. Tonight, in our nation's capital, it is our honor to welcome these true American heroes."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020...navirus-86.html


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