Saturday, October 29, 2011

29 Year Old Army Ranger, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, Killed in Afghanistan on 14th Deployment

* CNN brings us another heart breaking story on the Afghan War, this one about Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij who was killed in Afghanistan along with two other soldiers, Saturday week ago. He was on his 14th Deployment… Fourteen times in nine years, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij had left his family behind and headed out on deployment as an Army Ranger, taking part in hundreds of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, all before his 30th birthday… His most recent tour turned out to be his last… The veteran soldier's death rattled his commanders, as well as those in his native San Diego…
Read the full story HERE

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No. 900-11
October 23, 2011
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DoD Identifies Army Casualties
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The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
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They died [Saturday] October 22nd, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
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Killed were:
- 1st. Lt. Ashley I. White, 24, of Alliance, Ohio, assigned to 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, Goldsboro, N.C.
- Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, of San Diego, Calif., and
Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20, of Colorado Springs, Colo., both assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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For more information on the North Carolina National Guard soldier, contact North Carolina National Guard at 919-612-9712/5061. For more information on the 75th Ranger Regiment soldiers, contact U.S. Army Special Operations Command at 910-432-6005 or http://www.soc.mil
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This CNN story above breaks my heart and I still do not know why our Military Heads will let our brave men and women go back on deployment, into the heat of Battle, over and over… so many times! 5- 6 Deployments is too many… But FOURTEEN!!!

In memory of all our brave men and women
Who have giving their all in this war on terror
God Bless
AubreyJ……….
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