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Groundbreaking lesbian Air Force officer killed in Afghanistan
Reuters.com ^ | 12-22-15 | Barbara Goldberg

Posted on 12/22/2015 11:10:46 AM PST by windcliff

A female officer in the Air Force who was one of the first openly gay service members to marry was identified on Tuesday as among the six U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

Facebook postings on Tuesday by friends and family of Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen mourned her death on Monday and sent condolences to her wife Heather and son Jacob, who live near Washington, D.C.

"We do find comfort in knowing that Heather and Jacob are no longer in the shadows and will be extended the rights and protections due any American military family as they move through this incredibly difficult period in their lives," said the posting from Military Partners and Families Coalition.

Six American troops, including Vorderbruggen, were killed Monday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck their patrol in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces this year.

Bagram, around 40 km (25 miles) north of Kabul, is one of the main bases for the 9,800 U.S. troops left in Afghanistan after international troops ended combat operations last year.

The victims included New York City Detective Joseph Lemm, a 15-year veteran of the NYPD who also volunteered in the U.S. Air National Guard and was on his third deployment to war zones.

"Detective Joseph Lemm epitomized the selflessness we can only strive for: putting his country and city first," New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a statement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio sent his condolences to Lemm's wife and two children, saying in a statement they were among so many American families this holiday season "who have an empty chair at the dinner table because one of their loved ones went off to defend our country and never came back."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: afganistan; dyke; goodriddance; homosexualagenda; lesbian
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1 posted on 12/22/2015 11:10:46 AM PST by windcliff
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To: windcliff

Bronze statues to be erected at every airbase.


2 posted on 12/22/2015 11:12:27 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: windcliff

She was that important that the other people killed are just relegated to a footnote? Because she diddles other women?


3 posted on 12/22/2015 11:14:16 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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'Friends and family of Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen mourned her death on Monday and sent condolences to her wife Heather and son Jacob.'

Her wife?

4 posted on 12/22/2015 11:15:11 AM PST by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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To: VanDeKoik

Such is today’s PC armed forces.

Sad.


5 posted on 12/22/2015 11:15:14 AM PST by Hulka
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To: windcliff

Rest in Peace


6 posted on 12/22/2015 11:15:23 AM PST by Jack Straw from Wichita
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To: windcliff

Jacob must be from a previous relationship with a male.


7 posted on 12/22/2015 11:15:42 AM PST by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: windcliff

When making the ultimate sacrifice, nothing else matters.


8 posted on 12/22/2015 11:15:52 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Steely Tom
Sent condolences to “her wife and son” - that is not biologically possible. I feel worse for the turkey-baster child.
9 posted on 12/22/2015 11:16:05 AM PST by ohioman
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To: windcliff

She has a son? Is she the mother or father. Who wielded the turkey baster. This country needs an enema.


10 posted on 12/22/2015 11:16:37 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Dacula

...or a turkey baster.


11 posted on 12/22/2015 11:17:28 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: windcliff
Why does that even matter?

I guess the homosexual supremacists are supremacists even when dead.

12 posted on 12/22/2015 11:17:45 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("We are not a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of citizens." -- Mark Levin)
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To: windcliff

Some are more equal than others. I’d be willing to bet that some of the other five did far more than she did, but suffered from a deplorable lack of potential victimhood status claims... but we will likely never hear much about them.


13 posted on 12/22/2015 11:17:58 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: windcliff

I’m grateful to all who serve honorably.

The is article needs a better headline writer though. ‘Groundbreaking Lesbian’ makes me think of Rosie O’Donnell.


14 posted on 12/22/2015 11:18:30 AM PST by posterchild
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To: windcliff

soebarkah’s enemy islamism, running according to plan.

God receive the souls of our murdered forces.


15 posted on 12/22/2015 11:18:35 AM PST by onedoug
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To: windcliff

Was she the target to the fundamental Mooslip?

Merry Christmas


16 posted on 12/22/2015 11:21:08 AM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: windcliff

News flash, Barbara — the lesbian isn’t any more important than any of the other soldiers who died in the service of their country in Afghanistan.


17 posted on 12/22/2015 11:22:19 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Diamond

How do two lesbians have a son?


18 posted on 12/22/2015 11:22:38 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: windcliff

Why is the Air Force patrolling around Bagram? And why is an Air Force Major on that patrol? Not getting this. God bless them all though.


19 posted on 12/22/2015 11:22:56 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: windcliff

RIP Hero :0(


20 posted on 12/22/2015 11:22:57 AM PST by angcat
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