[lobo59]

Thanks for all the posts on the strykers. We just found out this morning that my wife's grandson was one of the three killed in the accident. Till I read this we had thought that it was a bridge collapse that put them in the canal.

Anyway it doesn't change my attitude about the dummycrats obstructionist tactics and giving aid and comfort to enemy combatants. When I was in the army we expected to see combat and not to be sent into a war zone to play peace corps. Me thinks that our soldiers are diverted away from doing real recon and preparation to repel attacks by being expected to rebuild a corrupt enemy nation.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for all the posts on the strykers. We just found out this morning that my wife's grandson was one of the three killed in the accident.
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I am so sorry for the loss of your fine, young, Soldier, lobo59. Y

God bless and comfort you and your family.

[MEG33]

I am so sorry for your loss.May your family be comforted.May your wife's grandson rest in God's arms.I honor his service and sacrifice.

[PokeyBS]

I am so sorry to hear of your family's loss. We are all proud of your wife's Grandson. Please convey to your wife that we will say a prayer for your family tonight.

Anita

[archy]

Thanks for all the posts on the strykers. We just found out this morning that my wife's grandson was one of the three killed in the accident. Till I read this we had thought that it was a bridge collapse that put them in the canal.

His war has come to an end, but his most important mission, that of taking care of his fellow troopers and soldiers, is not quite yet completed. Those other two families are now enduring that which you're feeling, and none of us can fully appreciate nor understand that loss.

I expect you know that if he was still around, he'd be doing what he could for those other two families, but since he can't, you have to be the ones to carry on that duty for him.

You know better than I that not everyone can or will react to such crushing loss the same way; some find religious faith or patriotism helpful, some retreat into grief, others find vengence a worthwhile goal- and I will not presume to tell you how you or the others will or should react; and there are other possibilities, of course. But only you can reach to those two other families that know this loss, and only you can rely fully upon each other in this time.

God bless you. But you take care of those others, for your grandson's sake, and in his memory. He died in some mighty fine company.

-archy-/-

[sbct for freedom]

I am so sorry your phone had to ring. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My the good time you shared shine bright and your memories stay strong.

[Mr. Silverback]

I don't know if your wife can take this now, but when she can, please tell her that I and my house also mourn his loss because we know where our freedoms come from. He is a hero proved in liberating strife, and we are so grateful that he heard and answered freedom's call. May he rest in peace.

We send you Isaiah 61:3.

Christ will...
comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion-
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

[TexKat]

I just read your post. My condolences to you, your wife and all who is a part of this young brave hero. May God rest his soul and bless all of you.

[archy]

Staff Sargeant Stephen H. Bridges of Tracy, Calif., shown in this undated family photo released Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, was one of three soldiers killed in a Stryker accident in Iraq (news - web sites) Dec. 8, 2003. Three of 19 soldiers inside two of the new Stryker combat vehicles died and a fourth was injured when an embankment collapsed and the vehicles fell into an Iraqi irrigation canal on Monday.
(AP Photo/Courtesy U. S. Army, via The News Tribune, File)

Spc. Joesph M. Blickenstaff is shown in this undated family photo released Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, by the public affairs office at Fort Lewis, Wash. Blickenstaff, 23, of Corvallis, Ore., was one of the three Stryker Brigade soldiers that died in Iraq (news - web sites) this month, the Department of Defense (news - web sites) said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of U.S. Army, Fort Lewis, File)

[1stFreedom]

>>Anyway it doesn't change my attitude about the dummycrats obstructionist tactics and giving aid and comfort to enemy combatants

It's hard for others to understand, but most in the military know what it's about. Fight for the country, fight for what you believe in, but it may cost you your life. Some things are worth fighting for.

By taking the fight to the enemy, your wife's gradson prevented the fight from happening here, preventing more WTC incidents (or worse). He did not die in vain, and many will live because of his sacrifice.

One could wonder how an accident is a sacrifice, and to them I say: every part of the military takes the fight to the enemy. The cooks help take it there, the MP's, the chaplains, the truckers, etc. It takes an army, the whole army, to fight the battle -- not just guns and tanks and action on the front line.

I for one am extremely grateful that my son will be safer because of our boys taking it to the enemy. I witnessed the towers on fire and collapse (from White Plains NY in an 11 story building). I saw the "missing person" flyers and photos of beautiful people killed in the towers. Never again. We take the fight to the enemy to prevent another 9/11. This is what your wife's grand son did, and let her know that my little boy is safer.

My condolences to you and your wife and her Grandson's family.

[sumhotchik]

My husband is in Alpha Co. with the Ft. Lewis Stryker unit. The news of the three soldiers aired before all of the families were notified. I did not know if my husband was amungst them or not. I cried, I thought of how my life would change, I didn't sleep that night. I prayed for the families, because I knew if my husband was one of them, there were still two other families out there who needed prayers. It wasn't until the second day that it was on the news that I got a call from the unit's FRG leader to inform me that my husbands name was not on the list of the fallen soldiers. When I got that call, I was relieved, and very sad at the same time. I knew that my hurting had stopped, but for three other families, yours being one, the hurting will never stop. I have felt just an ounce of the pain you and your family have and continue to feel. Just know, you are not alone in this. Military families stick together. You will always be in my thoughts and prayers. God Bless.