FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Kendra Coleman ~ April 15, 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

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Kendra Coleman
Info from here.

(Thank you to mountainlion for bringing this hero to our attention!)

           

The Story Behind the Photo, CPL Kendra Coleman

“I want to give back to the Soldiers who fight for my freedom and sacrifice their life for me,” said AW2 Soldier CPL Kendra Coleman about her future.

At 20-years-old, she knew she wanted to fight in the war on terrorism and joined the Army on July 25, 2007. She served with the 173D Special Troops Battalion, part of the 173D Airborne Brigade Combat Team as a military police (MP) officer and paratrooper. She deployed to Afghanistan on November 19, 2009, and her job was to train Afghan police and keep the local village of Charkh safe.

On May 11, 2010, she was clearing a village, she recalled, “I was hugging a wall to clear a corner, and after I cleared the corner I looked down. That’s when I saw a randomly placed pile of tires. I could feel the evil in the air.”

An improvised explosive device (IED) immediately exploded and she was knocked to the ground. “I knew I was hit,” she said. “I reached down to my left leg pocket to grab my tourniquet. My pocket wasn’t there, just the remaining pieces of what was my left leg.”

She is currently assigned to a Warrior Transition Unit and receives care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Brooke Army Medical Center. “WRAMC has given me my life back,” she said. “The medical care I have received here at WRAMC has been phenomenal.” Now using a prosthetic leg, she said, “I almost feel like me again.”

One of the highlights of her recovery was participating in a snowboarding program. “I never thought I would snowboard again, but I did it,” she said. “I got back up on my board—it was an amazing feeling of achievement.”

With the assistance of AW2 Community Support Network member Sentinels of Freedom, she plans to attend college. “They provided me a four-year scholarship to the school of my choice, all expenses paid including living expenses,” she said.

Coleman wants to attend Georgia Institute of Technology to earn a master’s in prosthetics and work with other wounded warriors at an Army Military Treatment Facility. She hopes to motivate other wounded warriors to never give up, stating, “Don’t let the enemy determine your future—improvise and overcome.”

By Tania Meireles, WTC Stratcom

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[AZamericonnie]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Connie and lauren, for making the “post” for tonight. Teamwork made it work. *hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Amen Conor.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...a fitting response to this atrocity in Boston.

[AZamericonnie]

My heart aches with you Mayor & sending you & all Bostonians my support & heartfelt condolences. *Hugs*

[luvie]

I feel your pain...we have ALL been attacked. Again.

[AZamericonnie]

Rest In Peace our Heroes

Il Silenzio

Let Them In St. Peter

[AZamericonnie]

We all come together in times of need & tragedy.

We were attacked today. All Americans are or should be hurting & take notice.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*hugs*...a sad day in our United States!!

Hope you are feeling better. Did your commute go any better?

[left that other site]

Thank You for your prayers for my Home Town.

I am really too upset to post much.

Four of my closest relative work in town, two at the very hospital that is now in lockdown.

My nephew has no way of getting home because the public transportation has been also locked down. He will have to sleep at work or maybe at a coworker’s apt.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[luvie]

I know this all has to be SO upsetting for you....being so far away! ((((hugs))))

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Ladies!

****GROUP HUGS****

Thank you all very much for tonight's Memorial! Our Beloved Nation is under attack at this moment as never before.

We have faced and beaten many fell foes in the past, most particularly in WWII when our Fathers, Mothers, Aunts and Uncles dispatched the Nazis, the Fascists, and the Japanese.

At this moment, we fight not only the foreign agents of terror, but the domestic agents of appeasement, political correctness, and cultural "diversity."

May the Good Lord give us the might, resolve and grace to prevail!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

Spc Wilbel A Robles-Santa, USA
5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

Amazing Grace

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!



Spc. Delfin M. Santos, USA
5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
KIA Afghanistan 6Apr2013



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict;
For it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.
As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be."
(1 Maccabees 3:58–60)

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Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you...it was a Canteen Crew project. Connie made it, lauren loaded the graphic to somewhere I could see it, and I posted. ((HUGS))

[left that other site]

Yes...but I was just there last week.

And was totally mauled by TSA at Logan because my hair was in a bun.

Yet, someone else can get into a supposedly secure area and plant at least five bombs.

Go figure.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy!

*HUGS*

A sad day indeed! A day that must be redressed!

I'm feeling better today, thanks. This evening i had the first reasonably short commute from this project - under an hour - could have been quicker but I made a wrong turn.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

Teamwork....a wonderful thing! :) Thanks, Galz!! :)

[luvie]

We live in a topsy-turvy world any more. Sheeesh!