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REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

SSG Christopher M. Ward, 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)

Today, when the bombs exploded and the shrapnel flew, police, fire fighters, EMT's, military, and civilians alike ran to the chaos. This is no surprise to me. The Troops who run to the sound of the guns have an antecedent, not only in the Troops who have preceded and trained them, but in the farmers and townspeople who stood against tyranny and formed this Nation.

God Bless Them All!

With God's Help We Shall Prevail!

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!

Oorah And Godspeed To Our Troops Who Run To The Sound Of The Guns!

American Troops charging at St. Mihiel, France, 1918

U.S. Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on “Utah” Beach, after coming ashore 6Jun1944.

Inchon, Korea, 17Sep1950 – Marines move out under sniper fire on the road to Seoul.

Troops of the 9th Infantry Division, U.S Army, advancing through the rice paddies – Vietnam.

U.S. Marines On The Move - Afghanistan - 4Oct2009.

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)

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RIP

SSG Christopher M Ward, USA
5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment
1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

Amazing Grace