Posted on 05/17/2014 3:35:39 PM PDT by RobinMasters
A veteran Army soldier who helped rescue Pfc. Jessica Lynch at the beginning of the Iraq War was killed in action in Afghanistan as the U.S. effort there winds down.
Command Sgt. Maj. Martin R. Barreras, 49, of Tuscon, Ariz., died May 13 after being wounded by small arms fire a week earlier in Herat province in western Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. He was the top enlisted soldier of 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas.
Barreras had already been wounded in combat several times over multiple tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Damn....that’s all I can say right now.
Why was he still there eleven years later?
Damn.
RIP CSM.
Must have been a Buck Sergeant or Staff Sergeant back then.
R.I.P. Sgt. Maj. Barreras, and thank you for your service.
Wow. Sad. Prayers up. It seems This was his life’s work. Injured so many times. Even a cat has only nine lives. RIP.
Ditto on the . . . just d@mn.
Damn, just damn. Prayers for his family.
Ditto. Words fail me.
BTW, I’ve lived in Arizona for almost 20 years and I’ve never been to Tuscon.
Tucson, sure.....but not Tuscon.
I’m so sorry.
RIP soldier. Thank you for your remarkable service.
The “winding down” of US efforts got my attention.
Eternal rest Hero.
Probably volunteered. That combat and hazard pay adds up.
An enlisted soldier at age 49?
In the meantime all those athletic men in the NBA earning multimillion dollar salaries are complaining about their Bosses objecting being SET UP as part of a BADGER GAME.
Mansions of the Lord Performed by Cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point
Your one hell of a man TOP, RIP!
Finally somebody asked my question. What was a 49 year old guy doing in active combat?
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