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Brig. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, 1st Armored Division’s assistant division commander for maneuver, and Command Sgt. Maj. Nathaniel Hopkins, 3rd Brigade Combat Team command sergeant major, unveil the sign marking the opening of the Butler Range Complex. The range is named in honor of Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, the first 1AD soldier killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Spc. John S. Wollaston Range Named for Fallen Soldier By U.S. Army Spc. John S. Wollaston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 7, 2003 - Soldiers from 1st Armored Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team gathered Nov. 1 for...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.