It's not the first time it has hit close to home since the war started (Kyle Anderson), but I hope it's the last!
This is the uncle of one of Gina's current students:
A soldier from Rosemount died Sunday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when a bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Specialist Sean K. McDonald, 21, was assigned to the Army's 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Wiesbaden, Germany. A spokesman for the Army's 1st Armored Division could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. McDonald is the 55th person with Minnesota ties to die in connection with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.startribune.com/722/story/1087771.html
I'm not a politically driven person, but I will at least state that this death should never have happened. It's unfortunate that it takes something like this to open a person's eyes but I feel very compelled at the moment to state how much I appreciate what our soldiers are doing to protect our country across the world. They aren't asked whether or not they want to go. When they enlist they give their life to our country and just do what they are told (and it almost all cases they do it with honor and do it extremely well).
THANK YOU!
This is the uncle of one of Gina's current students:
A soldier from Rosemount died Sunday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when a bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Specialist Sean K. McDonald, 21, was assigned to the Army's 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Wiesbaden, Germany. A spokesman for the Army's 1st Armored Division could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. McDonald is the 55th person with Minnesota ties to die in connection with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.startribune.com/722/story/1087771.html
I'm not a politically driven person, but I will at least state that this death should never have happened. It's unfortunate that it takes something like this to open a person's eyes but I feel very compelled at the moment to state how much I appreciate what our soldiers are doing to protect our country across the world. They aren't asked whether or not they want to go. When they enlist they give their life to our country and just do what they are told (and it almost all cases they do it with honor and do it extremely well).
THANK YOU!
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