3 German soldiers killed, Feb 18th, have been named

The three German soldiers who were ambushed on 18th February while performing maintenance on a vehicle have been named.

They are:

Master Sergeant, Georg Missulia

Specialist, Konstantin Menz

L-Corporal, Georg Kurat

All three served with 112. Panzergrenadierbattalion/12. Panzerbrigade (112th Armored Grenadier Battalion of 12th Armored Brigade).

Specialist Andrew C. Wilfahrt, U.S Military Police

Spc. Andrew Wilfahrt

An American soldier from Minnesota was killed in Kandahar province on Sunday 27th February. He died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

Specialist Andrew C. Wilfahrt of Rosemount, Minnesota, was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawai.

Italian officer, Massimo Ranzani

Capitano Massimo Ranzani

The Italian soldier killed today (28th February) is Captain Massimo Ranzani, of the 5th Alpine Regiment. The incident occured about 25km north of Shindand when a joint Italian-Afghan military convoy got hit by an improvised explosive device (IED).

Four other soldiers were injured in the blast and air evacuated to hospital.

The patrol was part of an operation providing medical assistance to the local population.

The Italian Army reports that Ranzani has been posthumously promoted from the rank of 1st Lieutenant to Captain.

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Italian soldier killed in western Afghanistan

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U.S Marine Corporal Johnathan Taylor

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Military officials say a Marine based at Camp Lejeune has died in combat in Afghanistan.

The Defense Department says 23-year-old Cpl. Johnathan W. Taylor of Homosassa, Fla., died Tuesday, February 22 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Taylor had been assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune.

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Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag, U.S 101st Airborne

Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag

A 101st Airborne Division soldier who had served in Afghanistan until December has died of liver cancer.

The U.S Defense Department announced 29-year-old Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag of Pohnpei, Micronesia, was medically evacuated from Kandahar to the U.S. on Dec. 1 and died Thursday 24th February in Pembroke, Ky.

He had served with 96 Combat Support Btn, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade.

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Aussie soldiers bid farewell to fallen comrade

Soldiers bid emotional farewell to Jamie Larcombe

A 21-year-old Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan last week has been farewelled by his comrades at an emotional memorial in Tarin Kowt.

Sapper Jamie Ronald Larcombe was shot and killed in a Taliban ambush in Uruzgan province along with an Afghan interpreter.

The Darwin-based combat engineer was remembered by his commanding officer as a young man who epitomised the core values of an Australian soldier.

"Mateship is what defines the best in an Aussie digger and Jamie was amongst our best," Lieutenant Colonel Darren Huxley said.

Georgian soldier, Giorgi Avaliani

Giorgi Avaliani

A Georgian soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 22nd February, said the defence ministry in the ex-Soviet republic which has become a significant contributor to NATO-led efforts to combat the Taliban.

The soldier was killed in the troubled Helmand region when a mine exploded, also injuring two other Georgian troops, a ministry statement said.

Corporal Giorgi Avaliani was the sixth Georgian to be killed while serving in Afghanistan, the ministry said.

Georgia is a staunch ally of the United States with ambitions to join NATO, and has deployed 950 troops to Afghanistan -- a major contribution from a small country of 4.4 million people.

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U.S soldier, Robert Sisson, killed in Kandahar

Sgt. Robert Sisson

U.S Infanty Sergeant Robert C. Sisson Jr., of Aliquippa, PA, was killed in a non-combat-related incident in the Kandahar District on 21st February.

Sisson was assigned to the to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colo.

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U.S Cavalry officer, 1st Lt. Daren M. Hidalgo

1st Lt. Daren M. Hidalgo

The U.S Department of Defense announced that 1st Lt. Daren M. Hidalgo of Waukesha was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 20th February.

Lt. Hidalgo died of wounds from an improvised explosive device that was used to attack his unit.

He was serving in Operating Enduring Freedom in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. He was 24 years old.

He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

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U.S Marine, Andrew Carpenter, dies from injuries

L-Cpl. Andrew Carpenter

A U.S Marine has died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that Lance Cpl. Andrew Carpenter died February 19.

Carpenter was injured February 14 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province. Carpenter was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The 27-year-old was from Columbia, Tennessee.

According to his Facebook page, Carpenter is survived by his wife Crissie. His profile says he graduated from Columbia Central High School in 2002. He's been in the Marines since September 2007. 

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French soldier, Clement Chamarier

Clement Chamarier

The French soldier killed in an insurgent rocket attack, 19th February 2011, has been named by the French Defence Ministry as Clement Chamarier, a 19yo soldier serving with the 7th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpine. He was a tank gunner.

He was travelling in a French army convoy between Tagab and Nijrab when insurgents opened fire on them. A rocket hit the vehicle he was in, but it was able to continue driving to a safe location. Medics at the scene were unable to save the young Alpine soldier.

It was his first overseas operation.

Australian soldier, Jamie Larcombe, killed in action

Jamie Larcombe and partner, Rhiannon

An Australian soldier and Afghan interpreter have been killed in Afghanistan overnight.

Defence Force Chief Angus Houston said that the pair had been shot and despite immediate first aid, could not be saved.

The incident happened during an unpartnered patrol in an area to the south-east of patrol base Wali.

The Australian casualty is 21-year-old Sapper Jamie Ronald Larcombe, a South Australian from a Darwin regiment.

It's understood to be the second death from the same regiment in as many weeks.

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German soldier, Georg Kurat

L-Cpl Georg Kurat

Hauptgefreiter (Lance-Corporal) Georg Kurat

Died on 19th February 2011.

He was one of three German soldiers killed when an insurgent launched an assault while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle. The gunman opened fire on the group with an automatic rifle.

The incident occured at the "Observation Point North" base, in the Puli Khumri district.

L-Cpl Kurat, aged 21, served with the  112th. Panzergrenadierbattalion, 12th. Panzerbrigade (112th Armored Grenadier Battalion of 12th Armored Brigade).

German army specialist, Konstantin Menz

Konstantin Menz

Stabsgefreiter (Specialist) Konstantin Menz

Died on 18th February 2011.

He was one of three German soldiers killed when an insurgent launched an assault while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle. The gunman opened fire on the group with an automatic rifle.

The incident occured at the "Observation Point North" base, in the Puli Khumri district.

Specialist Menz, aged 22, served with the  112th. Panzergrenadierbattalion, 12th. Panzerbrigade (112th Armored Grenadier Battalion of 12th Armored Brigade).

German Sergeant Georg Missulia

Sgt Georg Missulia

Hauptfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Georg Missulia

Died on 18th February 2011.

He was one of three German soldiers killed when an insurgent launched an assault while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle. The gunman opened fire on the group with an automatic rifle.

The incident occured at the "Observation Point North" base, in the Puli Khumri district.

Master Sergeant Missulia, aged 30, served with the  112th. Panzergrenadierbattalion, 12th. Panzerbrigade (112th Armored Grenadier Battalion of 12th Armored Brigade).

U.S Marine, Sgt. Mathew J. Deyoung

Sgt. Mathew J. Deyoung

Sgt. Mathew J. Deyoung, 26, of Talent, Oregon, died Feb. 18, 2011, as a result of a hostile incident while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Deyoung was an assistant team leader assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. He joined the Marine Corps in November 2004 and was promoted to the rank of sergeant June 1, 2008.

He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2006 to August 2006 and again from October 2007 to May 2008. Most recently, he deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2010.

His awards include the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Deyoung is survived by his wife and child.

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Source: United States Marine Corps

Body of Finnish soldier, Jukka Kansonen, flown home

Fallen Finnish ISAF soldier met with military honours on return home.

The body of First Lieutenant Jukka Kansonen was met with military honours when it arrived in Finland from Afghanistan on Thursday.

Kansonen’s colleagues from the Gulf of Finland maritime defence region carried a wooden coffin draped with the Finnish flag off a transport plane at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport at about 7:00 PM on Thursday.

Also arriving was Kansonen’s group commander, who had the unenviable task of escorting Kansonen on his last trip home.

Kansonen was killed on Tuesday, 15th February in a roadside bomb attack.
     
In the brief military ceremony, the coffin was carried on a red carpet to a waiting hearse, where next of kin were gathered.

Five Finnish flags flew at half staff in the freezing-cold weather.

From the airport, the body was first taken away for an official autopsy.

U.S soldier, Jonathan Pilgeram, killed Feb 17

Jonathan Pilgeram

Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram, 22, of Great Falls, Mont., died Thursday, February 17th 2011 in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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OEF support soldier dies in Djibouti

Staff Sgt. Bradley Hart

The U.S Department of Defense announced the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, based in Djibouti.

Staff Sgt. Bradley C. Hart, 25, of Perrysburg, Ohio reportedly died February 17 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa, of injuries sustained in a non combat incident. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C. No additional details about his death have been released yet.

The Cobined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa comprises around 2,000 military personnel from each branch of the U.S. Armed forces, represenatives from Coalition and Partner countries as well as civilian employees.

AFC Christoffer P. Johnson, U.S Air Force

AFC Christoffer Johnson

U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson

Died February 17, 2011 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom

AFC Johnson, aged 20, of Clarksville, Tenn., was assigned to 423rd Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Alconbury, England. 

He was killed while on security patrol at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

During his time serving RAF Alconbury, Johnson volunteered for an assignment Operation New Dawn. Airman Johnson had only been on deployed for three weeks when he died.

Private Dean Hutchinson, Royal Logistics Corp

Pvt. Dean Hutchinson

A British soldier who died Monday 14th February has been named as Private Dean Hutchinson, 23, of the Royal Logisitics Corp.

He was killed after a fire broke out at Camp Bastion. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Pte Hutchinson, 23, known as "Hutch", was a driver with the Theatre Logistic Group's Transport Troop, based at Chippenham in Wiltshire.

His family said: "Dean was an amazing son, brother and boyfriend. We were so proud of him when he joined the Army, as were his family and friends, all of whom loved him very much.

"He will always be in our hearts and thoughts. Forever and always, we love you, son."

Private Robert Wood, Royal Logistics Corp

Pvt. Robert Wood

A British soldier who died Monday 14th February has been named as Private Robert Wood, 28, of the Royal Logisitics Corp.

He was killed after a fire broke out at Camp Bastion. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Pte Wood, 28, known as "Woody", recently became a father to a boy, Noah, and was looking forward to returning to his family after his tour of duty.

His parents and partner, Rebecca, said: "Rob was an adored and adoring son, partner, and father to his baby son. We are so immensely proud of him and he will live in our hearts forever."

Finnish officer, Jukka Kansonen

A Finnish peacekeeper with the ISAF forces in Northern Afghanistan was killed on Tuesday in a blast from an improvised roadside bomb.

The attack took place near the town of Aybak in Samangan Province, and according to a statement from the Finnish Defence Forces the victim was Senior Lieutenant Jukka Kansonen (b. 1975).

The officer's family have been informed, and plans are being drawn up for the return of his body to Finland.

Kyle Marshall of 2 PARA killed in Afghanistan

L-Cpl. Kyle Marshall

Tributes have been paid to an "irreplaceable" soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Kyle Cleet Marshall, of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, died in the blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district on Monday 14th February 2011.

In a statement released today, L-Cpl Marshall's family said: "Kyle was a very lively, outgoing, loving and much-loved son.

"He will be sadly missed by all his family and friends. He was due to be married in July to his fiancee, Hayley.

"We take comfort in the fact that he is now with his granddad who died some years ago."

His commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Harrison described him as "irreplaceable".

NZ soldier, Kirifi Mila, dies on patrol accident

Kirifi Mila

New Zealand soldier Kirifi Mila has died after the Humvee he was in plunged 30 metres off a cliff in Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan.

Private Mila was the turret gunner and the top half his body would have been sticking out from the vehicle at the time of the incident.

The Defence Force has also confirmed three others were injured in the accident.

It is unclear what caused the Humvee to roll off the cliff, but the Defence Force is "100% sure" it was not an attack.

U.S soldier killed (Feb 08) - Nathan Carse

Spc. Nathan B. Carse, 32, serving with 2nd Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade, died on 8th February from a bomb blast. The incident occured in Kandahar province.

Spc Carse was from Harrod, Ohio.

More information to follow.

British Military Wounded statistics - Afghanistan

The following statistics show all recorded UK Military and Civilian Casualties to occur in Afghanistan since 2001. The figures do not include UK Fatalities. Click here for British Fatality List

Table 1: Casualties (excluding natural causes) between 7th October 2001 and 31st January 2011

Casualties (excluding Natural causes)
Year	Total	Very Seriously Injured	Seriously Injured
Total	493	241	252
2001	0	0	0
2002	1	1	0
2003	1	0	1
2004	6	3	3
2005	2	2	0
2006	31	18	13
2007	63	23	40
2008	65	27	38
2009	157	82	75
2010	154	80	74
2011 (to 31 Jan)	13	5	8

Table 2: Field Hospital Admissions (data available from 2006 to 31st January 2011)

Field Hospital Admissions
Year	Total	Wounded in Action	Disease or Non-battle injury
Total	4,635	1,608	3,027
2006	240	85	155
2007	832	234	598
2008	1,008	235	773
2009	1,229	508	721
2010	1,262	518	744
2011 (to 31 Jan)	64	28	36

Table 3: Aeromed Evacuations (data available from 2006 to 31st January 2011)

Aeromed evacuations
Year	Total
2006	262
2007	572
2008	800
2009	1,313
2010	1,225
2011 (to 31 Jan)	103

Source: MOD

U.S. soldier killed (07 Feb) - Sgt. Patrick Carroll

Sgt. Patrick R. Carroll, an intelligence soldier based at Fort Bragg, was killed Monday 7th February in Kandahar province when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.

Carroll, 25, was from Norwalk, Ohio, and was assigned to the 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps.

More details to follow

British Para - Private Lewis Hendry

Pvt. Lewis Hendry

British Para, Private Lewis Hendry, of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment was killed on 9th February after being shot by a Taliban sniper in Nad 'Ali district of Helmand.

Private Hendry received medical attention at the scene before being evacuated by helicopter. Sadly, he died from his wounds.

He was born in Norwich on 12 February 1990 and educated at Northgate High School, Dereham. 

He joined the Army in May 2008, conducting his training at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick.

British Para - Private Conrad Lewis

Pvt. Conrad Lewis

British Para, Private Conrad Lewis, of 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment was killed on 9th February 2011 after being shot during a gun battle with insurgents in Nad 'Ali district of Helmand.

Private Lewis received medical attention at the scene before being evacuated by helicopter. Sadly, he died from his wounds.

Private Lewis was born in Bournemouth on 21 October 1988.

US Military fatalities list updated

The list of United States military fatalities in 2011 has been updated.

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U.S. Marine, Aaron Swanson

Aaron Swanson

The U.S Marine killed in Afghanistan on Monday 7th February has been named as Lance Corporal Aaron M. Swanson, aged 21, from Jamestown, NY. He died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province.

Marine Swanson was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment of the 4th Marine Division. His reserve unit is based in Buffalo. Aaron joined the Marine Corps on 18th May 2009.

NY State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has directed that on Thursday 10th February, flags on state government buildings be flown at half-mast in honor.

U.S. Marine, Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt

A Marine from West Chester, Ohio has been killed in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense announced the death of Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt, who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pyeatt, 24, died Feb. 5 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province.

He was assigned to the 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Grou.

Brit soldiers survive being shot in head

Miracle of the Scottish soldier friends who were shot in the head in Afghanistan..and survived unscathed.

Two Scottish soldier pals have survived bullets to the head in Afghanistan... just six days apart.

Lance Corporal Tam Rankine, 29, cheated death on a dawn patrol when an enemy round slammed into the side of his helmet.

Less than a week later, his friend, Private John Gibson somehow escaped unscathed when a sniper's bullet went straight through the front of his helmet and out through the back.

That's not the only close call Tam Rankine has had. He survived being shot FIVE TIMES in a single incident in 2008.

Read full story at Daily Record

British Para killed by IED - WO2 Colin Beckett

WO2 Colin Beckett

The British Para killed in action on Saturday 5th February has been named.

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Colin Beckett of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment was killed in an explosion. He was attempting to secure an area in Shaheed, a village on the Nahr-e-Bughra canal, when he was caught in the blast from a roadside bomb.

Company Sergeant Major Beckett, known as Tom, was described by his colleagues as an inspirational and iconic leader.

The 36-year-old, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, joined the army more than 20 years ago and has a "tremendous amount of operational experience", a MOD spokesman said.

His wife Rachel, who is expecting their first child later this month - a little girl already named Freya, said: "Anyone who ever met or knew Colin 'Tom' would have been touched by him in a big way and he will never be forgotten.

British Ranger, David Dalzell, killed.

David Dalzell

British soldier, David Dalzell, a Ranger serving with 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, was killed on 4th February 2011. He was 20 years old.

He died in what the Ministry of Defence described as an "operational accident" while working in Nad-e Ali, Helmand Province.

Ranger Dalzell, from Bangor, County Down, finished his recruit training last summer and was on his first deployment.

He was described as "fearless" and "popular" by his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Weir.

"Ranger David Dalzell was an extraordinary young man, and despite his relatively short time in the Army he was already much loved by his fellow soldiers," he said.

"Day after day he continually faced down the enemy and fought shoulder to shoulder with his brother Rangers; he was fearless."

Coalition military fatalities down on last year

Statistics: in January 2011, there were 32 Coalition military fatalities against 43 in January 2010.

January death toll in Afghanistan - 100 civilians, 80 police

Kabul - The death toll in January in Afghanistan reached 100 civilians and 80 police, from a total of more than 300 attacks, the interior ministry announced on 6th February. 

The figure for January represents a four per cent drop on December's figures. Most of the civilian victims were killed by roadside bombs, the favoured weapon of the Islamist militias. 

'Unfortunately one hundred of our innocent civilian countrymen and women were martyred in January and 148 others were wounded in various attacks,' Zemarai Bashiri, interior ministry spokesman said in his weekly press conference in Kabul. 

A total of 2,400 civilians were killed in 2010. 

'Police causalities jumped by 21 percent in the first month of 2011, unfortunately,' Bashari said.

Afghan security forces killed 286 armed insurgents in January, Bahsiri said. 

'Security forces were able to detain 559 suspected militants involved in destructive attacks last month. Also 574 bombs were defused by security forces all over in Afghanistan,' the interior ministry official added. 

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Gartner

Ryan Gartner

The U.S. soldier killed on Feb 2nd in Bagram, Afghanistan has been named.

Specialist, Ryan Gartner, aged 23 was serving with the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion was from New Jersey.

Read more at NorthJersey.com

Australian engineer, Cpl. Richard Edward Atkinson

An Australian soldier has been killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Department has announced, upping the number of Australian troops killed in the conflict to 22.

Corporal Richard Edward Atkinson, 22, was killed on Wednesday while on patrol in Uruzgan's Deh Rahwod - a region of southern Afghanistan at the heart of the Taliban-led insurgency.

Corporal Atkinson, a member of the Darwin-based First Combat Engineer Regiment, was on a foot patrol with Afghan soldiers at the time of the incident.

Bulgaria sends 200 troops to Afghanistan

Bulgaria is sending more reinforcements to Afghanistan. Some 200 soldiers from the Fourth Company, Fifth Mechanised Brigade in Pleven are ready to leave Bulgaria and be deployed in the war-torn state, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported on February 2 2011.

Read more: The Sofia Echo

US Military fatalities, Afghanistan - January 2011

List of U.S Military fatalities for January 2011 in Afghanistan

31-Jan	Soltero, Omar	Specialist	28	4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
29-Jan	Muhr, Shawn A.	Specialist	26	264th Combat Support Btn, 82nd Sustainment Bgde
29-Jan	Campbell, Joshua R.	Specialist	22	264th Combat Support Btn, 82nd Sustainment Bgde
28-Jan	Venetz Jr., Anthony	Sgt. 1st	30	7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
25-Jan	Williams, Leslie D.	Tech. Sgt	36	4th Maintenance Group
20-Jan	Amores, Jason G.	Sergeant	29	5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
20-Jan	Sinkler, Amy R.	Pvt. 1st	23	17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
19-Jan	Cruz, Dominique	PO	26	Operations Specialist, USS Halsey
19-Jan	Lancaster, Joshua T.	Specialist	22	184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group
17-Jan	Whitehead, Joseph	Corporal	22	2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
12-Jan	Salmon, Zachary S.	Pvt. 1st	21	32nd Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
12-Jan	Mooldyk, Evan J.	Major	47	19th Sustainment Command
12-Jan	Creamer, Zainah C.	Sergeant	28	212th Military Police Detachment
12-Jan	Aceves, Omar	Sergeant	30	7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division
12-Jan	King, Jarrid L.	Specialist	20	7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division
12-Jan	Moore, Benjamin G.	Pvt. 1st	23	7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division
07-Jan	Near, Robert J.	Pvt. 1st	21	86th Signal Battalion
07-Jan	Laningham, Ira B.	Pvt. 1st	22	30th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
07-Jan	Hardin, Ethan C.	Sergeant	25	30th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division
07-Jan	Giese, Joseph R.	L-Cpl	24	9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
05-Jan	Romig, Christian J.	Specialist	24	61st Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division
05-Jan	Pharris, Robert W.	Sgt. 1st	48	Missouri National Guard
05-Jan	Nettleton, Eric M.	Sergeant	26	2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
02-Jan	Tate, Jacob A.	Corporal	21	9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
01-Jan	Htaik, Maung P.	L-Cpl	20	9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division

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