Articles 8.12.2005
KOAA News has a brief report on a couple who has attended all of the 2nd BCT Welcome Home Ceremony. More than that, "Bill and Martha Reed have attended every homecoming ceremony for the past two years." According to the article, "Bill manages the Fort Carson Events Center. Martha volunteers for every event."
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KKTV News has a video segment on the arrival of Flight #16. Look for the video link entitled "Another Batch of 2nd BCT Arrives Home." According to the video, 3400 Soldiers have arrived. Several soldiers are quoted describing the improvements they saw in Iraq over the year they were deployed.
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The Department of Defense announced the death of a 1/5 Marine in Ramadi. Lance Cpl. Evenor Herrera was killed by an IED on 8.10.2005. Lance Cpl. Herrera, of Gypsum, CO, was 22 years old. He is the 16th Marine of the 1/5 Marines to die in Iraq during this tour, and the 3rd since the 2nd BCT turned over command. Our hearts go out to his family.
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KKTV News has a video segment on the arrival of Flight #16. Look for the video link entitled "Another Batch of 2nd BCT Arrives Home." According to the video, 3400 Soldiers have arrived. Several soldiers are quoted describing the improvements they saw in Iraq over the year they were deployed.
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The Department of Defense announced the death of a 1/5 Marine in Ramadi. Lance Cpl. Evenor Herrera was killed by an IED on 8.10.2005. Lance Cpl. Herrera, of Gypsum, CO, was 22 years old. He is the 16th Marine of the 1/5 Marines to die in Iraq during this tour, and the 3rd since the 2nd BCT turned over command. Our hearts go out to his family.
posted by Ryan Kirk @ 7:46 AM
2 Comments:
At 9:27 AM,
Anonymous said…
Is the date posted correct? It looks like next month!
At 4:28 PM,
Ryan Kirk said…
Thanks for the correction - the typo has been corrected.
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