Originally Posted by topher469

My hat is off for your friend. Pass on to his family that me and my family THANK them for their sacrifice. I too lost many friends over there the first time we went in 91. I am just very thankful I made it home in one piece. And on a side note, the men and women that are there, are doing their jobs and some are dying. Whether or not you agree with why we are there, (some of them over there don't agree either) but still do their jobs so we can enjoy life as we know it. We need to stand behind our soilders and leave politics out of threads like this! This is about a person, not a cause.

Sgt. Topher Buchwald