My condolences to his widow & family & best wishes for his child.
Coming from a large military family myself (father, all my siblings, nephew, cousins) I know what it's like, I served during Desert Storm, my youngest brother did 2 tours in Iraq & my boyfriend did 1 tour. I've been very very very lucky not to have anyone I know pass away over there. And I always worry about those friends I do have in the game that serve too.
I'm proud & thankful for his and yours and all our service members who give service to our country.
May who ever you worship watch over you and keep you & yours in safe keeping.
And you're always more than welcome to rant.
~ a fellow veteran
(I love your signature but you need to include "at one point in his OR her life" some of us veterans are females ^_~`)
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I'll say a little prayer for him and his family. And G, you didn't say anything different than many of us also feel. I can't remember who said it but "Freedom isn't free." If brave men, and women, like Sgt. Vogeler aren't willing to fight for freedom, then tyrants will happily take it away from us.
John Stuart Mill - "War is an ugly thing, but not hte ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
May Sgt. Vogeler and his family find peace.
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All of our soldiers are the true heroes and each life lost is sad day.
Geronimo, I am so very sorry for this and the other losses you have suffered. I feel the deep hurt and have extreme sympathy for Sgt Vogeler's widow and family. This is the kind of pain that finds its way deep into our very core, never really leaving us for the rest of our lives. God bless you. God bless Sgt Vogeler and his family.
The fact that he served 12 tours in harm's way struck me on a personal level. You see, back in the late 70s to the mid 80s I was a military wife. He was in the 82nd Airborne and he was so dedicated to this country. I remember what his mom said to him when he asked her to sign his enlistment papers when he was 17. His dad was a retired veteran that went to Vietnam three times and she said, "No. I won't do it. This family has given enough. Let someone else's family do it." He said, "Mom, if you really believed that you would have raised me differently." She agreed, she signed and he went.
Sgt Vogeler's family had given far more than "enough". I personally wish we could limit the amount of time a servicemember can be exposed to a combat theater in their career. We are losing the best of us slowly and quietly. We have become lazy, complaining, spoiled children. We bemoan taxes, politics or whatever is the cause celeb while people like you and Sgt Vogeler do all of the giving to earn the security we enjoy that allows us to be spoiled.
I'm sorry for the long post. This is a subject that animates me greatly.
Its always sad to loose yet another person in this way my thoughts go out to the family and friends he left behind.
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I know there are a ton of people on here who by now know what my profession of choice is, and I cannot thank you enough for the support that you show day in and day out for myself, and the people like me who choose to put on a uniform and place ourselves in harm's way. However, today I would like to bring your attention to something not quite as fun what we're used to here on Liberty.
This morning, I arrived at work and was going through the headlines online and one caught my attention. http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/201...al-homecoming/
The article is about a guy that I had the pleasure of becoming friends with this past January and February. We were both attending a course for senior Army noncommissioned officers at Fort Benning, and over the course of the time we were there, got to develop a decent enough friendship as one can expect to make in 8 weeks of school. I didn't know him all that well, but what I did know of him I won't forget. He, along with a few other guys I met there, really made the course a lot less boring than it really was. Seeing this story really floored me.
I know he chose to do what he did without any reservations whatsoever. Heck, one doesn't get to wear a Ranger tab just for showing up every day, let alone earn the distinction of being called a Ranger. As a fellow infantryman, I know that doing what I do comes with a certain degree of danger, and I accept that every day, just as I have for the last 14 years now.
During the last 9 years I have unfortunately had to deal with the loss of at least 6 other friends, and every time it blows me away that someone else I know has been taken from "we, the people". Because of people like Lance Vogler we have the ability to enjoy being heroes, villains, rogues, or vigilantes whenever we want. I'm not trying to stand on a soap box here, more like just venting. It's people like him though, that I dedicate my characters to, as a way to keep their memories living on.
To borrow my friend American Valor's signature, "When you wake up seek the courage and strength to do the right thing. Decide that this will be another day in which you 'Walk The Talk.'"
Thanks for letting me vent Liberty.
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