Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker and Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia, Calif., assigned to 766th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling, 24, of Dalton, Mass., Spc. William J. Gilbert, 24, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., and Pfc. Cody J. Towse, 21, of Elk Ridge, Utah, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
For more information pertaining to Sgt 1st Class Baker the media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at 912-210-9375.
For more information pertaining to Spc. Daehling, Spc. Gilbert, and Pfc. Towse, the media may contact the Fort Bliss public affairs office at 915-472-0287.
Update: Casualty release updated May 20 to reflect a fourth soldier, Pfc. Towse, killed in this incident.
Saddling up for Synthesis
I’ve spent the last two years in the Army’s Command and General Staff College, and School of Advanced Military Studies. For those that follow Truth and Friction (thanks, Mom), you’ve probably noticed a lack of original posts over the past two years. My excuse: time. The required reading for these two schools has not been apologetically oriented in the slightest. C.S. Lewis has a quote on books by Christians, in which he says in essence that books about Christianity written by Christians are not likely to shake the atheist. However, reputable books on botany, chemistry, astronomy, physics, etc. that are written by Christians will shake him to the core. Along this line of thinking, my hope is that, as a Christian, my efforts and performance in my duties have an apologetic effect, even if not overtly presented as such.
However, now that my reading schedule is mine again, and I have a bit of time to write (now and then), it is time to begin to synthesize my learning over the past two years with my heart for apologetics. The two years has opened up some new lines of interest for me including just war theory, political theory, and military history. Oddly enough, as a military officer, military history has never been an interest for me until recently. All of these topics influence, and are influenced by, Christians and Christian reasoning. It is my desire to draw out those relationships.
We’ll see if the juice is worth the squeeze, because I’m likely to stray pretty far from common apologetical arguments and reasoning. I’ll let you be the judge. Either way…it’s good to be back on the blog.
To Christ be the glory…
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia, Calif., assigned to 766th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling, 24, of Dalton, Mass., and
Spc. William J. Gilbert, 24, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
For more information pertaining to Sgt 1st Class Baker media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at 912-210-9375.
For more information pertaining to Spc. Daehling and Spc. Gilbert media may contact the Fort Bliss public affairs office at 915-472-0287.
Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, of Oakley, Kan., died May 15, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, after drowning while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations. He was assigned to the 603rd Military Police Company, 530th Military Police Battalion, 300th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, Belton, Mo.
For more information please contact the 200th Military Police Command public affairs office at 301-693-3108 or 612-805-3544.
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died May 4, in Maiwand, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when their vehicle was attacked by an enemy improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36thInfantry, 1stBrigade Combat Team, 1stArmored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Killed were:
1stLt. Brandon J. Landrum, 26, of Lawton, Okla.,
Staff Sgt. Francis G. Phillips IV, 28, of Meridian, N.Y.,
Spc. Kevin Cardoza, 19, of Mercedes, Texas,
Spc. Thomas P. Murach, 22, of Meridian, Idaho, and
Spc. Brandon J. Prescott, 24, of Bend, Ore.
For more information please contact the Fort Bliss public affairs office at 915-472-0287.
