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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Sorry for the loss of your friends. Care to share something about them that made them who they were?
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Thanks for asking.
Bill volunteered to be a commander of a California National Guard unit after they had experienced some problems. Good, solid soldier. Tough, focused, but always down to earth and real.
Jaimie was smart, funny, talented and was clearly headed places. Tenacious when she needed to be. She was the kind of person that made the room brighter the instant she entered.
Hans was young and enthusiastic. It was contagious. We deployed to Kosovo together and then I left the division before they deployed less than a year later to Iraq. He died while on patrol during that deployment.
It’s hard to fathom even all these years later. Young, bright people who were taken from this world too soon. I hope their families found some peace and solace.