Saturday, September 25, 2010
Enjoy war in Afghanistan?????????
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ASHOQEH, Afghanistan — When a bomb exploded under Dan Luckett's Army Humvee in Iraq two years ago — blowing off one of his legs and part of his other foot — the first thing he thought was: "That's it. You're done. No more Army for you."
But two years later, the 27-year-old Norcross, Georgia, native is back on duty — a double-amputee fighting on the front lines of America's Afghan surge in one of the most dangerous parts of this volatile country.
Luckett's remarkable recovery can be attributed in part to dogged self-determination. But technological advances have been crucial: Artificial limbs today are so effective, some war-wounded like Luckett are not only able to do intensive sports like snow skiing, they can return to active duty as fully operational soldiers. The Pentagon says 41 American amputee veterans are now serving in combat zones worldwide.
Luckett was a young platoon leader on his first tour in Iraq when an explosively formed penetrator — a bomb that hurls an armor-piercing lump of molten copper — ripped through his vehicle on a Baghdad street on Mother's Day 2008.
His Humvee cabin instantly filled with heavy gray smoke and the smell of burning diesel and molten metal. Luckett felt an excruciating pain and a "liquid" — his blood — pouring out of his legs. He looked down and saw a shocking site: his own left foot sheered off above the ankle and his right boot a bloody mangle of flesh and dust
Sunday, September 19, 2010
I want My Life To live myself:
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Don't Cry , I will Come again in this world not to kill other but give life others.
The soldier, from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, was shot in southern Afghanistan on 23 August.
The 22-year-old, from Bolton, died in hospital on Friday.
Kingsman Deady's family, who were with him when he died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, said he fought to make a difference.
The death brought the total number of British military personnel killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began to 335.
Kingsman Deady joined the army in 2008 and was based in Cyprus before he was sent to Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said he was helping to protect a "vital location" in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand when his unit came under "prolonged, intense small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire".
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Kingsman Deady was fatally wounded and given first aid by comrades which kept him alive, the MoD said.
His family were present when he died.They said in a statement: "Darren was proud to do a job that he loved and most of all believed in.
"His little brother once turned round to him and asked him, 'Why do you fight?'
"Darren simply replied, 'To make a difference'."
The statement concluded: "There is only one thing left to say now - please don't forget him."
Lt Col Robbie Boyd, his commanding officer, said: "Kingsman Darren Deady was a tiny man with the heart of a lion.
"No one in my battalion was as good or as accurate with a grenade launcher - he fired it time and again on two separate tours to protect the team he was ferociously loyal to
Its Enough: Cann't More death
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337 British military personnel killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 , after a soldier from the Queen's Royal Lancers and another from the Royal Engineers died in an explosion on 18 September.
Of all those killed, 40 have died from accidents, illness, or non-combat injuries. Others have yet to be assigned a cause of death. Details of fatalities are in the table below
Of all those killed, 40 have died from accidents, illness, or non-combat injuries. Others have yet to be assigned a cause of death. Details of fatalities are in the table below
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