Specialist Jordan Byrd served as a medic in the 101st Airborne. When his unit came under fire during an operation, Byrd watched as one of his fellow soldiers went down with a shot to the leg. Without hesitation, Byrd rushed to his aid across 30 meters of open ground,...
Sgt. Timothy P. Padgett was born on January 13, 1979 in Geneva, Ala. He was a Special Forces medical sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. Padgett was killed May 8 when a combat patrol he was supporting was...
A Green Beret was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan. The Pentagon identified the soldier as 41-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Griffin out of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington. Griffin was killed by enemy fire...
Honoring Marine Handler – Corporal Max William Donahue, July 14, 1987 – August 7, 2010, Killed In Action OEF We honor you, Max Donahue. (#Repost @CWD Mazzie NDD)
As both an Army officer and an Army wife, First Lieutenant Megan Ewens understood the dangers her husband, Forrest, faced when he shipped out for Afghanistan in March. If anything should happen to her husband, she told a Colonel at Fort Drum, New York, she didn’t want...
