โHe was only 28 years old when Afghanistan took him from the men he served beside and the family waiting for him at home.โ ๐บ๐ธ Today we honor the life and sacrifice of Staff Sergeant Kyle R. Warren, a U.S. Army Green Beret who gave his life during combat operations in Afghanistan on July 29, 2010. A warrior. A medic. A teammate. And one of the quiet professionals who carried enormous responsibility far from public attention. Kyle Warren served as a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha medical sergeant with C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), operating as part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force โ Afghanistan. Men in those teams are expected to master far more than combat alone. A Green Beret medic must be able to fight, lead, survive, and provide advanced medical care under some of the harshest conditions imaginable. Because on isolated missions deep inside hostile territory, there is often nobody else coming. Born in Huntington Beach, California, Kyle enlisted in the Army in 2004. Three years later, after completing the grueling Special Forces Qualification Course, he earned the Green Beret in 2007. That achievement alone reflects years of physical punishment, mental pressure, and relentless standards few people ever fully understand. But Kyle continued pushing further. His military training included SERE, Military Freefall, Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat, and multiple advanced operational qualifications that prepared him for some of the worldโs most dangerous missions. By 2010, he was serving his second deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Then came July 29. During a combat reconnaissance patrol in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Kyle Warren and Captain Jason Holbrook were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated beneath their patrol. Two Special Forces soldiers. Two teammates. Gone in an instant. Kyle Warren was only 28 years old. Behind every Green Beret lost in combat is more than rank and training. There is a family carrying the silence afterward. Teammates remembering the missions and moments nobody else saw. And a brotherhood forever marked by absence. For his courage and service, Staff Sergeant Warren was posthumously awarded a second Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal. But those who served beside him likely remembered something greater than medals. A man trusted enough to wear the Green Beret. A medic responsible for keeping others alive under fire. And a teammate willing to walk into danger beside his brothers again and again. Today, Kyle Warren is remembered by his wife Sandra, his mother Lynn, his father Del, his fellow Green Berets, and the soldiers who knew exactly what kind of man he was.
๐บ๐ธ Two warriors gone too soon. Never forgotten. De Oppresso Liber.
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SENATOR TIM SHEEHY: How many genders are there?
HEGSETH: Two.
SHEEHY: I know that well, I'm a "she-he (Sheehy)." What is the diameter of a rifle round fired out of an M4A1?
HEGSETH: 5.56.
SHEEHY: How many pushups can you do?
HEGSETH: I did 5 sets of 47 this morning.
SHEEHY: Most important strategic base is in the Pacific?
HEGSETH: Guam.
SHEEHY: How many rounds of 5.56 can you fit into the magazine of an M4 rifle?
HEGSETH: Standard issue is 30.
SHEEHY: What size round is the M9 Beretta standard issue sidearm for the military?
HEGSETH: 9mm.
SHEEHY: What kind of batteries do you put in your night vision goggle?
HEGSETH: Duracell.
SHEEHY: You represent what warfighters deal with every day on the battlefield. You understand them. What happens is - decisions made in rooms like this cause d*ad 17, 18, 19-year-old Americans. Your priority is warfighters. I support you.
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Never forget Chief Warrant Officer Michael Stephen Duskin, 42, of Orange Park, Fla. He died Oct. 23, 2012 of wounds received from small arms fire in Afghanistan. This was his second deployment to Afghanistan in that position. He is survived by his wife and three children. Duskin's military awards and decorations include 2 Bronze Star Medals and the Purple Heart.
Rest easy Hero ๐บ๐ธ
On this day we remember Corporal
Jeremiah Baro and Lance Corporal Jared Hubbard, 2/5 STA, both KIA on November 4, 2004. Baro and Hubbard had been friends since high school and joined the Marine Corps under the buddy program after 9/11.
They both deployed to Iraq for the invasion with 2/5, but in different companies. After returning from Iraq they both took and passed the Scout Sniper Indoc. They deployed to Iraq a second time in 2004 as a Sniper/ Spotter team.
Late one night they were crossing a road during a patrol when an IED exploded and they were both fatally wounded. They had spent their teenage years together, joined the Corps together, fought together, and on that November night, they died together.
May their sacrifice never be forgotten!
Jaimie Leonard graduated from West Point in 1997 and began her Army career with the 10th Mountain Division.
Her path wound through the fragile peace of Bosnia in 1999, the dust-choked battles of Iraq in 2005, and the rugged heights of Afghanistan in 2011 and 2013. Across sixteen years of unwavering commitment, she gathered three Bronze Stars and two Meritorious Service Medalsโnot as trophies, but as quiet testaments to lives steadied by her hand.
In a Memorial Day reflection for her hometown Warwick Advertiser, her words cut clear and close: โPlease honor them in deedโฆ Take measure of what you have done for your country and ask yourself if you could have done more.โ
On June 8, 2013, in the sun-baked expanse of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Major Leonard and two fellow Americans fell to insurgents cloaked in the uniforms of allies they had trained. She was then the highest-ranking woman lost in the Global War on Terrorismโa sentinel who guarded the line until its end.
Promoted posthumously to Lieutenant Colonel, she rests now in the gentle slopes of West Point Post Cemetery, her grave a gathering place for echoes of reveille and the measured steps of those who salute her still.
God bless this American hero.
Please help me honor Army 2nd Lt. Tracy Lynn Alger, 30, who made the ultimate sacrifice on November 1, 2007 from wounds suffered when an improvised expl*sive device detonated near her venicle in Iraq. She served proudly with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Ky. Rest easy Hero ๐บ๐ธ
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