2 SEALs killed in Afghanistan fighting

[unhappycamper]

2 SEALs killed in Afghanistan fighting
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 6:07:35 EDT

Two Navy SEALs from southeastern Michigan have been killed in combat Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator John Wayne Marcum, 34, of Flushing, and Chief Special Warfare Operator (Select) Jason Richard Freiwald, 30, of Armada, both died Friday from injuries suffered during a battle with heavily armed militants, the Defense Department said Sunday in a statement.

Marcum and Freiwald were temporarily forward deployed from their assignments at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group in Virginia Beach, Va.

Marcum was a graduate of Flushing Senior High School who enlisted in the Navy in 1991 and joined the SEALs after completing basic training, the Defense Department said. He transferred to the Special Warfare Development Group in 2000 and won numerous combat awards, including four Bronze Stars.

Marcum’s survivors include his wife Cynthia and a daughter, Madison, of Virginia Beach; and his parents, Wayne and Luellen Marcum of Flushing.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_sailors_killed_091508/%2e



uhc comment: To date five hundred ninety one soldiers have died in the Afghanistan adventure --> http://icasualties.org/oef/

[trumad]

1. Fuck!

[barbtries]

2. tell me again why we're in this war.

tell me why people have to keep on dying, violently and prematurely. tell me why this must be.