09-27-2011, 22:18
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Another Digger lost
Only reported a few minutes ago...
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A New Zealand SAS Trooper received head wounds from insurgent small arms fire, while in support of the Afghan Army Crisis Response Unit, outside Kabul today. He died a short time later at a US Army medical facility. The Troopers name has yet to be released.
This second loss by the 1NZSAS follows hard on the tight-knit communities first KIA in support of the war on terror, the death of Cpl Douglas Grant, killed in action while also in support of the Afghan Army CRU less then six weeks ago, on August 19th.
This is surely hard felt in the small New Zealand Special Operations community of at most a Company of line troopers and maybe that again of, HHC, training group, and anti-terrorist commando soldiers.
This 16 man SAS troop is only two months into its rotation, however John Key the New Zealand Prime Minister in answer to calls from the liberal members of parliament to withdraw the unit, has reiterated that two deaths so early in a rotation, will not deter "these professionals" from continuing their important mission.
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Rest easy Digger,
Prayers out to the family and the Regiment.
Kia marohirohi, Kia kaha, Kite mau te rongo, Maumahara te aroha
(Be strong, Drive on, Find peace, Remember the love)
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We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
-- Phillip Brooks
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp"
-- Robert Browning
"Hooah! Pushing thru the shit til Daisies grow, Sir"
-- Me
"Malo mori quam foedari"
"Death before Dishonour"
-- Family Coat-of-Arms Maxim
"Mārohirohi! Kia Kaha!"
"Be strong! Drive-on!"
-- Māori saying
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09-28-2011, 00:51
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RIP Soldier.
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09-28-2011, 00:53
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Rest easy soldier.
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09-28-2011, 08:37
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Rest in Peace....
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09-28-2011, 11:41
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Asset
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Location: Spokane, WA
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NZ SAS Trooper
Rest in peace Mate.
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De Oppresso Liber
Who dares wins
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09-28-2011, 12:45
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God Bless,Rest in Peace Warrior........... 
He was just a simple soldier and his ranks are growing thin
But his presence should remind us; we may need his like again,
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that might say:
OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, FOR A SOLDIER DIED TODAY. (author unknown)
The passing of our soldiers often go unnoticed and unsung by most of the world, remembered only by family and friends. Wish it were not so. May he RIP, his family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Big Teddy
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09-29-2011, 03:26
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RIP Warrior, Vaya con Dios..
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09-29-2011, 07:28
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Rest In Peace and Thank You
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09-29-2011, 09:08
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Rest in peace Trooper.
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I am the most offending soul alive."
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09-29-2011, 11:05
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Area Commander
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RIP. Thoughts and prayers go out toyour family and friends.
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09-29-2011, 11:05
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be at peace...trying to save a life, a great and noble cause
ss
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(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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09-29-2011, 22:10
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Rest in Peace, Trooper.
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