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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 21, 2019, 10:16:31 pm

Title: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan, NATO mission says
Post by: TomSea on August 21, 2019, 10:16:31 pm
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2 US service members killed in Afghanistan, NATO mission says
Frank Miles

Two U.S. service members were killed in action Wednesday in Afghanistan, Fox News has confirmed.

A brief statement from the NATO Resolute Support mission confirmed the deaths and added that the service members' names are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin are notified, in accordance with Defense Department policy.

Further details were not disclosed.

Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-us-service-members-killed-combat-afghanistan (https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-us-service-members-killed-combat-afghanistan)
Title: Re: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan, NATO mission says
Post by: TomSea on August 23, 2019, 02:49:05 am
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Dan Lamothe
@DanLamothe
This is Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, who shared my hometown of Chicopee, MA. He and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, of La Puente, CA, were killed yesterday in Afghanistan's Faryab Province.

RIP.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECnDOnsWkAEkYB7?format=jpg&name=900x900)

https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1164676639718019073
Title: Re: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan, NATO mission says
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 23, 2019, 08:36:18 am
Prayers up for their families, friends, and brothers at arms!