13 US Service Members killed, 18 wounded

Devil Doc said:
She came in peace. Left in a flag draped casket.

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On an earlier post, before I knew of the identities of the service members killed , I wrote “servicemen”. Now I know they were not all men that perished. Of the Marines killed, two were women – SGT Nicole Gee and SGT Johanny Rosario. For me it is a jolting reminder that for those that serve, death does not discriminate based on gender, race, or creed. This poem is in memory of all of them.

To Those I Love

by Isla Paschal Richardson

If I should ever leave you whom I love

To go along the Silent Way,

Grieve not,

Nor speak of me with tears,

But laugh and talk Of me as if I were beside you there.

(I‘d come-I‘d come, could I but find a way!

But would not tears and grief be barriers?)

And when you hear a song or

See a bird I loved,

Please do not let the thought of me be sad...

For I am loving you just as I always have...

You were so good to me!

There are so many things I wanted still

To do—so many things to say to you...

Remember that I did not fear—

It was just leaving you that was so hard to face...

We cannot see Beyond...

But this I know:

I loved you so –

Twas heaven here with you!​
 
WT Door said:
On an earlier post, before I knew of the identities of the service members killed , I wrote “servicemen”. Now I know they were not all men that perished. Of the Marines killed, two were women – SGT Nicole Gee and SGT Johanny Rosario. For me it is a jolting reminder that for those that serve, death does not discriminate based on gender, race, or creed. This poem is in memory of all of them.

To Those I Love

by Isla Paschal Richardson

If I should ever leave you whom I love

To go along the Silent Way,

Grieve not,

Nor speak of me with tears,

But laugh and talk Of me as if I were beside you there.

(I‘d come-I‘d come, could I but find a way!

But would not tears and grief be barriers?)

And when you hear a song or

See a bird I loved,

Please do not let the thought of me be sad...

For I am loving you just as I always have...

You were so good to me!

There are so many things I wanted still

To do—so many things to say to you...

Remember that I did not fear—

It was just leaving you that was so hard to face...

We cannot see Beyond...

But this I know:

I loved you so –

Twas heaven here with you!​
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This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
 
AF6872 said:
Sandy Hook is a few miles from my house and when the first reports came over the radio of a school shooting my wife was teaching first grade at a near by grammar school. Think about how that feels.
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That is horrible beyond words. Like a punch to the gut. Nightmare.
 
LT360 said:
These deaths were completely senseless and avoidable. We were retreating, packing up to leave. Why hit us? Why kick the hornets nest?
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When one leaves unprotected individuals in a hornets nest and leaves the hornets in charge with billions of tech and ammo and war fighting equipment, one cannot be surprised when this untrustworthy group acts in their own self interests.
The order of events in this exodus is the issue. It is shocking to me. It is unconscionable. I am an untrained civilian and I knew Bagram was critical in this landlocked enemy surrounded country.

I’m sorry for ranting. The OP wanted to remember the fallen. And I do. My heart is heavier these last hours then anytime I can remember in my lifetime regarding our country and it’s citizen soldiers.
 
Rest In Peace.
Semper Fidelis.
Fair winds and following seas, good shipmate.

Grab a Kleenex.
 
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