In case you forgot we are still fighting in Afghanistan, here is this morning's email from my boss:
Please stand with me in prayer for Danny Higgins and his family. Danny is a Mapping Tech here in Fort Worth. Danny’s son was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend while serving on his fifth tour with the Army Rangers protecting the freedoms that we so often take for granted here at home. Danny is on his way to Delaware to be present for his son’s homecoming. I can’t begin to imagine the sorrow he is feeling as he makes this journey.
WASHINGTON — An Army Ranger from East Texas has died in an enemy attack in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon identifies the dead soldier as 23-year-old Sgt. Tanner S. Higgins of Yantis. The Pentagon statement Sunday says Higgins died Saturday in Logar province of eastern Afghanistan when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire.
Higgins was assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Ga.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/15/3885301/soldier-from-texas-dies-in-action.html#storylink=cpy
That's a damn shame! My prayers go out to his family!
Oh man... I am so very sorry to read this. Breaks my heart. 🙁 :u:
RIP fine soldier. :love:
Both my sons served with him in the Rangers as they were all stationed in Savannah, Georgia at Hunter Army Airfield inside of Fort Stewart.
My two mustered out last year, but while they were doing their deployments they assured me that the Rangers loose very few ...
A touching song from Texan Radney Foster to another Texan.