We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:59:21 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification First, a Kansan in the 82nd Airborne Division. FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper died as a result of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire in Salah Ad Din, Iraq Monday. Corporal Eric C. Palmer, 21, of Maize, Kansas was a rifleman with 1st Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Abn. Div. Palmer joined the Army in September 2004. He completed Infantry One Station Unit Training in December 2004 and the Basic Airborne Course in March 2005 at Fort Benning, Ga. He reported to the 82nd Abn. Div. in March... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:33:25 -0600 I'll shout a round through the take-out window. No, I don't need to go inside, I understand the need to maintain *some* standards. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61622 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61622 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:48:50 -0600 Fiddlers' Green became "Branch Immaterial" during Vietnam. With the GWOT, it's now "Service and National Origin Immaterial"... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61610 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61610 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:22:24 -0600 i'm sure these fine grunts will be welcomed (might have to wipe their feet on the mat). i'll toast their service! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61594 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/kansas_casualti.html#comment-61594 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:22:24 -0600