Tough Week for the 1st Infantry Divsion out at Fort Riley.

And they're taking the punches in Iraq *and* Afghanistan.

THREE TRANSITION TEAM SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Three transition team Soldiers died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle June 17 in Panjway, Afghanistan.

Killed were:
Captain Joshua E. Steele, 26.
Sergeant 1st Class Christopher D. Henderson, 35.
Sergeant 1st Class John M. Hennen, 26.

Steele was an active duty engineer serving on a transition team assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is North Henderson, Ill. He entered the Army in December 2002. [There is currently no photo available]

Henderson was an active duty infantryman serving on a transition team assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is Hillsboro, Ore. He entered the Army in August 1991, and he deployed with the 1st Infantry Division transition team in January 2007. This was his first deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

Hennen was a mobilized Army National Guard infantryman serving on a transition team assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is Vinton, La. He entered the Army National Guard in December 2003.

FORT RILEY SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ

Private First Class David A. Wilkey Jr., 22, died June 18 from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit June 17 in Baghdad, Iraq.

Wilkey was an infantryman assigned to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is Elkhart, Ind.

He entered the Army in January 2006 and began serving with the 1st Infantry Division in May 2006. This was his first deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

To date, 112 Fort Riley Soldiers have been killed while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I'm sure your comrades have grabbed a table and added it to the 1st Infantry Division's Stammtisch - and those frosty mugs of your favorite beverage are sitting on cheesy coasters.

Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam.