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By The Armorer on July 17, 2007 | | Comments (2)

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TRANSITION TEAM AIRMAN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Air Force Master Sgt. Randy J. Gillespie, 44, died of wounds suffered from small arms fire July 9 in Herat, Afghanistan.

Gillespie was serving on a transition team that trained under and deployed from 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is Coaldale, Colo.

Gillespie was assigned to the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.

Transition team training is a 60-day training cycle to prepare small teams of American Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors to advise, teach, mentor and coach their Iraqi or Afghan counterparts.

It's not been since WWII, I believe, when enlisted casualties outpaced officer casualties in the Air Force. Nature of this war.

Make a hole down there in the 'Green! Airman coming in!

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

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By Barb on July 17, 2007 10:49 AM
Then again - the mission of training the Iraqi and Afghani forces is very different from the typical mission of the enlisted in the Air Force and Navy, is it not? Typically, the AF enlisted would have been on the ground at a base, or flying as crew. Different times... RIP, Master Sgt Gillespie. Job well done - your brothers await you at Fiddler's Green.
 
By Neffi on July 17, 2007 11:52 AM
Coaldale? That's not even a town, just a small community in the sticks between Salida and Canon City...