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Groundbreaking lesbian Air Force officer killed in Afghanistan
Reuters.com ^ | 12-22-15 | Barbara Goldberg

Posted on 12/22/2015 11:10:46 AM PST by windcliff

A female officer in the Air Force who was one of the first openly gay service members to marry was identified on Tuesday as among the six U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

Facebook postings on Tuesday by friends and family of Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen mourned her death on Monday and sent condolences to her wife Heather and son Jacob, who live near Washington, D.C.

"We do find comfort in knowing that Heather and Jacob are no longer in the shadows and will be extended the rights and protections due any American military family as they move through this incredibly difficult period in their lives," said the posting from Military Partners and Families Coalition.

Six American troops, including Vorderbruggen, were killed Monday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck their patrol in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces this year.

Bagram, around 40 km (25 miles) north of Kabul, is one of the main bases for the 9,800 U.S. troops left in Afghanistan after international troops ended combat operations last year.

The victims included New York City Detective Joseph Lemm, a 15-year veteran of the NYPD who also volunteered in the U.S. Air National Guard and was on his third deployment to war zones.

"Detective Joseph Lemm epitomized the selflessness we can only strive for: putting his country and city first," New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a statement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio sent his condolences to Lemm's wife and two children, saying in a statement they were among so many American families this holiday season "who have an empty chair at the dinner table because one of their loved ones went off to defend our country and never came back."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: afganistan; dyke; goodriddance; homosexualagenda; lesbian
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To: windcliff

Never trust a muzzy. homo or not.


21 posted on 12/22/2015 11:28:43 AM PST by soycd
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

>nothing else matters

Very true ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCrJ2jwIaeo


22 posted on 12/22/2015 11:30:22 AM PST by soycd
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To: VanDeKoik

In Obama’s America, yes.


23 posted on 12/22/2015 11:31:06 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. � Robert Heinlein)
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To: driftdiver
"How do two lesbians have a son?"

I Don't know, I have yet to figured out how they tell the bride from the groom.

24 posted on 12/22/2015 11:31:14 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: windcliff

RIP to ALL the victims, not just the media-heralded special group ones.


25 posted on 12/22/2015 11:32:09 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: windcliff

This is news?

#Gaymilitarylivesmatter

Everyone else (and their families?) Meh.


26 posted on 12/22/2015 11:32:54 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: jwalsh07

Reporters have not been told what the mission was and they have speculated to fill in holes, making a number of errors. The classified report makes it clear what happened. DoD will release more details in the days ahead.


27 posted on 12/22/2015 11:36:12 AM PST by centurion316 (,)
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To: Vaquero
This country needs an enema.

A very large one........


28 posted on 12/22/2015 11:36:30 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: windcliff

Rest in peace.

29 posted on 12/22/2015 11:38:11 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Agreed. Thx.


30 posted on 12/22/2015 11:48:30 AM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: windcliff

Well, now people have to care. /s


31 posted on 12/22/2015 11:51:06 AM PST by servo1969
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To: windcliff

32 posted on 12/22/2015 11:51:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: windcliff

Air force major as part of a 6 man patrol? They need to come up with better stories.


33 posted on 12/22/2015 11:52:07 AM PST by PAR35
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To: All

Major (Left) and her wife Heather Lamb

34 posted on 12/22/2015 11:53:50 AM PST by QT3.14 (USA is facing assisted-suicide by the Left)
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To: windcliff

Prayers for she and her family, and all the families of those killed-That they be comforted through their sorrow, at this most difficult time.


35 posted on 12/22/2015 12:01:25 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

I don’t give a dam if she went with men or women or was black, white, highyeller, or green.
If she fought and died for my freedom I have exactly the same respect for her I show every other vet.
I’ll take up the gay issue another day.


36 posted on 12/22/2015 12:04:05 PM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: VanDeKoik
She was that important that the other people killed are just relegated to a footnote?

I think only two have been identified so far, her and the New York City detective. And he was identified yesterday.

37 posted on 12/22/2015 12:06:18 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: windcliff

“no longer in the shadows” Mom #2 and child were/are illegal aliens?


38 posted on 12/22/2015 12:06:22 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: windcliff
What was a USAF major doing on a ground patrol?

Wouldn't that be well below her pay grade?

39 posted on 12/22/2015 12:07:58 PM PST by wideawake
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To: envisio
If she fought and died for my freedom I have exactly the same respect for her I show every other vet.

It's pretty sad that so many around here don't agree with that.

40 posted on 12/22/2015 12:08:52 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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