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Please welcome home William HopperStryker Brigade, Ft. Lewis WashingtonMy hubby and I will be attending his Welcome Home party on Thursday evening and I would love to deliver to him your thanks and appreciation!   He is the son of one of my hubby's friends.  

[Updated: 5:20 p.m., Wednesday] Matthew Steyart, the 21-year-old soldier from Mount Shasta killed earlier this week in Afghanistan, was remembered Wednesday as an enthusiastic, likeable, hard-working and fun-loving outdoorsman. "He had a great work ethic that was a part of everything in his life," said Rodney Greer, his wrestling coach at Mount Shasta High School, where Steyart graduated in 2002. "He just gave 100 percent, from zero to full throttle, nothing in between. That was the way he lived his life." The Army said in a press release that Steyart died Tuesday while on patrol in the village of Shah...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2005 – A U.S. Marine engaged in combat operations against enemy forces near Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, was killed in an improvised explosive device attack Nov. 26, officials in Iraq announced today. The name of the Marine, who was assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), is being withheld until the family is notified. Meanwhile, Operation Numur, or "Tigers," continues with Iraqi soldiers in the lead and has resulted in the capture of several weapons caches and several terrorist suspects, officials reported. The terrorist suspects include Imad Salih Al-Fahdawi, a known insurgent linked...