Posted on 07/07/2012 2:05:29 PM PDT by huldah1776
"The family of Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan blamed military strategy — and the nation's commander in chief — for continued deaths in Afghanistan on Friday, the day they laid the 21-year-old Marine to rest in York.
Steve Hogan, Hunter's father, buried his son in York Friday afternoon and then released a statement that blasted the military's rules of engagement in Afghanistan. Those rules have handcuffed Marines like his son as they try to wage war, he said, adding to the danger they face in some of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan."
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
I am downloading all the info I can to create a memorial page. I have no images of the time at the cemetery. Where did you get this picture?
There are pictures at a link at the top of the newstory you posted, but my photos are from friends who traveled with family to Nebraska for the funeral....They posted three on face book and we’ve been passing them around making sure all local people see them....Have started sharing the links you gave too
Here’s a link to news article the pictures.
http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=3736
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The horrible and stupid foreign-military policy and tactics that this country has and continues to undertake in the Middle East should not take away from honoring the courageous sacrifice that his young man has made in the service of his country and his fellow citizens. May God bless this young man and his family.
Obama you mean? Not an amateur. A professional panderer. Seems the reason he has such lame ROE is because he doesn’t want to warn clueless goatherds in Afghanistan that it really isn’t a good idea to wander around in a war zone.
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