And everyone stationed on Military posts on American
Soil will never forget today.
“ Eleven people plus an attacker were killed and 31 were wounded after a gunman opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday…” photo and news courtesy of: CNN
CNN plays continuously throughout our facility on post, and as word spread here in Fort Leavenworth, KS , I think we were all in some form of pain for those victims and families.
We empathized. We immediately felt for those dozens of Soldiers and the feeling was multiplied to the nth degree because this person who wore the uniform, I won’t even dignify him by calling him a Soldier, he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
The fact that he was angry that he was being deployed to Iraq… just shows he was the world’s worst coward.
There are single mothers with infants who have been deployed to Iraq and have served their country with dignity, and guess what? They aren’t coming home the same person inside…
All the speculation by the News media who gave this person the benefit of the doubt, ”oh he was stressed…” la de da…give me a big fat break!
Doug and I spent the better part of the night rolling our eyes at the T.V. All evening we heard only one person who made any sense, and that happened to be a veteran who’d been there done that, in Iraq.
Listen closely America. Listen to your warriors cry loud. They need your support more than ever.
Rest in Peace Fellow Soldiers.
My husband is a Soldier and a medic. We have such a peaceful post here. Our families live in peace. But Soldiers DO train for events such as this.
Mass Casualty is something NO one wants to think about ever! But Soldiers train for it, and for that, we are all grateful.
*photo of Doug participating in a Mass Casualty excercise.
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when I heard about this. My heart goes out to the victims, the wounded and all of their families.
I think Obama said it best when he said it’s terrible enough to have our soldiers killed in actaion oversea’s but on our own soil by a fellow soldier is just horrific!
Rest In Peace Soldiers!
What a sad day in American history.
He was angry that he was being deployed to Iraq? I’m sorry, but when you join the military, isn’t it understood that you will go where they tell you and it’s not going to be a picnic?
This is so sad.
Gary~So much needs to be investigated still. The war has taken it’s toll on our Soldiers. All the details we’re hearing on the news…this guy should have been investigated a long time ago.
Terri~ Well, he was muslim so… probably did not want to fight against other muslims. made so many comments against the war…etc. Yes they do understand the threat of deployment, that’s why he’s a coward. I say drop him off in the big sandbox in the middle of the night and let our boys take care of him.
That’s terrible. A couple of terrorists were busted just in time here in Australia as they were planning to enter an army base & shoot as many soldiers as they could before they were captured or killed themselves. Also in Australia recently a soldier was killed by a fatal bullet to the head while they were undergoing a training exercise with live ammo in preparation for deployment to Iraq. Another soldier was also shot & seriously injured.
Tony~glad they got whoever it was that was planning that. There’s a lot of things here that were “caught” before carried out, since 9-11.
I think when it happens on your own turf, it’s especially brazen. That sucks they were using live ammo with the 2nd situation. i think about Doug’s paintball to the artery when I hear that.