Fallen Soldier
Kaj and I are in the final stages of piecing together our show on remote control warfare. When we came up with the idea to highlight different technologies, we wanted to focus on technologies in development to fight wars of the future. But today, I’m reminded that the future wars might just be the same wars we’ve been fighting all along...i.e. Afghanistan.
A couple of years ago, Cerissa (Vanguard producer) came up with the idea to create a thoughtful moment of remembrance for fallen soldiers to play on Current every Friday. It was a graphic package listing the name, rank, age and hometown of the fallen along with where they died and how.
If we had a Fallen Soldiers for this week (so far), it would read a little like this:
The following Marines died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska.
Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y.
Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio.
Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Mass.
*NOTE: There were at least 10 more American deaths this week in Afghanistan, but not all names have been released.
Recently on the Vanguard Blog:
- Drugs and Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge - Adam Yamaguchi
- A Geologist’s Analysis of the War in Afghanistan - Kaj Larsen
- Everything is connected: ecstasy, rainforests, and beyond - Adam Yamaguchi
- Street Hustlers, Militants, and Vanguard’s Mission - Mitch Koss
- Cambodia’s Coming Drug Crisis - Joanne Shen
A couple of years ago, Cerissa (Vanguard producer) came up with the idea to create a thoughtful moment of remembrance for fallen soldiers to play on Current every Friday. It was a graphic package listing the name, rank, age and hometown of the fallen along with where they died and how.
If we had a Fallen Soldiers for this week (so far), it would read a little like this:
The following Marines died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska.
Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y.
Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio.
Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Mass.
*NOTE: There were at least 10 more American deaths this week in Afghanistan, but not all names have been released.
Recently on the Vanguard Blog:
- Drugs and Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge - Adam Yamaguchi
- A Geologist’s Analysis of the War in Afghanistan - Kaj Larsen
- Everything is connected: ecstasy, rainforests, and beyond - Adam Yamaguchi
- Street Hustlers, Militants, and Vanguard’s Mission - Mitch Koss
- Cambodia’s Coming Drug Crisis - Joanne Shen
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- Afghanistan News, vanguard blog
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- War, Afghanistan, Military, Afghanistan War, 3 more
