As in the previous post (Nov 8th), the following is the Abstract of a White Paper based on the work by a group of participants of a Distance Learning Network seminar hosted by Bob’s business school in Europe (the International Management Development Institute). If you are interested in receiving a copy of the full paper, please use the “Request More Information” link on our home page.

The 21st Century is one of promise for us all. Globalization opens up markets for small and large companies and technology allows us to access these markets at a fraction of the cost that our ancestors faced in the late 19th and the 20th century. However, while changes in technologies, policies, and the enviornment may offer both challenges and opportunities, mentalities (derived from the French term meaning the essence of mental thought within a cultural context) remain the same. We still try and sell to the wealthiest and ignor the market for the poor. If the majority of the world’s population is earning less than $1,500 (annual per capita), how can we use economic tools to better their life and help them (and us) make a profit?

Comrades, friends and fellow citizens;
There are a great many politicians in our country today, from both of the major parties, that seem to strive for a level of mediocrity that not only cheapens our republic but threatens its very existence. However, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is not one of them. His eloquence and rhetoric are matched only by his love for our country, and as evidence I thought I would post his most recent speech in the Senate.

Senator Byrd on Iraq and VP Cheney
Mr. President, if we look out the window in most of our great country, we can witness the season change. The air has become crisp with autumnal chill. The leaves on the trees change color: from the exuberant, green lushness of the summer months, to the tired brown, yellow and red of autumn, much like the graying hair of a man advancing in age.

Nature can sometimes mimic human events with a subtlety that no words can quite convey. As our country heads into the season that is celebrated with the love of family and home, Americans should also look across the landscape of America and reflect upon the loss of so many young Americans in the twelve months since autumn last fell upon us. In the past year, more than 820 service members have lost their lives in Iraq.

The evening news features pictures of American troops who have perished in service to our country. I am struck by these colorful mosaics of these troops: the green and blue of their uniforms, set against the background of the bold colors of our flag. Each of these proud troops holds an expression of pride and courage, even though many of them appear to be so young — 18 or 19 years old.

I can only imagine the grief of their loving families during this time of the year, as the somber tones of fall contrast with the joy of being with family during the upcoming holidays. I pray that God will comfort those who have suffered losses, that He will bless the fallen in their everlasting life, and that His hand will protect those who still serve in harm’s way.

That so many have sacrificed during this war in Iraq is reason enough to ask questions about our government’s policy in that faraway country. Our troops continue to shed their blood, and our nation continues to devote enormous sums of our national wealth, to continue that war. Whether one supported or opposed the war at its outset: no American must ever surrender the right to question the government.

The Constitution protects the American people from unjust laws that seek to stifle the patriotic duty to question those who are in power, but it is the courage of the American people that compels them to actually speak out when those in power call for silence. If anything, attacks on the patriotism of freedom-loving Americans may result in even more Americans fighting against attempts to squelch the Constitutional protections of freedom.

Since our country was sent to war on March 19, 2003, two thousand and seventy-three Americans have been killed. Nearly 16,000 troops have been wounded. Our military is straining under the repeated deployment of our troops, including the members of the National Guard. More than $214 billion has been spent in Iraq. Urban combat takes place each and every day in Baghdad. Veterans hospitals in our own country are threatened by budget shortfalls. And yet, Americans are still left to wonder, when will our brave troops be coming home?

I opposed the war in Iraq from the outset. But our troops were ordered to go to Iraq, and they went. The question is now: When will they come home? The Administration has so far laid out only a vague policy, saying our troops will come home when the Iraqi government is ready to take responsibility for its country. That sort of political doublespeak is small comfort to the mothers and fathers of our fighting men and women.

Wednesday evening, the Vice President of the United States even claimed that criticism of the Administration’s war in Iraq was “dishonest and reprehensible.” The Vice President’s comments come on the heels of comments from President Bush, who said, “What bothers me is when people are irresponsibly using their positions and playing politics. That’s exactly what is taking place in America.”

The President and the Vice President need to reread the Constitution. Asking questions, seeking honesty and truth, and pressing for accountability is exactly what the Framers had in mind. Questioning policies and practices, especially ones that have cost this nation more than 2,000 of her bravest sons and daughters, is a responsibility of every American. It is also a central role of Congress. We are the elected representatives of the American people. We are the men and women who are tasked with seeking the truth. But instead of working with the Congress, instead of clearing the air, the White House falls back to the irksome practice of attack, attack, attack, obscure, obscure, obscure.

The American people are tired of these reprehensible tactics. Circling the wagons will not serve this Administration well. What the people demand are the facts. They want their elected leaders to level with them. And, when it comes to the war in Iraq, this Administration seems willing to do anything it can to avoid the truth — a truth that I believe will reveal that the Bush Administration manipulated the facts in order to lead this nation on the road to war.

The Administration claims that the Congress had the same intelligence as the President before the war, and that independent commissions have determined that there was no misrepresentation of the intelligence. But neither claim is true.

The intelligence agencies are in the control of the White House. All information given to the Congress was cleared through the White House, and the President had access to an enormous amount of data never shared with the Congress. There was a filter over the intelligence information that the Congress received, and that filter was the Administration which was actively engaged in hyping the danger and lusting after this war in Iraq. Remember the talk of weapons of mass destruction, mushroom clouds, and unmanned drones? The so-called proof for war was massaged before it was sent to the Congress to scare members and leaked to reporters to scare the people.

No independent commission has stated that the case for war was indisputable. Commissions have looked at how the intelligence fell short. But none have yet examined possible political manipulation.

Even the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence stalled in its examination of possible White House manipulation. My colleague from West Virginia, the Ranking Member of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Rockefeller, is rightly pressing for answers.

Right now, we are engaged in a mission with no definition. That is troubling, because without a clearly defined mission it is impossible to determine when our mission is truly accomplished.

This week, the United States Senate had the opportunity to establish some very basic benchmarks for progress in Iraq, benchmarks that would have clearly outlined goals and provided accountability in meeting them. The proposal, offered by the Senior Senator from Michigan, Senator Levin, was a modest, flexible approach that would have given our troops, their families, the American people, and the Iraqi people some basic guide posts. Unfortunately, the Senate could not see the wisdom of this approach.

It is vital that we have benchmarks against which to gauge our progress. That is how we can measure effectiveness and, most importantly, how we know when the job is done.

The Administration’s strategy of keeping our troops in Iraq for “as long as it takes” is the wrong strategy. Who knows how long it will take for the Iraqi government to institute order in that fractured country?

Unfortunately, the questions that the American people are asking about the missteps and mistakes in the war in Iraq are not being answered by the Administration. Vice President Cheney has dismissed these important questions as “making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war.”

Perhaps the Vice President should question White House aides about using war for political advantage. For example, on January 19, 2002, the Washington Post reported that Karl Rove advised Republicans to “make the president’s handling of the war on terrorism the centerpiece of their strategy to win back the Senate and keep control of the House in this year’s midterm elections.” Does the Vice President have anything to say about that?

The Vice President also lashed out at those who might deceive our troops: “The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out.” Was the Vice President was trying to clarify some of his past statements on Iraq?

On March 24, 2002, the Vice President said that Iraq “is actively pursuing nuclear weapons at this time.”

On August 26, 2002, the Vice President said, “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.”

On March 16, 2003, the Vice President said, “We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.”

Are these the “pernicious falsehoods” that the Vice President believes our troops have been subjected to? That is, of course, a rhetorical question. Far from questioning his own statements about the war in Iraq, the Vice President’s comments are a ham-handed attempt to squelch the questions that the American people are asking about the Administration’s policies in Iraq. The American people should not be cowed by these attempts to intimidate us. The American people should not allow the subject to be changed from the war in Iraq to partisan sniping in Washington. Instead, the American people must raise their voices even louder to ask the Administration the same simple questions: What is your policy for Iraq? When will the war be over? How many more lives will this war cost? And when will our troops return home?

Mr. President, the holiday season is almost upon us. Americans will soon gather together to give thanks for the blessings that have been bestowed upon our families. But as we gather, there will be an empty seat at many tables. Some chairs will be empty because a service member is serving his country in a faraway land. Other seats will be empty as a silent tribute to those who will never return.

Each of these troops has fought to protect our freedoms, including the freedom of Americans to ask questions of their government — the people’s government.

The whole picture — the truth — is that the continued occupation of Iraq only serves to drive that country closer to civil war. American troops are now perceived as occupiers not liberators. The longer we stay, the more dangerous Iraq becomes, and the more likely it is that we will drive the future government farther from a democratic republic and closer to religious fundamentalism and, not insignificantly, the more American and Iraqi lives will be lost.

I for one believe that it is time to say “well done” to our brave fighting men and women. May Almighty God bless them — one and all. Let’s say, job well done, and start to bring the troops home.

so i know i’m a day early but i wanted to wish everyone reading this… *crickets*… a happy thanksgiving. i will be doing the wholesome family thing and going up to play some blackjack in atlantic city this weekend with all my fellow asians.

on a different note, how does the cook for west main not show up last night? we all tried to take our friend kristy out for her birthday and they closed the kitchen there because the cook didn’t show up. on a lighter note, south street on tuesday nights was as lively as ever last night. god i love that place.

lastly, why cant i stop listening to the new audioslave and foo fighters cd’s? chris cornell’s voice mixed with the rock that is rage against the machine is like mixing red bull and vodka. its one of those few things that takes 1 + 1 and makes it equal 11. and the foo fighters new release? i love the double disc setup of loud and not so loud. especially the dave grohl/norah jones duet.

i’m still getting over my sickness and i’m still taking cold medicine, so please bear with me.

^_^

you really should embrace the change in season.”

This is what my wonderful big sister told me this afternoon as I griped about the cold weather. Just so everyone knows… it’s like 35 degrees outside. Brrrrr. But I’ll have to give her credit… she does have a point. What would it be like without the change in season… absolutely boring. After we parted ways (after a delicious lunch at Henry’s) I thought about what she said. While we were waiting for our food I watched this adorable little girl turn around to her mother and ask, “Can we stay up until snows!?!?”. Her mother, like most adults, didn’t respond so much and probably gave the notorious “We’ll see” response. Think about it… remember when snow was exciting, when cold weather meant school was out, and warm weather meant the pool was about to open? As an adult, have I learned only to focus on the negative things in life? Instead of thinking that it might snow outside and loosing sleep because of the excitement I think it might snow outside and lose sleep over the fact that I won’t be able to drive my car. Even as I walked to my car after lunch I looked around… downtown is still so pleasant to look at even when there is no sun and your fingers are considering loosing all feeling. (Mental note: Break out the gloves) So all of this being said I’m going to try and not focus on how cold it is but instead try and relive the innocence of childhood. Is it really necessary to have such a gap in the optimistic mentality between children & adults. I don’t think so. Both want so much to be in the shoes of the other… obviously that is quite impossible. But maybe look for the bright side a little bit more in life. As adults we have already lived both lives… they have not. So we have the ability to take our experiences of adolescence and apply them to our sometimes pessimistic and, at times, way too pragmatic ways of thinking.

P.S. Please note the title of my blog has changed… one week without ciggies. I know, you’re all so proud!

Check out the new weather blox. An example of openlaszlo (an open source flash thingy)

I don’t want to be one of those fuddy duddy types who laments the downfall of the English language in the age of IM and text messaging, but…

IM and text messaging are the downfall of the English language! When I read an essay with less-than-stellar spelling, I’m lenient. Most of us are guilty of relying a little too heavily on the spell checker these days. When I read an essay with grammar errors, I’m a little more annoyed. Even with today’s more lenient grammar rules, there are still plenty of people who can’t consistently write well formed sentences.

I can’t help but wonder if tolerating poor spelling and grammar is contributing to the problem. After all, we all grew up using slang, but it wasn’t tolerated when speaking to teachers and professors. We knew when to “turn it off”. Maybe by allowing students to use poor grammar with us, we’re sending them a subtle message that the usage is correct.

Anyway, this can’t help the situation…this story comes from a subscription based website, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the newspaper for university administration and faculty.

WHERE4 R U ROMEO?
By The Chronicle of Higher Education / Wired Campus Blog
Are Cliffs Notes too detailed for you? Do texts like Paradise Lost and Wuthering Heights have too many pesky real words and not enough abbreviations? If you answered “yes” to either of those questions, Dot Mobile, a mobile-phone service for British students, has just the thing for you. The company is about to unveil a new service that condenses classic works of fiction — by turning them into text messages. A precis of Romeo and Juliet, for example, will run just five terse sentences: FeudTween2hses–Montague&Capulet. RomeoM falls_<3w/julietc@mary> Secretly Bt R kils J’s Coz%isbanished. J fakes Death. As Part of Pan2b w/R Bt_leter Bt It Nvr Reachs Him. Evry1confuzd-bothLuvrs Kil Emselves.

Oh dear.

I’m the lazy blogger!!! I haven’t posted anything for a week. What’s sad is I really don’t have anything to post. Congratulations to myself for having reached my week mark of not smoking. However, on Saturday and Sunday I did take a couple drags off other peoples cigarettes. But only four on Saturday and one on Sunday. Everyone will be happy to know that the drag on Sunday actually tasted awful. I have also started going to the gym with Ginnie and I need to make an appointment so that I can become a member. We worked out on Saturday and I am sore as poop. Not as sore as I’ve been the last two days but still hurting. That’s okay… it just means that this chickadee was way out of shape. So we’re supposed to go again tonight and I would like to start working out about 3 - 4 times a week. Can you say “motivated”.

I also have Thanksgiving to think about. My family is coming around 7pm Thursday so I seriously need to figure out what I’m going to fix for dinner and then go to the grocery store. My plan is to prep everything on Wednesday so that Ginnie and I can crash Tracy’s dinner Thursday afternoon. After we crash Tracy’s place then we will head back to my place, serve dinner, send everyone home and then call a cab to carry our tails DOWNTOWN. That is where we will meet up with everyone else and rock Thanksgiving like you just don’t know.

Then Ginnie is going to color my hair brown the next day… again. Apparently my hair is having issues with not being blonde anymore. Whatever… it’s going to be brown whether it likes it or not.

Oh yes… on a final note: I think Mellow Mushroom puts “something” in their pizza. Every time I’ve eaten there I’m in this weird “fog” afterward. Not saying this is bad or anything… if you want to veg out definitely eat at the Mushroom. But I wouldn’t operate heavy machinery afterward.

You all know how much I love Macromedia Flex. For those that don’t already know check out what the new Flex 2 enterprise services will have to offer….

http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flex_Enterprise_Services:overview

The messaging hooks are quite astounding.

Interesting ideas on what Google is going to do with all that dark fiber they are buying up. I would imagine that they do have some good ideas for it. Maybe building in the ability to use these apps in locally cached backends is what it will be. The power of distributed mega computers on their own backbones. I guess it will be a google internet on top of the internet.

Anyway, I leave it to you to deduce.

Again, click on the title of this entry to view article.

The time has come for a radical thought in the Transportation realm. Gov-elect Kaine should work with Virginia’s congressional delegation and the Administration to extend the Northeast Corridor from Washington down to Richmond. This new track should be built to the level that would allow trains in excess of 200 mph with stops in Washington, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, near Doswell, and Richmond. The stations near Fredericksburg and Doswell should be accessible from the Interstate with large commuter and long term parking. The majority of the track should be on an all new right of way dedicated to passenger traffic. The new trainsets required to meet this level of service should lower the trip time down under an hour. Now funding is always the sticking point. The funding could be done on an 80/20 federal/state partnership with the track and infrastructure owned by the state. This would meet the current administrations ideal of Amtrak being out of the right of way business while moving the Commonwealth forward. We make this work, yes with foresight and vision.

Long range planning and vision in Charlottesville, VA is a significant problem that only gets worse each year as it relates to transportation. Roads are getting more and more crowded to the point they are creating fuel wasting traffic jams and increasing commute times. When long range plans for roads are discussed mass transit in the form of light rail or trolleys are never thought about. When the plans were unveiled for the Meadow Creek Parkway several years ago I asked the VDOT and Commonwealth Transportation Board representatives if they had thought about adding in right of way for Light Rail. The response was a silence with a facial expression of Deer in the headlights. They were caught off guard and the only response was “No, we had not thought of that”. Perhaps it is time we look at an integrated solution that does not depend upon roads only, but adds other forms of transportation in the mix with enough foresight to set aside space for growth. We will have growth whether we want to or not so lets plan ahead and not wind up like Northern Virginia.

sorry to have not updated the brog in a couple of weeks. i can reel off a list of excuses, but lets face it, i’m lazy.

so i’ve come down with something which makes drinking beer very hard. my throat feels like i swallowed a brillo pad. i’ll be okay though because i’ve been mixing nyquil and dayquil a la the critic and everythings alright.

on a completely different note, the racing offseason and visa have obviously agreed to launch a campaign to destroy me. i got my new snow tires (yaaay), new wheels for the suby are coming soon as well as a rollbar and hardtop for the miata. this stuff isnt cheap, folks. i need to cut down my bartabs (cough……) or be more responsible with my budget.

damnit.

Okay, so today is Tuesday and Tuesday is the day for Realtor Open Houses. Realtor Open Houses are different than Public Open Houses in that you only know about them if you have access to the MLS or if you happen to see a sign that says “Open House”. Their purpose is to expose your listing to other Realtors. Now the key to getting other agents to your open house are knowing two very important things about your colleagues: a) We don’t like to drive very far and b) We really like food. So if your house is in town and you have some good stuff to munch on then you should attract at least a handful of agents out there. So before my open house starts I head over to Kroger to pick up some snacks (cheese, fruit, veggies, dip, water). Pretty simple list, you think. But what did I forget? What else is Tuesday famous for?

SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT DAY!!!
Oh My God. I am an evil, evil person for getting upset. But I pulled into Kroger and the thought crossed my mind, “Hmmm, I wonder why there are so many cars here at 10am during the week?” I’m a quick one, aren’t I? I didn’t realize what I had gotten myself into until I walked into the little area where the shopping carts are and witnessed and traffic jam of three carts. And that was not including me. I maneuver past this horrific site, take in the “over 55″ crowd and head straight toward produce. Now when I go to the grocery store it is completely different than when I go shopping for shoes or a new outfit. I know what I want, I’m in & I’m out. Done. I don’t get five feet into my mission and I’m hit with another road block. This time it’s a lady looking for something in her purse. Now is it just me or is my generation the only one that pulls off to the side when looking for something or browsing shelves? You don’t block the entire aisle!!! Okay I’ve got my fruits & veggies, now it’s on to get bottled water. At this point I feel like I’m in Super Mario Brothers and all the little mushrooms have turned old yet are still trying so hard to keep me from saving the princess.

See here is what is even worse about Senior Citizen Discount Day… they all know each other. So this is such the perfect moment to catch up on each others bridge games, retirement, and new prescriptions. (I have accepted the fact that I am going to hell for this blog). So every ten steps I run into a little social gathering. But some of them are in the motorized chairs and almost every one seems to be on a 10 second delay from my watch… cause time is ticking and that open house isn’t going to hold itself. I am nice through this whole thing (believe it or not), I get my cheese cubes and I think I may have cut a lady off on the paper plate aisle but I get plates, napkins & forks. Check out. My new goal at this moment is to pay and get out. But I am then caught as a caravan traveling .00001 miles per hour comes by. At this point, I’ve decided I’m not going to make it. Then comes my saving grace!!!!

SELF CHECK OUT!!!!
They don’t know how to use it so they are all piled up on the “cashier run” registers. I am saved by technology! I ring em, bag em & pay. I see the door. It’s sooooo close. But there is another social gathering blocking my exit. So I swing around a way too early Christmas display and start a dead run. Almost running over two more elderlies that are discussing today’s purchase of scratcher lottery tickets. So I back up and realize I’m trapped. Forever I will be stuck in Kroger on Senior Citizen Discount Day. No one is moving. No one cares. They don’t have anywhere to be. Desperately I look at my watch and then miraculously there is a break in the latest Medicare debate and I snatch my leave. As they all watch this young, hyper-ventilating lady escape their world I’m sure we were all thinking the same thing… she doesn’t belong here. No she does not. Never again. I will be chastised and yelled at for this blog… but I’m just going to have to accept that I am a &@#^ whipper-snapper who needs to learn a thing or two about respecting her elders. Which my response is, I do… as long as we don’t have to grocery shop together.

“So, what did you have to do at work today? Show a house or something?”
Classic Andrea moment,
last night on the way downtown.
I guess you had to be there….

I have just consumed more food than a lady of my size should really be able to consume. And on top of that I drank a glass of wine. I could pass out right now! My office had our Thanksgiving Dinner this afternoon and my head has been blurry ever since. I brought in the mack-daddy popular dish… Green Bean casserole. It is so easy to fix and so good at the same time.

Now if I can just digest what I’ve already eaten then I will have enough room for the fajitas I’m having with Ginnie tonight. I don’t know where we are going to go but just as long as they have a smoking section and good margarittas I’ll be fine!!! Yes, that is correct, I have not yet quit smoking. But I still have until January 25, 2006. That is the day I turn 25. After that I’ll just be on my way to 30 so I definitely can’t smoke then!!! Translation… on my way to looking old. Anyways… I am now going to get everything that I need to get done and then go home early and hit my couch!!! My head kinda hurts so I might pop some excedrin too.

Vote at Photo Friday.

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Yes, that’s correct ladies & gentlemen… it’s Saturday. The day that everyone scurries around their house and yard trying to do everything that needs to be done before your week starts again. My list of chores today:

1. Litter Boxes (this is actually done almost everyday)
2. Vacuum upstairs & the ferrets cage
3. Sweep and bare floor vac downstairs
4. Put dishes away
5. Laundry
6. Change bed linens
7. Clean bathrooms
8. Sweep back patio
9. Sweep off front walk and stoop
10. Dust (uggghhh!)
11. Update checkbook & quicken files
12. File papers in office
13. Buy new batteries for cordless phones

Sounds fun, doesn’t it? For all you kids out there that just can’t wait to grow up… Get over it. Live the life now… you don’t have a job, you don’t have a mortgage, you can have fun without dropping $50.00-$100.00 in a night… but most importantly, you don’t spend your Saturday marking things off your “to do” list.

On a more pleasant note and also an opportunity to procrastinate from my chores even longer… I had the best duck in the entire world last night. And a pretty good time too! After rounding up Ginnie & Tracy from Rapture, we linked up with Brett at the Tavern. Swung by and grabbed Andrea and off we went for our Friday night out. Having our plans up-rooted by the fact that Kokopelli’s will be closed until after Thanksgiving, the group of us headed to Mas in Belmont (Tapas… not Topless). There we munched on Duck, Tenderloin & Squid… Mmmmm, Duck. It was fabulous. I can’t believe I’m even typing this, but it was better than Duner’s. Surprising, I know. Somehow Brett managed to get drunk at Mas. I’m not sure when it happened… maybe somewhere between the first and fourth jaeger. So his last stop with us was the Tavern (again) where he slipped out the door at like 9:30pm. Early… very early.

So minus one, the remaining four of us head to Miller’s to meet Dave and a couple of his friends. The chickadee at Miller’s singing was very good and I need to make a note to find out who she was. By now the rest of us are all about 3 sheets to the wind so us girls cut ourselves off when we left Millers.

Next and final stop… Fellini’s & American Dumpster. Awesome, awesome, awesome band. The four of us, plus Dave and his two friends, pile in… it was crowded as poop. But we danced our tales off… I sat down eventually because my little feet were tired. Andrea headed home about 11-ish and Ginnie followed around 12-ish. Now comes the fun part. Getting Tracy home… who was beyond drunk. Waaaaaaay beyond drunk. Plastered doesn’t even do his state justice. I had sobered up at this point, having not had a drink for over two hours. So I drive Dave home and then Tracy. I never realized how much bigger Tracy was than I until I had to walk him to his door. Got him inside, got back in my car and looked at the time. It was only 1am. Not one of us had stayed on the DTM past 12:30am. Either we started early or we hit it hard once we started… either way, that was one incredibly early night. For us, at least.

I need some coffee… that’s what I need. I’m so tired it’s not even funny. If I could lay down on my desk and take a nap I would. Stupid floor time… come on 5:30!!!!

But anyways… so we were supposed to head out to Crozet this evening and visit Kokopelli’s but Tracy called and left me a message saying that they were closed until after Thanksgiving. So much for that idea I guess. This is our effort to vacate the DTM for a little bit. I’ve been informed that out of “respect” I should not go to Rapture for a month or so. I’m going a long with the idea but not out of “respect”. I acquired my reason and now I am in exit mode. Or maybe I should call it “shut down mode”. It really does suck though because that is where I go to dance… there isn’t anywhere else I can go to dance. (insert sympathy music here.) Not only that, but it’s my FAVORITE bar. I should have known… oh boy, I should have known a hell of a lot better. Yep, I’m a dumb ass. Dumb Ass.

So, this is soooo sad… I’ve actually broken out the Bites & Sights book to figure out where we are going to go this evening. Definitely going to stop in and see my Tubby Bear at Court Square and American Dumpster is playing at Fellini’s tonight. So maybe it won’t be so bad. Tracy and I always dance our butts off when they’re playing. I’m sure we will figure things out. I just don’t feel like hanging at Miller’s all night long. Maybe we will check out Escafe… Oh my god, I completely forgot about Blue Light!!! I’m saved… my weekends will be okay!

Really… I do need some coffee, though.

Those who have consumed phospho-soda in preparation for a medical procedure should not continue reading. You may experience post-traumatic stress syndrome, and I don’t want to fill out any paperwork after you hang yourself due to reading my blog. Anyway, last night I stared at this stuff I was supposed to take to prepare for today’s colonoscopy (which I was asleep for (THANK GOODNESS)), and it seemed relatively harmless. It even had “Ginger-lemon” flavor on the label. You know things are going your way when artificial flavors are added to things that could potentially make you crap yourself in public. So, yeah, I mixed it with water like it said and started chugging. And chugging. And chugging. And still there was half a glass left. All that chugging seemed like chugging because I felt like I was drinking something with the consistency of gasoline. So I braced myself and chugged the rest, except for the last mouthful left in the cup, which I spat out in the sink just to show who was boss. Luckily, though, I didn’t crap myself in public like I thought I would, which means I can keep all my non-made-up friends. Yippee! Too bad all that preparation went to some inconclusive, invasive procedure which left my intestines literally full of air. But that’s enough about me probably, so here’s something to take your mind off gassy intestines:

FlyI apparently heard I was thinking about flying out west for a reasonable price and decided to cancel all its flights out there. Fine. I can walk. Whatever. I’ll just walk on over to the “Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement ’s” house and paint it black. Or burn it , which is one thing French youth is good at, even if not validating their friggin cause whatsoever. Speaking of validation, the Natural History museum is trying to validate Darwin, as if he really holds a candle to the magnificent proof of creationism which Kansas schools are now going to teach. Oh wait, that’s right, there IS NO PROOF for creationsim. Note to parents: don’t adopt kids from Kansas unless you want to spend years of your life talking to a really dumb brick wall. And don’t adopt Amish kids from Minnesota because they might carry Polio. No, that wasn’t meant to be funny. Please leave. Same goes out to all you who are taking picture of illegal immigrants in Northern Virginia. And after you leave, please get a real job, just like the guy who flies a butterfly-mobile for publicity. If that isn’t up there with nuclear physicist I don’t know what our society is coming to. Nuclear physicists, however, probably wouldn’t have thought of blowing up cancer or finding a new reason to abort babies besides the fact that you’re a commie atheist. That means you’re like Chinese officials, who just sentenced a whistleblower to life in prison, instead of a Maryland firm’s chemical-dealing officials whose trades with Iraq killed thousands despite sanctions. Companies like that wouldn’t dare exist in Virginia, especially since KAINE WON!!! Sorry. I just hate Kilgore that much.

Ready for a picture? Yes, I can hear your thoughts. Feel free to tremble now.

Last night was awesome!!! My best friend actually came downtown with me…
and went to a…
wait for it…

BAR!!!

This was very exciting for me because she never, ever, ever goes out. We’ve been best friends since we were 17 and smoking up after school. Ahhh, how times have changed. She is (gasp!) married and has (yikes!) two kids. So needless to say there was a point in our lives together that we came upon a rather large fork in the road. Kim chose the simple family life style. I, on the other hand, took the road of a career and living my twenties for all they are worth!!! Both of us are very happy in our choices but we don’t have as much time together anymore. So I took her to Miller’s last night and she experienced a very low key night out. Ginnie was on the corner (ugh!) and who knows where Andrea was. But she did get to see Brett and meet Tracy. It was too fun… I just hope she feels okay this morning!

So, now I must actually do some of this career that I love so much. And just for kicks & giggles, here is a favorite character of mine… DOGBERT THE REAL ESTATE AGENT.

Not too much to post about this morning… I kept Miss Andrea out pretty late last night. I was on a mission!!! Although I have to say that even though I accomplished what I set out for the answers that I received were some what unsettling. I was glad to hear that the ex-girlfriend wasn’t the problem but then disappointed at the same time. Strange. Like every other warm blooded male out there, he wasn’t ready for a relationship. (this is me biting my tongue…) That’s all fine and dandy but why can’t people bring themselves to be honest instead of running away. Oh well… I’m glad I know or at least that I now have a platform to launch my exit from. I’ve felt like Mighty Mouse with an anchor the last couple weeks because I had no ground to take off from.

ANYWAYS….

Tonight is Girls Night… this is something that my sister-in-law, Michelle, and my best friend, Kim, and I do every Wednesday. I have no idea what we are doing tonight but I am sure it will involve eating and spending money. I do need another shower curtain and a rug for the downstairs of the ferrets cage. Apparently vinyl and ferrets don’t do very well together. This can all be accomplished at Target I believe. That or Bed, Bath & Beyond. We’ll see… hopefully they will show up. Back to work now… not getting paid to blog. Actually, not getting paid period. Isn’t commission great!?!?!

I know everyone says that their life is a soap opera but I’m really going to put it out there and say that my friends lives take the ultimate cake!!! The one good thing about it is that it doesn’t give me time to focus on my problems… which suck, by the way. Basically we all come from the famous Court Square Tavern in one way or another. Let’s see if we can explain this one:

Me (Becca) - Full time Realtor, former part-time CST waitress. Not too many issues in my life except men. But I am completely willing to accept all responsibility for my problems… excluding this last one. That one I’m still trying to figure out. I don’t know if I ever will. To put my screwed up way of thinking into perspective for the world wide web, I was involved with a guy I worked with (still friends with him) that ended up in me getting hurt. Shocking… right? Anywho… was completely celibate for all of 2004 and then some. 2005 hit and I just got angry. Decided that I would treat men how they treated me… just a girl out to have fun. That worked great until I had fun with someone I was actually interested in (another person I worked with… Travis). That fell to pieces and then I meet this latest one. I decided to go about it a different way and things were going great. Now he has disappeared…. I think back to his ex-girlfriend, but it’s not like he is telling me or anything. So, I have to say, I’m sad about that. That basically sums up my issues. Pretty low key if you ask me.

Andrea - Ahhh, yes. Andrea. ABC clerk, former Tastings waitress (owned by same guy that owns CST). She has been my downtown partner in crime since early 2005. Was there when the good girl shoes came off and a couple other things. >:) So we’ve basically made our mark on the downtown mall and can probably now officially be considered “fixtures”. But Andrea has one big problem in her life… his name is Brett. Friend of mine, former lover of mine (see above), but not good for Miss A. She is tee-totally in LOVE with this boy and he is just not getting it. I can’t explain it… he wants her back, then he doesn’t, then he does, then he doesn’t. So most of Andrea’s days are spent trying to figure out what in the world is going on in this crazy “relationship” that they have. Yes, do take note of the quotes there. She is also in a custody battle for her son so that makes her life even more hectic. Yeah… no good.

Brett - Bartender at Millers, former CST Bartender… involved with me in late 2003. Now having an “open relationship” with Andrea. I’m telling you right now, that’s not going to fly. When I met Brett he liked Cuervo & Coke. Then it changed to Cuervo on the rocks… now it’s just Cuervo. He likes to drink, he likes to party, and he is usually either extremely happy or looking for a rock to crawl under. He and Andrea live together and are the biggest hermits I’ve ever met. Seriously… they disappeared for like 4 days a little while back. They were in their bedroom the whole time!!! Freaks! Yes… I am very good friends with his current girlfriend (or whatever) and no it does not cause any problems.

Tubby - Full time Podcaster, Part time CST Bartender. My best guy friend in the world. Knows everyone but doesn’t hang out all the time. Every once in a while he might come out. He was my bartender when I waited tables and when he left Monday’s I just quit. I wasn’t going to work without my Tubbopotamus! We would have some of the best talks at 1am after we closed the bar down… a true friend that will always be there. And basically my own personal therapist in that he knows everything about me… probably even when I start my period. He certainly knows when I have PMS. Tubby just had a daughter with his wife/fiance Amy. I like Amy… I think she probably thinks we are all lunatics, but can you blame her? Tubby pretty much hangs on the proverbial fence and watches all the craziness unfurl. That would be because there isn’t a bit of info that I know that Tubby doesn’t find out about… I keep him well informed. And probably entertained, too!!!

Tracy - Full time… I don’t know. He works at a law firm and runs around a lot. Former CST Bartender/waiter. This would be my wonderful gay fiance. If I don’t find a nice guy in the next 10 years, well 9 now, then Tracy and I are going to just go ahead and get married. We can both be very materialistic and shallow and we can both admit it. The two of us have too much fun together!!! Tracy is probably more like me in that he doesn’t have too many problems except finding ways to get home after he has gotten hammered on the downtown mall. Sometimes he and his roommate fight… but not too much. They are too funny. They just went out to eat at OXO with Ginnie & I and we had the best time! Definitely the loudest table in there.

Ginnie - Full time hair dresser, former girlfriend of Tastings/CST dishwasher (weasel). Awesome chickadee who is loving being single right now! First really met her when we skinny dipped at KOA. That was awesome! I did cut my hand pretty bad but it healed. This is my restaurant girl! Boy, do we love to eat out! This girl has some serious style and she can make your hair look fabulous in a matter of minutes. Ginnie from the Block!!! She just cut & colored my hair and I have to say did a wonderful job. Don’t use box color if you know this girl cause she will seriously jap slap your butt. She is fairly new to the group so nothing big has come up with her… or nothing that I would post on my blog! Well there was the crazy dude that was waiting outside the salon & banging on her door… but that was taken care of.

These are just the main characters in my day to day life… and only the downtown ones!!! But this is where all the drama is! You’ve got to just love it!

The following is the Abstract of a White Paper based on the work by Bob Patterson and a group of participants of a Distance Learning Network seminar hosted by Bob’s business school in Europe (the International Management Development Institute). This work reflects our firm’s approach to sharing knowledge since our founding in 1990 and is part of our firm’s ongoing research into ways to help clients make better decisons. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the full paper, please use the “Request More Information” link on our home page.

“The document synthesizes the findings of the DLN “Innovation through Knowledge Navigation”. It also reflects the pragmatic approach followed during the seminar, starting by the definition of the building blocks, then developing towards the proposal of organizational solutions to knowledge navigation and, finally, through the review of a number of cases, examining the effectiveness and limitations of knowledge navigation in driving innovation.

Following the definition provided by Nonaka, Ichijo and Von Krogh Nonaka, Ichijo and Von Krogh, Enabling knowledge creation, Oxford Press 2000, Knowledge is defined as a justified and true belief, both tacit and explicit; both individual and social. There is consensus that knowledge is a strategic asset and a competitive advantage.
Knowledge management is defined as the process of sharing, protecting, discarding and creating knowledge, embedded in a strategic framework to “ensure survival of the company in the present and advancement in the future”.
Knowledge navigation is defined as the virtual subset of knowledge management, that is to say, every aspect of the knowledge management that does not require face-to-face activities.

Focus is put on the specificity of knowledge navigation and on the required structure to make it work. As a consequence, key success factors of effective virtual team management are discussed. There is a consensus on the bedrock that company culture and values constitute. Other critical aspects are mentioned: the need to establish clear mission and objectives for the virtual teams; to align the reward systems to the pursued culture and values; to foster a caring environment, a “learning by failure” approach; and to measure the effectiveness of the process.

Some of these key requirements are explored in order to provide organizational solutions. The location and capture of data, the human aspect and the need to create the right context, the importance of culture, and the incentives.

Finally, a sampling of cases are provided as real-life examples.

The paper concludes by stating the similarities of the key success factors of knowledge navigation and knowledge management, as well as the specificity of knowledge navigation, and by reminding an important limitation of knowledge navigation, the transfer of tacit knowledge.”

This here blog has been in existence for a year now. So I am going to change its name, though not its domain because that would be lame. The Abysmal Kingdom is a little dark for what I’m doing, so I decided to name it after something that happened today, which was that I said every time Jerry Kilgore opens his mouth a baby seal dies. Anyway, my site really had its birthday on October 15 when I was consumed with the A-virus and unable to post. You see, the A-virus affects the neurons in the brain which control your decisions. What it does to these neurons is asks them, “How much time does following this course of action allow Mike to spend at the Architecture School today?” If the answer is less than five hours, the neurons are automatically destroyed, usually with a tiny Exacto knife. This means that I essentially spent so much time at the A-school that functions such as peeing and maintaining contact with those not already consumed with the A-virus became secondary to spending hours on a computer creating a very thorough 3-D representation of a park in Charlottesville. Now that you know why I haven’t been posting, I’ll get on with this post.

The FBI is apparently being secretive and stealing information about us that shouldn’t be relevant to their purpose in sniffing out truly dangerous individuals. Why this is news is beyond me. Same with the fact that living in Africa isn’t really on anyone’s top ten list of things to do before they die at the moment. You also don’t want to swim within a hundred miles of Africa, or get sent to jail there. You also don’t want to be my suitemate, who is flying to France this winter in an attempt to make me jealous. Too bad it backfired and the whole country is burning to the ground. Sucker. And you also don’t want to be Cheney, because people have started paying attention to him and decided maybe he isn’t meant to be the social butterfly he thinks he is. You can’t torture people and expect to make many friends.

Okay, so maybe he’s more like a monster-troll than a butterfly. My bad.

By Stephen Morton - Associated Press Photo

To hopefully cancel out that image, here’s something that’s not likely to eat your brain for breakfast:

Cost of war:
money
safety
futures
histories

LIVES

Minimum Iraqi Civilian Casualties: 26,797
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/

308 Coalition Deaths in Afghanistan
2,240 Coalition Deaths in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/Iraq/forces/casualties/

The names listed below are only soldiers who have died in Iraq, not Afghanistan.

picture from http://www.michaelmoore.com

Cpl. Roberto Abad,
Sgt. 1st Class Ramon A. Acevedoaponte,
Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II,
Spc. Genaro Acosta,
Pfc. Steven Acosta,
Capt. James F. Adamouski,
Pvt. Algernon Adams,
Sgt. Brandon E. Adams,
Spc. Clarence Adams III,
Sgt. Leonard W. Adams,
Sgt. Mark P. Adams,
1st Lt. Michael R. Adams,
Pfc. Michael S. Adams,
Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams,
Spc. Jamaal R. Addison,
Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle,
Pfc. Christopher S. Adlesperger,
Lance Cpl. Jeramy A. Ailes,
Capt. Tristan N. Aitken,
Spc. Segun Frederick Akintade,
Capt. Paul C. Alaniz,
Lance Cpl. Nickalous N. Aldrich,
Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander, Jr.,
Spc. Azhar Ali,
Sgt. Howard P. Allen,
1st Lt. Louis E. Allen,
Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr.,
Staff. Sgt. Willam A. Allers III,
Sgt. Glenn R. Allison,
Spc. Jeremy O. Allmon,
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Allred,
Sapper Luke Allsopp,
Capt. Eric L. Allton,
Lance Cpl. Julio C. Cisneros Alvarez,
Cpl. Nicanor Alvarez,
Cpl. Daniel R. Amaya,
Spc. Jason E. Ames,
fc. John D. Amos II,
Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson,
Airman 1st Class Carl L. Anderson Jr.,
Pfc. Danny L. Anderson,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael C. Anderson,
Cpl. Michael D. Anderson,
Cpl. Nathan R. Anderson,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas H. Anderson,
Lance Cpl. Norman W. Anderson III,
Pfc. Travis W. Anderson,
Sgt. 1st Class Victor A. Anderson,
Spc. Michael Andrade,
Pvt. Ruslan Androschuk,
Capt. Serhiy Andrushchenko,
Pfc. Krystian Andrzejczak,
Pfc, Spc. Yoe M. Aneiros,
Lance Cpl. Levi T. Angell,
Army Spc. Edward J. Anguiano,
Sgt. Kurtis D. K. Arcala,
Pfc. Elden D. Arcand,
Pfc. Michael A. Arciola,
Capt. Derek Argel,
Sgt. Roberto Arizola Jr.,
Cpl. Bradley T. Arms,
Sgt. Travis M. Arndt,
Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold,
Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Arnold,
Sgt. Larry R. Arnold Sr.,
Lance Cpl. Alexander S. Arredondo,
Spc. Richard Arriaga,
Staff Sgt. Jimmy J. Arroyave,
Spc. Robert R. Arsiaga,
Sgt. Evan Asa Ashcraft,
Cpl. Russell Aston,
Lance Cpl. Trevor D. Aston,
Pfc. Shawn M. Atkins,
Maj. Jay Aubin,
Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman,
Capt. Matthew J. August,
Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Austin,
Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles,
Pfc. Eric A. Ayon,
Pfc. Lionel Ayro,
Spc. Travis A. Babbitt,
Petty Officer 1st Class Howard E. Babcock IV,
Sgt. Christopher J. Babin,
Sgt. 1st Class Henry A. Bacon,
Maj. Matthew Bacon,
Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick,
Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Bader,
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cesar O. Baez,
Pfc. Roberto C. Baez,
Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey,
Spc. Brian K. Baker,
Spc. Ronald W. Baker,
Spc. Ryan T. Baker,
Sgt. Sherwood R. Baker,
Chief Joel Egan Baldwin,
Pfc. Stephen P. Baldwyn,
Pfc. Chad E. Bales,
Gunnery Sgt. Terry W. Ball Jr.,
1st Lt. Kenneth Michael Ballard,
Maj. Stephen Ballard,
1st Lt. Debra A. Banaszak,
Maj. Spc. Solomon C. Bangayan,
Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona,
Pfc. Mark A. Barbret,
Pfc. Collier E. Barcus,
Sgt. Michael C. Barkey,
Spc. Jonathan P. Barnes,
1st Lt. Christopher W. Barnett,
Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill,
1st Sgt. Michael S. Barnhill,
Cpl. Jeremiah A. Baro,
Lance Cpl. Aric J. Barr,
Sgt. Michael Paul Barrera,
Spc. Bryan D. Barron,
Maj. Carlos Barro Ollero,
Spc. Daniel D. Bartels,
Sgt. Douglas E. Bascom,
Spc. Todd M. Bates,
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Battles Sr.,
Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum,
1st Lt. Olafs Baumanis,
Staff Sgt. Steven G. Bayow,
Spc. Alan N. Bean Jr.,
Spc. Bradley S. Beard,
Cpl. Jonathan S. Beatty,
Spc. Beau R. Beaulieu,
Capt. Ryan Beaupre,
Pfc. Gunnar D. Becker,
Spc. James L. Beckstrand,
Pfc. Andrew D. Bedard,
Fusilier Russell Beeston,
Cpl. Joseph O. Behnke,
Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger,
Cpl. Christopher Belchik,
Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell,
Spc. Katrina L. Bell-Johnson,
Spc. Rusty W. Bell,
Lance Cpl. Timothy M. Bell Jr.,
Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard,
Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia,
Staff Sgt. Jason A. Benford,
Pfc. Stephen C. Benish,
Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett,
Sgt. 1st Class Michael A. Benson,
Spc. Robert T. Benson,
Spc. Bradley J. Bergeron,
Sgt. Jose Antonio Bernal Gomez,
Lance Cpl. Eric J. Bernholtz,
1st Lt. David R. Bernstein,
Sgt. Sean B. Berry,
Spc. Joel L. Bertoldie,
Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Bertolino Sr.,
Staff Sgt. Marvin Best,
Cpl. Mark A. Bibby,
Head Marshal Massimiliano Biondini,
Lance Cpl. Dustin V. Birch,
Sgt. Benjamin W. Biskie,
Sgt. Michael E. Bitz,
Sgt. Jarrod W. Black,
Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair,
Chief Warrant Officer Michael T. Blaise,
Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco,
Staff Sgt. Brian D. Bland,
Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Blankenbecler,
Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Blanton,
Staff Sgt. Melvin L. Blazer,
2nd Lt. James P. Blecksmith,
Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff,
Spc. Nicholas H. Blodgett,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas William B. Bloem,
Maj. Gerald M. Bloomfield II,
Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg,
Sgt. Michael L. Boatright,
Sgt. Matthew C. Bohling,
Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Bohlman,
Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey E. Bohr Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Todd J. Bolding,
Sgt. Dennis J. Boles,
Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Doyle W. Bollinger Jr,
Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Bolor,
Capt. Oleksii Bondarenko,
Staff Sgt. Jerry L. Bonifacio Jr.,
Capt. Orlando A. Bonilla,
Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker,
Chief Warrant Officer Clarence E. Boone,
1st Sgt. Michael J. Bordelon,
Capt. John J. Boria,
Cpl. Jeffrey A. Boskovitch,
Cpl. Kirk J. Bosselmann,
Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert,
Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld,
Spc. Samuel M. Boswell,
Sgt. Nathan K. Bouchard,
Spc. Mathew G. Boule,
Staff Sgt. Elvis Bourdon,
Lance Cpl. Jeremy D. Bow,
Pvt. 1st Class Samuel R. Bowen,
Cpl. Jonathan W. Bowling,
Cpl. Theodore A. Bowling,
Staff Sgt. Hesley Box Jr.,
Pvt. Noah L. Boye,
Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles,
Spc. Edward W. Brabazon,
Cpl. Travis J. Bradach-Nall,
Spc. Hoby F. Bradfield Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley,
Lance Cpl. Alan Brackenbury,
Staff Sgt. Stacey C. Brandon,
Pfc. David J. Brangman,
Lance Cpl. David M. Branning,
Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield,
Pfc. Joel K. Brattain,
Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun,
Spc. Joshua T. Brazee,
Capt. Valeriy Brazhevskiy,
Chief Warrant Officer William I. Brennan,
Spc. Adam N. Brewer,
Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges,
Lance Cpl. Shaun Andrew Brierley,
Capt. Marco Briganti,
Staff Sgt. Scottie L. Bright,
Spc. Kyle A. Brinlee,
Seaman Pablito Pena Briones Jr.,
Capt. Sean L. Brock,
Lance Cpl. Adam R. Brooks,
Staff Sgt. Cory W. Brooks,
Staff Sgt. William J. Brooks,
Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead,
Sgt. Andrew W. Brown,
Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown,
Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown,
Lance Cpl. Dominic C. Brown,
Cpl. Henry L. Brown,
Staff Sgt. Jeremy A. Brown,
Pfc. John E. Brown,
Spc. Larry K. Brown,
Spc. Lunsford B. Brown II,
Pfc. Oliver J. Brown,
Spc. Philip D. Brown,
Chief Technician Richard Brown,
Pfc. Timmy R. Brown Jr.,
1st Lt. Tyler H. Brown,
Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield,
Spc. Travis R. Bruce,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal,
Marshal Massimiliano Bruno,
Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns,
Spc. Jacques E. Brunson,
Lance Cpl. Benjamin S. Bryan,
Sgt. Jack Bryant Jr.,
2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant,
Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb,
Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew,
Spc. Roy Russell Buckley,
Pfc. Paul J. Bueche,
Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring,
Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing,
Sgt. George Edward Buggs,
Spc. Jimmy D. Buie,
Spc. Joshua I. Bunch,
Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda,
Staff Sgt. Michael L. Burbank,
Staff Sgt. Richard A. Burdick,
Spc. Alan J. Burgess,
Lance Cpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess,
Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett,
Sgt. Travis L. Burkhardt,
Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Burns,
Spc. Eric T. Burri,
Pfc. David P. Burridge,
Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj,
Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr.,
Pvt. Matthew D. Bush,
Pfc. Damian S. Bushart,
Spc. Adrian J. Butler,
Sgt. Jacob L. Butler,
Lance Cpl. Kenneth J. Butler,
Spc. Casey Byers,
Capt. Joshua T. Byers,
Spc. William J. Byler,
Lance Cpl. John T. Byrd II,
Spc. Thomas H. Byrd,
Cpl. Juan C. Cabral Banuelos,
Lance Cpl. Shayne M. Cabino,
Staff Sgt. Marshall H. Caddy,
Pfc. Cody S. Calavan,
Sgt. Juan Calderon Jr,
Sgt. Pablo A. Calderon,
Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell,
Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell,
Sgt. Carlos M. Camacho-Rivera,
Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara,
Cpl. Lyle J. Cambridge,
Spc. Jeremy M. Campbell,
Spc. Michael C. Campbell,
Sgt. Ryan M. Campbell,
Spc. Marvin A. Camposiles,
Spc. Isaac Campoy,
Cpl. Kelly M. Cannan,
Lance Cpl. Wesley J. Canning,
Seaman Jakia S. Cannon,
Pfc. Ryan J. Cantafio,
Spc. Ervin Caradine Jr.,
Spc. Adolfo C. Carballo,
Pfc. Michael M. Carey,
Sgt. Deyson K. Cariaga,
Cpl. Richard P. Carl,
Pfc. Ryan G. Carlock,
Pfc. Benjamin R. Carman,
Staff Sgt. Edward W. Carmen,
Spc. Jocelyn L. Carrasquillo,
Spc. Miguel Carrasquillo,
Spc. Rafael A. Carrillo Jr.,
Cpl. Alessandro Carrisi,
Spc. James D. Carroll,
Spc. Justin B. Carter,
Sgt. David M. Caruso,
Sgt. Frank T. Carvill,
Sgt. Davide Casagrande,
Pfc. Jose Casanova,
Staff Sgt. Virgil R. Case,
Capt. Christopher S. Cash,
Spc. Ahmed A. Cason,
Lance Cpl. James A. Casper,
Capt. Paul J. Cassidy,
Pfc. Stephen A. Castellano,
Lance Cpl. Mario A. Castillo,
Staff Sgt. Samuel T. Castle,
Lance Cpl. Roger D. Castleberry Jr.,
Spc. Jonathan Castro,
Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro,
Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella,
Lance Cpl. Steven C. T. Cates,
2nd Lt. James J. Cathey,
Pfc. Thomas D. Caughman,
Adjutant Giovanni Cavallaro,
Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley,
Spc. Jessica L. Cawvey,
Colour Sgt. John Cecil,
Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergren,
Lance Cpl. Manuel A. Ceniceros,
Spc. Bernard L. Ceo,
Sgt. Aaron N. Cepeda Sr.,
Spc. Doron Chan,
Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse,
Spc. James A. Chance III,
Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney,
Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr.,
Master Sgt. Chris S. Chapin,
Spc. Jason K. Chappell,
Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette,
Lance Cpl. Daniel Chavez,
Pfc. Jonathan M. Cheatham,
Sgt. Yohjyh L. Chen,
Cpl. Nicholas O. Cherava,
Lance Cpl. Marcus M. Cherry,
2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers,
Sgt. Kyle W. Childress,
Pfc. Min S. Choi,
Spc. Andrew F. Chris,
Spc. Jeremy E. Christensen,
Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen,
Spc. Brett T. Christian,
Sgt. 1st Class Amporn Chulert,
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Cifuentes,
Marshal Marco Cirillo,
Cpl. Jason S. Clairday,
Spc. Arron R. Clark,
Staff Sgt. Michael J. Clark,
Petty Officer 1st Class Regina R. Clark,
Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke,
Cpl. Kevin M. Clarke,
Spc. Don A. Clary,
Pfc. Nathan B. Clemons,
Lance Cpl. Richard C. Clifton,
Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Jr.,
Pfc. Christopher R. Cobb,
Cpl. Benny G. Cockerham III,
Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Codner,
1st Sgt. Christopher D. Coffin,
Cpl. Michael R. Cohen,
Marshal Simone Cola,
Pfc. Gavin J. Colburn,
Pvt. Bradli N. Coleman,
Cpl. Gary B. Coleman,
Vice Brigadier Giuseppe Coletta,
2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan,
Sgt. Russell L. Collier,
Sgt. 1st Class Gary L. Collins,
Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Collins,
Sgt. 1st Class Randy D. Collins,
Chief Warrant Officer Lawrence S. Colton,
Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga,
Sgt. Robert E. Colvill,
Sgt. 1st Class Kurt J. Comeaux,
Lance Cpl. Chase J. Comley,
Sgt. Kenneth Conde Jr.,
Sgt. Brian R. Conner,
Sgt. Timothy M. Conneway,
Spc. Steven D. Conover,
Capt. Aaron J. Contreras,
Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras,
Sgt. Jason Cook,
Command Sgt. Major Eric F. Cooke,
Sgt. 1st Class Sean M. Cooley,
Master Sgt. James Curtis Coons,
Pvt. Charles S. Cooper Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Travis S. Cooper,
Spc. Jeffrey W. Corban,
Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell,
Sgt. Dennis A. Corral,
Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III,
Sgt. David J. Coullard,
Chief Warrant Officer Alexander S. Coulter,
Sgt. Kelley L. Courtney,
2nd Lt. Matthew S. Coutu,
2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd,
Spc. Gregory A. Cox,
Pfc. Ryan R. Cox,
Staff Sgt. Alexander B. Crackel,
Staff Sgt. Casey Crate,
Lance Cpl. Andrew Jason Craw,
Lance Corporal Timothy R. Creager,
Spc. Tyler L. Creamean,
Maj. Ricardo A. Crocker,
Sgt. Michael T. Crockett,
Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett,
Sgt. Brud J. Cronkrite,
Lt. Col. Terrence K. Crowe,
Lance Cpl. Kyle D. Crowley,
Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler,
Pvt. Rey D. Cuervo,
Staff Sgt. Simon Cullingworth,
Pfc. Kevin A. Cuming,
Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham,
Staff Sgt. Darren J. Cunningham,
Spc. Carl F. Curran,
Cpl. Michael Edward Curtin,
Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall,
Pfc. Brian K. Cutter,
Pfc. Anthony D. D’Agostino,
Spc. Edgar P. Daclan Jr.,
Spc. Ernest W. Dallas Jr,
Capt. Nathan S. Dalley,
Staff Sgt. Joel P. Dameron,
Lance Cpl. Andrew S. Dang,
Spc. Danny B. Daniels II,
Pvt. 1st Class Torey J. Dantzler,
Pfc. Norman Darling,
Capt. Eric B. Das,
Cpl. Seamus M. Davey,
Lance Cpl. Wesley G. Davids,
Spc. Shawn M. Davies,
Sgt. Anthony J. Davis Jr.,
Pvt. Brandon L. Davis,
Staff Sgt. Craig Davis,
Spc. Daryl A. Davis,
Staff Sgt. Donald N. Davis,
Staff Sgt. Kevin D. Davis,
Spc. Raphael S. Davis,
Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis,
Sgt. Zachariah S. Davis,
Staff Sgt. David Day,
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey F. Dayton,
Pfc. Darren A. Deblanc,
Sgt. Matthew L. Deckard,
Spc. Michael S. Deem,
Pvt. Jason L. Deibler,
Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr.,
Sgt. Felix M. Delgreco,
Sgt. Jacob H. Demand,
Cpl. Kevin J. Dempsey,
Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim,
Staff Sgt. Mike A. Dennie,
Spc. Darryl T. Dent,
Pvt. Cory R. Depew,
Sgt. 1st Class Robert V. Derenda,
Cpl. Dustin A. Derga,
Spc. Brian K. Derks,
Sgt. Andrew J. Derrick,
Pfc. Ervin Dervishi,
Spc. Daniel A. Desens,
Lance Cpl. Travis R. Desiato,
Pfc. Nathaniel E. Detample,
Pfc. Michael R. Deuel,
Pvt. Michael J. Deutsch,
Lance Cpl. Daniel N. Deyarmin Jr.,
1st Lt. Carlos J. Diaz,
Spc. Sergio R. Diazvarela,
Cpl. Tyler J. Dickens,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Dickerson,
Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Dickinson,
Spc. Christopher W. Dickison,
Signaller Paul William Didsbury,
Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf,
Sgt. 1st Class Trevor J. Diesing,
Spc. Jeremiah J. DiGiovanni,
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Dill,
Spc. Jeremy M. Dimaranan,
Sgt. Dimiter Dimitrov,
Staff Sgt. Peter Dinga,
Spc. Joshua P. Dingler,
Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo,
Spc. Anthony J. Dixon,
Pfc. Christopher R. Dixon,
Pvt. Mark Stephen Dobson,
Spc. Thomas K. Doerflinger,
Spc. Ryan E. Doltz,
Sgt. Jacob D. Dones,
Jr. Sgt. Valentin Donev,
1st Lt. Mark H. Dooley,
Sgt. Michael E. Dooley,
Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Dorff,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Trace W. Dossett,
Spc. Thomas J. Dostie,
Lance Cpl. Scott E. Dougherty,
1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy,
Lance Cpl. Michael A. Downey,
Pfc. Stephen P. Downing II,
Maj. William Downs,
Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Doyle,
Spc. Chad H. Drake,
Sgt. George R. Draughn Jr.,
Pvt. Jeremy L. Drexler,
Sgt. Charles A. Drier,
Spc. Christopher M. Duffy,
Cpl. Jason L. Dunham,
Staff Sgt. Joe L. Dunigan Jr.,
Sgt. Brian E. Dunlap,
Sgt. Arnold Duplantier II,
Spc. Robert L. DuSang,
Spc. William D. Dusenbery,
2nd Lt. Seth J. Dvorin,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley,
Sgt. 1st Class Donald W. Eacho,
Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr.,
Spc. Blain M. Ebert,
Cpl. Christopher S. Ebert,
Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Robert F. Eckfield Jr.,
Sgt. William C. Eckhart,
1st Lt. William A. Edens,
Capt. James C. Edge,
Spc. Marshall L. Edgerton,
Sgt. Benjamin C. Edinger,
Spc. Phillip C. Edmundson,
Staff Sgt. Mark O. Edwards,
Pfc. Shawn C. Edwards,
Sgt. Michael Egan,
Staff Sgt. Kyle A. Eggers,
Spc. Andrew C. Ehrlich,
Pfc. Wyatt D. Eisenhauer,
Sgt. Aaron C. Elandt,
Lance Cpl. Justin M. Ellsworth,
Spc. William R. Emanuel IV,
Lance Cpl. Mark E. Engel,
Sgt. Christian P. Engeldrum,
Spc. Peter G. Enos,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Erdy,
Lance Cpl. Sergio H. Escobar,
Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr.,
Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Allan M. Cundanga Espiritu,
Capt. Phillip T. Esposito,
Sgt. Adam W. Estep,
Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto,
Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling,
Pfc. David Evans Jr.,
Lance Bombadier Llywelyn Karl Evans,
Spc. Michael S. Evans II,
Spc. William L. Evans,
Staff Sgt. Christopher L. Everett,
Cpl. Mark A. Evnin,
Pfc. Jeremy Ricardo Ewing,
Sgt. Justin L. Eyerly,
Lance Cpl. Bradley M. Faircloth,
Pvt. Jonathan I. Falaniko,
Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer,
Pfc. Colby M. Farnan,
Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Jefferey J. Farrow,
1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht,
Spc. Huey P. L. Fassbender,
Command Sgt. Maj. Steven W. Faulkenburg,
Sgt. James D. Faulkner,
Pfc. Raymond J. Faulstich Jr.,
Capt. Brian R. Faunce,
Capt. Arthur L. Felder,
Spc. Tyanna S. Felder,
Sgt. Robin V. Fell,
2nd Lt. Paul M. Felsberg,
Spc. Dennis J. Ferderer Jr.,
Spc. Rian C. Ferguson,
Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson,
Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez,
Spc. William V. Fernandez,
Pvt. Marc Ferns,
Cpl. Maj. Emanuele Ferraro,
Staff Sgt. Clint D. Ferrin,
Maj. Gregory J. Fester,
Spc. Jon P. Fettig,
Cpl. Tyler R. Fey,
Sgt. Damien T. Ficek,
Lt. Massimo Ficuciello,
Sgt. Eric A. Fifer,
Lance Cpl. Luis A. Figueroa,
Carabiniere Andrea Filippa,
Sgt. Michael W. Finke Jr.,
Sgt. Jeremy J. Fischer,
Spc. David M. Fisher,
Spc. Dustin C. Fisher,
Sgt. Paul F. Fisher,
Cpl. Joseph E. Fite,
Lance Cpl. Dustin R. Fitzgerald,
Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher,
Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores,
Pfc. Jose Ricardo Flores-Mejia,
Spc. Thomas A. Foley III,
Staff Sgt. Tommy I. Folks Jr.,
Sgt. Timothy Folmar,
Pfc. Jesus Fonseca,
Gunnery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio,
Spc. David H. Ford IV,
Spc. Jason C. Ford,
Capt. Travis A. Ford,
Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry,
Sgt. Maurice Keith Fortune,
Sgt. 1st Class Bradley C. Fox,
Lance Cpl. Travis A. Fox,
Spc. Craig S. Frank,
Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank,
Capt. Stephen W. Frank,
Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin,
Pfc. Michael W. Franklin,
Spc. Lucas A. Frantz,
Pvt. Robert L. Frantz,
Lance Cpl. Grant B. Fraser,
Spc. Kendall K. Frederick,
Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman,
Spc. Bryan L. Freeman,
Lt. Enzo Fregosi,
Cpl. Carrie L. French,
Capt. Jeremy Fresques,
Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley,
Spc. Armand L. Frickey,
Sgt. David T. Friedrich,
Spc. Luke P. Frist,
Sgt. Miroslav Frkan,
Spc. Adam D. Froehlich,
Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser,
Pfc. Jason L. Frye,
Pfc. Nichole M. Frye,
Spc. Ray M. Fuhrmann II,
Staff Sgt. Carl R. Fuller,
1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller,
Lance Cpl. Kane M. Funke,
Sgt. Donald D. Furman,
Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson,
2nd Lt. Clifford V. Gadsden,
Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gadsden,
Spc. Jerry L. Ganey Jr.,
Capt. Richard J. Gannon II,
Sgt. Seth K. Garceau,
Spc. Tomas Garces,
Sgt. Javier J. Garcia,
Staff Sgt. Juan De Dios Garcia-Arana,
Jr. Sgt. Gardi Gardev,
Lance Cpl. Derek L. Gardner,
Cpl. Jose A. Garibay,
Spc. Joseph M. Garmback Jr.,
Sgt. Landis W. Garrison,
Sgt. Justin W. Garvey,
Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes,
Spc. Israel Garza,
1st Sgt. Joe J. Garza,
Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr,
Sgt. Cari A. Gasiewicz,
Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel,
Pfc. George R. Geer,
Spc. Christopher D. Gelineau,
Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle,
Staff Sgt. Lewis J. Gentry,
Sgt. Roman Genzersky,
Pvt. Paun Georgiev,
Spc. Clinton R. Gertson,
Sgt. Jose Guereca Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Guerin,
Marshal Daniele Ghione,
Vice Brigadier Ivan Ghitti,
1st Lt. David L. Giaimo,
Spc. Mathew V. Gibbs,
Sgt. 1st Class Todd C. Gibbs,
Cpl. Christopher A. Gibson,
Flight Sgt. Mark Gibson,
Cpl. Timothy M. Gibson,
2nd Lt. Richard B. Gienau,
1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford,
Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford,
Sgt. Carlos J. Gil,
Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert,
Cpl. Richard A. Gilbert Jr.,
Pfc. Landon S. Giles,
Cpl. Steven P. Gill,
Sgt. Charles C. Gillican III,
Command Sgt. Maj. Cornell W. Gilmore,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Ginther,
Pfc. Jesse A. Givens,
Spc. Steven R. Givens,
Cpl. Peter J. Glannopoulos
Spc. Michael T. Gleason,
Sgt. Lee M. Godbolt,
Cpl. Todd J. Godwin,
2nd Lt. James Michael Goins,
Spc. Christopher A. Golby,
Spc. David J. Goldberg,
Lance Cpl. Shane L. Goldman,
Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez,
Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Gonzalez,
Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez,
Cpl. Jorge Gonzalez,
Staff Sgt. Ramon E. Gonzales-Cordova,
Lance Cpl. Victor A. Gonzalez,
Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden,
Spc. Dakotah L. Gooding,
Pfc. Gregory R. Goodrich,
Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Goodrich,
Staff Sgt. Anthony L. Goodwin,
Pfc. Roman Goralczyk,
Capt. Lyle L. Gordon,
Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried,
Flight Lt. Kristian Michel Alexander Gover,
Spc. Richard A. Goward,
Sgt. James R. Graham III,
2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham,
Lance Cpl. Lance T. Graham,
Sgt. Shawn A. Graham,
Pvt. Brian K. Grant,
Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Grant,
Sgt. Jamie A. Gray,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Gray,
Sgt. Stuart Robert Tennant Gray,
Sgt. Tommy L. Gray,
Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray,
Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green,
Lt. Philip D. Green,
Spc. Toccara R. Green,
Lt. Col. David S. Greene,
Pfc. Nicholas J. Greer,
Pfc. Devin J. Grella,
Staff Sgt. Daniel G. Gresham,
Lance Cpl. Jourdan L. Grez,
Spc. Kyle A. Griffin,
Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Donald D. Griffith Jr.,
Spc. James T. Grijalva,
Cpl. Sean R. Grilley,
Cpl. Kyle J. Grimes,
Capt. Sean Grimes,
Pfc. Daniel F. Guastaferro,
Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera,
Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen,
Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner,
Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez,
Capt. Philip Stuart Guy,
Pfc. Robert A. Guy,
Sgt. Shaker T. Guy,
Pfc. Richard W. Hafer,
Sgt. Jonathon C. Haggin,
Staff Sgt. Guy S. Hagy Jr.,
Sgt. 1st Class Peter J. Hahn,
Spc. Charles G. Haight,
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Halal,
Spc. Robert E. Hall Jr.,
Pfc. Deryk L. Hallal,
Pvt. Jesse M. Halling,
Pfc. Andrew Halverson,
Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen,
Sgt. Simon Alexander Hamilton- Jewell,
Cpl. Nathaniel T. Hammond,
Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton,
Sgt. Michael S. Hancock,
Lance Cpl. Michael W. Hanks,
Pfc. Fernando B. Hannon,
Sgt. Warren S. Hansen,
Lance Cpl. Charles A. Hanson Jr.,
Spc. Richard A. Hardy,
Sgt. James W. Harlan,
Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin,
Sgt. Bradley J. Harper,
Staff Sgt. Gary R. Harper Jr.,
Staff Sgt. William M. Harrell,
Sgt. Foster L. Harrington,
Pfc. Adam J. Harris,
Sgt. Kenneth W. Harris Jr.,
Pfc. Torry D. Harris,
Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly,
1st Lt. Noah Harris,
Pfc. George D. Harrison,
Pfc. John D. Hart,
Sgt. Nathaniel Hart,
Spc. Adam J. Harting,
Capt. Ralph J. Harting III,
Spc. Jared D. Hartley,
Sgt. 1st Class David A. Hartman,
Sgt. Jonathan N. Hartman,
Leonard Harvey,
Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer,
Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle,
Staff Sgt. Omer T. Hawkins II,
Staff Sgt. Asbury F. Hawn II,
Chief Warrant Officer Dennis P. Hay,
Spc. Erik W. Hayes,
Pfc. Michael R. Hayes,
Sgt. Timothy L. Hayslett,
Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hazelgrove,
Barbara Heald,
Sgt. David M. Heath,
Spc. Justin W. Hebert,
Sholto Hedenskog,
Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin,
Sgt. Les Hehir,
Pfc. Damian L. Heidelberg,
Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter,
Spc. Jeremy M. Heines,
Lance Cpl. Erik R. Heldt,
Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman,
Spc. Paul M. Heltzel,
Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway,
Cpl. Matthew C. Henderson,
1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II,
Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson,
Spc. Robert T. Hendrickson,
Staff Sgt. Jason R. Hendrix,
Sgt. Jack T. Hennessy,
Pfc. Chassan S. Henry,
Spc. Joshua J. Henry,
Pfc. Clayton W. Henson,
Cpl. Joseph J. Heredia,
Spc. Armando Hernandez,
Sgt. Frank B. Hernandez,
Lance Cpl. Tony L. Hernandez,
Spc. Joseph F. Herndon II,
Lance Cpl. Evenor C. Herrera,
Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott,
Spc. Jacob B. Herring,
Pvt. Phillip Hewett,
Spc. Cory M. Hewitt,
Sgt. Chris Hickey,
Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks,
Lance Cpl. Chad R. Hildebrandt,
Spc. Christopher K. Hill,
Capt. Raymond D. Hill II,
Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg,
Spc. Stephen D. Hiller,
Sgt. Keicia M. Hines,
Pfc. Timothy J. Hines Jr.,
Capt. Kelly C. Hinz,
Pfc. Melissa J. Hobart,
Spc. Jeremy M. Hodge,
Lance Cpl. Erick J. Hodges,
Sgt. Michael P. Hodshire,
Sgt. Nicholas M. Hodson,
1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe,
Cpl. Benjamin D. Hoeffner,
Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman,
Sgt. Justin F. Hoffman,
Spc. Christopher J. Holland,
Fern L. Holland,
Staff Sgt. Robert L. Hollar Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Aaron N. Holleyman,
Staff Sgt. Lincoln D. Hollinsaid,
Lance Cpl. Matthew W. Holloway,
Spc. James J. Holmes,
Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Holmes,
Spc. Jeremiah J. Holmes,
Cpl. Terry Holmes,
Airman 1st Class Antoine J. Holt,
Cpl. Paul C. Holter III,
Lance Cpl. Brian C. Hopper,
Pfc. Sean Horn,
Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck,
Sgt. Manny Hornedo,
Master Sgt. Robert M. Horrigan,
Staff Sgt. Jeremy R. Horton,
Spc. Christopher L. Hoskins,
Lance Cpl. David B. Houck,
Capt. Andrew R. Houghton,
Sgt. Jessica M. Housby,
Petty Officer 3rd Class John D. House,
Sgt. Thomas E. Houser,
Staff Sgt. John R. Howard,
Sgt. 1st Class Casey E. Howe,
Lance Cpl Gregory C. Howman,
Pfc. Bert E. Hoyer,
Spc. Robert W. Hoyt,
Lance Cpl. Jared P. Hubbard,
Lance Cpl. Tavon L. Hubbard,
Spc. Corey A. Hubbell,
Pvt. Aaron M. Hudson,
Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson,
Pfc. Sam W. Huff,
1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler,
Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins,
Spc. Jonathan A. Hughes,
Spc. Eric R. Hull,
Lance Cpl. Matty Hull,
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull,
Cpl Barton R. Humlhanz,
Pfc. Isaiah R. Hunt,
Sgt. Joseph D. Hunt,
Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt,
Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Hunt Jr.,
Spc. Simeon Hunte,
1st Lt. Joshua C. Hurley,
Lance Cpl. James B. Huston Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Seth Huston,
Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings,
Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson,
Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Benjamin John McGowan Hyde,
Spc. Nicholas R. Idalski,
1st Sergeant Arre Illenzeer,
Sgt. 1st Class Ivan Indzhov Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Thor H. Ingraham,
Vice Brigadiere Domenico Intravaia,
Staff Sgt. Henry E. Irizarry,
Spc. Benjamin W. Isenberg,
Capt. Yuriy Ivanov,
Cpl. Richard Thomas David Ivell,
Spc. Craig S. Ivory,
Staff Sgt. Kendall H. Ivy II,
1st Lt. Edward D. Iwan,
Spc. Derence W. Jack,
Lt. Cmdr. Edward E. Jack,
Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson,
Spc. Marlon P. Jackson,
Spc. Morgen N. Jacobs,
Capt. William W. Jacobsen Jr.,
Airman 1st Class Elizabeth N. Jacobson,
Lance Cpl. Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr.,
Cpl. Jesse Jaime,
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar,
Cpl. Evan T. James,
Lt. Col. Leon G. James II,
Sgt. Lindsey T. James,
2nd Lt. Luke S. James,
Cpl. William C. James,
Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson,
Capt. Benjamin D. Jansky,
Sgt. Brahim J. Jeffcoat,
Spc. William A. Jeffries,
Warrant Officer Pawel Jelonek,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert B. Jenkins,
Sgt. Troy David Jenkins,
Spc. Darius T. Jennings,
Pfc. Ryan M. Jerabek,
Master Sgt. Ivica Jerak,
Sgt. Linda C. Jimenez,
1st Lt. Oscar Jimenez,
Cpl. Romulo J. Jimenez II,
Sgt. Andrew R. Jodon,
Pvt. Adam R. Johnson,
Capt. Christopher B. Johnson,
Spc. David W. Johnson,
Pfc. Howard Johnson II,
Spc. John P. Johnson,
Spc. Justin W. Johnson,
Pvt. Lavena L. Johnson,
Sgt. Leon M. Johnson,
Pfc. Markus J. Johnson,
Spc. Maurice J. Johnson,
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr.,
Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson,
Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson,
Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson Jr.,
Pfc. Rayshawn S. Johnson,
Staff Sgt. Robert S. Johnson,
Staff Sgt. Jude R. Jonaus,
Sgt. Anthony G. Jones,
Chief Warrant Officer Charles S. Jones,
Capt. David Jones,
Staff Sgt. David R. Jones Sr.,
Pvt. Devon D. Jones,
Capt. Gussie M. Jones,
Spc. Kevin M. Jones,
Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Jones,
Staff Sgt. Raymond E. Jones Jr.,
Spc. Rodney A. Jones,
Fusilier Stephen Jones,
Acting Lance Cpl. Steven Jones,
Lt. Kylan A. Jones- Huffman,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian K. Joplin,
Sgt. Curt E. Jordan Jr.,
Sgt. Jason D. Jordan,
Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan,
Cpl. Forest J. Jostes,
Pfc. Dillon M. Jutras,
Capt. Georgi Kachorin,
Sgt. 1st Class Matthew R. Kading,
Spc. Anthony N. Kalladeen,
Spc. Alain L. Kamolvathin,
Pvt. Tsvetan Kamov,
Spc. Spencer T. Karol,
Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich,
Spc. Michael G. Karr Jr.,
Spc. Mark J. Kasecky,
Pfc. Douglas E. Kashmer,
Spc. Hatim S. Kathiria,
Ensign Oleksandr Katsarskiy,
Spc. Charles A. Kaufman,
1st Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor,
Lance Cpl. Thomas O. Keeling,
Spc. Chad L. Keith,
Lance Cpl. Quinn A. Keith,
Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly,
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Kelly,
Cpl. Sean P. Kelly,
Cpl. Brian Kennedy,
Chief Warrant Officer Kyran E. Kennedy,
Sgt. 1st Class Stephen C. Kennedy,
Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon,
1st Lt. Christopher J. Kenny,
Lance Cpl. Patrick B. Kenny,
Hospitalman Aaron A. Kent,
Spc. Jonathan R. Kephart,
Cpl. Dallas L. Kerns,
Chief Warrant Officer Erik C. Kesterson,
Lance Cpl. Thomas Richard Keys,
Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan,
Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Kieffer,
Spc. James M. Kiehl,
Lance Cpl. Shane E. Kielion,
Pfc. Christopher R. Kilpatrick,
Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Kilpela,
Cpl. In C. Kim,
Staff Sgt. Dexter S. Kimble,
Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Kimmell,
Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly,
Lance Cpl. Jeremiah C. Kinchen,
Spc. Levi B. Kinchen,
Lt. Antony King,
Sgt. James O. Kinlow,
Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II,
Spc. Anthony D. Kinslow,
Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr.,
Pfc. David M. Kirchhoff,
Sgt. Jeffrey L. Kirk,
Pvt. Svilen Kirov,
Staff Sgt. Charles A. Kiser,
Sgt. Timothy C. Kiser,
Sgt. 1st Class Mitr Klaharn,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker,
Lance Cpl. Allan Klein,
Spc. John K. Klinesmith Jr.,
Pfc. Joshua P. Klinger,
Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten Jr.,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott,
Pvt. Joseph L. Knott,
Spc. Joshua L. Knowles,
Sgt. Rene Knox Jr.,
Spc. Matthew A. Koch,
Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig,
Sgt. 1st Class Obediah J. Kolath,
Cpl. Zachary A. Kolda,
Cpl. Kevin T. Kolm,
Pfc. Martin W. Kondor,
Chief Warrant Patrick W. Kordsmeier,
Capt. Edward J. Korn,
Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus,
Capt. Jacek Kostecki,
Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Kovacicek,
Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik,
Sgt. Yuriy Koydan,
Chief Warrant Officer Marek Krajewsi,
Sgt. Elmer C. Krause,
Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider,
Lance Cpl. Jared J. Kremm,
Cpl. David Kenneth J. Kreuter,
Pfc. Bradley G. Kritzer,
Spc. Kurt E. Krout,
Sgt. 1st Class Tomasz Krygiel,
Capt. Kairat Kudabayev,
Sgt. Larry R. Kuhns Jr.,
Spc. John Kulick,
Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk,
Capt. John F. Kurth,
Pfc. Sylwester Kutrzyk,
Spc. Joshua J. Kynock,
Sgt. 1st Class William W. Labadie Jr.,
Sgt. Joshua S. Ladd,
Sgt. Chad W. Lake,
Sgt. Michael V. Lalush,
Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam,
Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Lam,
Spc. Charles R. Lamb,
Spc. James I. Lambert III,
Pfc. James P. Lambert,
Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert,
Capt. Andrew David Lamont,
Staff Sgt. Sean G. Landrus,
Gunnery Sgt. Shawn A. Lane,
Pfc. Moises A. Langhorst,
Lance Cpl. Sean M. Langley,
Sgt. 1st Class Steven M. Langmack,
Cpl. Stanley J. Lapinski,
Cpl. Christopher J. Lapka,
Spc. Tracy L. Laramore,
Sgt. Bryan W. Large,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas D. Larson,
Spc. Scott Q. Larson Jr.,
Chief Warrant Officer Matthew C. Laskowski,
Staff Sgt. William T. Latham,
Pfc. Karina S. Lau,
Pfc. Casey M. LaWare,
Gunner David Lawrence,
Cpl. Jeffrey D. Lawrence,
Lt. Marc A. Lawrence,
Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton,
Lance Cpl. Travis J. Layfield,
Cpl. Binh N. Le,
Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Leach,
Spc. Jeff LeBrun,
Staff Sgt. Rene Ledesma,
2nd Lt. Ryan Leduc,
Cpl. Bum R. Lee,
Sgt. Carl W. Lee,
Pfc. Samuel S. Lee,
Spc. Terrance D. Lee Sr.,
Staff Sgt. Jason A. Lehto,
Pfc. Ken W. Leisten,
Staff Sgt. Jerome Lemon,
Spc. Cedric L. Lennon,
Pfc. Farad K. Letufuga,
Pfc. Lee A. Lewis Jr.,
Sgt. Jesse Lhotka,
Staff Sgt. Wilgene T. Lieto,
Staff Sgt. Victoir P. Lieurance,
Staff Sgt. Daniel R. Lightner Jr.,
Lt. Col. Giuseppe Lima,
Cpl. Michael B. Lindemuth,
Spc. Justin W. Linden,
Spc. Roger G. Ling,
Lance Cpl. Karl R. Linn,
Capt. James Linton,
Spc. Joseph L. Lister,
Staff Sgt. Tommy S. Little,
Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais,
Sgt. Dale T. Lloyd,
Sgt. Daniel J. Londono,
Cpl. Paul Graham Long,
Spc. Ryan P. Long,
Cpl. William A. Long,
Spc. Zachariah W. Long,
Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth,
Sgt. Edgar E. Lopez,
Lance Cpl. Hilario F. Lopez,
Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez,
Spc. Manuel Lopez III,
Sgt. Richard M. Lord,
Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Scott Lourey,
Pvt. Paul Aitken Lowe,
Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd,
Sgt. Angelo L. Lozada Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Victor R. Lu,
Master Sgt. Jose Lucas Egea,
Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Lucero,
Capt. Robert L. Lucero,
Pfc. Jason C. Ludiam,
Lance Cpl. Jacob R. Lugo,
Pfc. John Lukac,
Pfc. Kevin M. Luna,
Spc. Audrey D. Lunsford,
Capt. Joe F. Lusk II,
Spc. Derrick J. Lutters,
Spc. Wai P. Lwin,
Pfc. Jason N. Lynch,
1st Lt. Matthew D. Lynch,
Lance Cpl. Christopher P. Lyons,
Pfc. Christopher D. Mabry,
Lance Cpl. Joseph C. MacCarthy,
Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald,
Lance Cpl. Cesar F. Machado-Olmos,
Sgt. 1st Class Brian A. Mack,
Pfc. Vorn J. Mack,
Pfc. Tyler R. MacKenzie,
Capt. Michael J. Mackinnon,
Seaman Apprentice Robert D. Macrum,
Christopher R. Maddison,
Lance Cpl. Blake A. Magaoay,
Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione,
Lance Cpl. Marcus Mahdee,
Cpl. Jarrod L. Maher,
Lance Cpl. Sean P. Maher,
Spc. William J. Maher III,
Spc. David P. Mahlenbrock,
Sgt. Mark A. Maida,
Flight Lt. Kevin Barry Main,
Carabiniere Orazio Majorana,
1st Lt. Dan T. Malcom Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Toby W. Mallet,
Lance Cpl. Ian Keith Malone,
Capt. John W. Maloney,
1st Lt. Adam Malson,
Fusilier Stephen Robert Manning,
Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel,
Staff Sgt. William F. Manuel,
Pfc. Pablo Manzano,
Spc. Joshua S. Marcum,
Pfc. Lyndon A. Marcus Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr.,
Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes,
Master Sgt. Jude C. Mariano,
Chief Warrant Officer Keith R. Mariotti,
Cpl. Gentian Marku,
Sgt. Salvatore Marracino,
Spc. James E. Marshall,
Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall,
Squadron Leader Patrick Brian Marshall,
Hospitalman Robert N. Martens,
Pfc. David J. Martin,
Capt. Manuel Martin Oar,
Pfc. Ryan A. Martin,
Staff Sgt. Stephen G. Martin,
Maj. Alberto Martinez Gonzalez,
Sgt. Francisco Martinez,
Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores,
Spc. Francisco G. Martinez,
Pfc. Jesse J. Martinez,
Spc. Joseph L. Martinez,
Spc. Michael A. Martinez,
Pfc. Oscar A. Martinez,
Spc. Victor A. Martinez,
Sgt. Trinidad R. Martinezluis,
Capt. Michael D. Martino,
Spc. Jacob D. Martir- Gutierrez,
Sgt. Michael A. Marzano,
Spc. Nicholas C. Mason,
Capt. Ken Masters,
Sgt. Arthur S. Mastrapa,
Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata,
Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo,
Lt. Col. Oleh Matizhev,
Lance Cpl. John J. Mattek Jr.,
Sgt. James C. Matteson,
Spc. Clint Richard Matthews,
Cpl. Matthew E. Matula,
Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr,
Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek,
Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard,
2nd Lt. Piotr Mazurek,
Pvt. Anthony M. Mazzarella,
Pvt. Scott William McArdle,
Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr.,
Pfc. Ryan M. McCauley,
Spc. Daniel James McConnell,
Cpl. Brad P. McCormick,
1st Lt. Erik. S. McCrae,
Lance Cpl. James McCue,
Spc. Donald R. McCune,
Spc. Dwayne J. McFarlane Jr.,
Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh,
Sgt. John E. McGee,
Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh,
Sgt. Arthur R. McGill,
Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis,
Spc. Michael A. McGlothin,
Cpl. Stephen M. McGowan,
Pvt. Kevin Thomas McHale,
Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh,
Hospitalman Joshua McIntosh,
Spc. David M. McKeever,
Spc. Eric S. McKinley,
Pvt. Robert L. McKinley,
Spc. Scott P. McLaughlin,
Lance Cpl. Justin D. McLeese,
Staff Sgt. Don S. McMahan,
Sgt. Heath A. McMillin,
Spc. Robert A. McNail,
Sgt. 1st Class Robbie D. McNary,
Staff Sgt. James D. McNaughton,
Master Sgt. Michael L. McNulty,
1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips,
Lance Cpl. Daniel M. McVicker,
Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade,
Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin,
Lance Cpl. Brian A. Medina,
Spc. Irving Medina,
Staff Sgt. Oscar D. Medina,
Staff Sgt. Julian S. Melo,
Spc. Kenneth A. Melton,
Cpl. Jaygee Meluat,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fernando A. Mendez Aceves,
Pvt. Natividad Mendez Ramos,
Cpl. Antonio Mendoza,
Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa,
Staff Sgt. Eddie E. Menyweather,
Spc. Gil Mercado,
Sgt. Chad M. Mercer,
Staff Sgt. Dennis P. Merck,
Spc. Michael M. Merila,
Maj. Jose Merino Olivera,
Marshal Filippo Merlino,
Spc. Christopher A. Merville,
Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer,
Sgt. Daniel K. Methvin,
Pfc. Harrison J. Meyer,
Pfc. Jason M. Meyer,
Sgt. Berry K. Meza,
Sgt. Eliu A. Miersandoval,
Spc. Michael G. Mihalakis,
Pvt. Konstantin Mikhalev,
Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark,
Cpl. Jason David Mileo,
Cpl. Marin Milev,
Pfc. Anthony S. Miller,
Pfc. Bruce Miller Jr.,
Pfc. Dennis J. Miller,
Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller Jr.,
Pfc. James H. Miller IV,
Spc. John W. Miller,
Capt. Lowell T. Miller II,
Sgt. 1st Class Marvin L. Miller,
Cpl. Simon Miller,
Lance Cpl. William L. Miller,
1st Sgt. Timmy J. Millsap,
Lance Cpl. Robert T. Mininger,
Sgt. Joseph Minucci II,
Sgt. First Class Troy L. Miranda,
Spc. George A. Mitchell,
Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell,
Sgt. Michael W. Mitchell,
Spc. Sean R. Mitchell,
Sgt. David A. Mitts,
Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener,
Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molina Bautista,
Pfc. Anthony W. Monroe,
Spc. Christopher T. Monroe,
Staff Sgt. Jason W. Montefering,
Lance Cpl. Brian P. Montgomery,
Spc. Ryan J. Montgomery,
Sgt. Milton M. Monzon Jr.,
1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney,
Cpl. James L. Moore,
Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore,
Cpl. Nathaniel K. Moore,
Pfc. Stuart W. Moore,
Sgt. Travis A. Moothart,
Sgt. Arthur A. Mora Jr.,
Spc. Jose L. Mora,
Sgt. Melvin Y. Mora,
Pfc. Michael A. Mora,
Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead,
Capt. Brent L. Morel,
Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno,
Sgt. Gerardo Moreno,
Spc. Jaime Moreno,
Pfc. Luis A. Moreno,
Sgt. Carl J. Morgain,
Sgt. Steve Morin,
Spc. Dennis B. Morgan,
Staff Sgt. Richard L. Morgan Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Brian L. Morris,
Sgt. Eric W. Morris,
Pfc. Geoffery S. Morris,
Sgt. Kelly S. Morris,
Pfc. Ricky A. Morris Jr.,
Sgt. 1st Class Lawrence E. Morrison,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison,
Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison,
Lance Cpl. Marty G. Mortenson,
Sgt. Benjamin C. Morton,
Spc. Jason L. Moski,
Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, Spc.
Cpl. Clifton B. Mounce,
Clifford L. Moxley Jr.,
Sgt. Cory R. Mracek,
Staff Sgt. Chris Muir,
Spc. Joshua J. Munger,
Spc. Warren A. Murphy,
Sgt. David J. Murray,
Pfc. Robert W. Murray Jr.,
Sgt. Rodney A. Murray,
Pfc. Veashna Muy,
Piper Christopher Muzvuru,
Spc. Edward L. Myers,
Pvt. Jeungjin Na Kim,
Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak,
Cpl. Richard Nagy,
Spc. Russell H. Nahvi,
Spc. Paul T. Nakamura,
Spc. Nathan W. Nakis,
Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley,
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher G. Nason,
Maj. Kevin G. Nave,
Spc. Rafael L. Navea,
Spc. Charles L. Neeley,
Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff II,
Sgt. Julio E. Negron,
Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor,
Staff Sgt. Regilio E. Nelom,
Spc. Craig L. Nelson,
Sgt. Paul C. Neubauer,
Spc. Joshua M. Neusche,
Cpl. Dominique J. Nicolas,
Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Nice,
Master Engineer Gary Nicholson,
Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier,
Spc. Isaac Michael Nieves,
Sgt. John Nightingale,
Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon,
Spc. Allen Nolan,
Sgt. Joseph M. Nolan,
Spc. Marcos O. Nolasco,
Sgt. Nicholas S. Nolte,
Sgt. William J. Normandy,
Spc. Joseph C. Norquist,
Sgt. Byron W. Norwood,
Lance Cpl. Grzegorz Nosek,
1st Lt. Leif E. Nott,
Lance Cpl. Andrew W. Nowacki,
Junior Sgt. Andres Nuiamäe,
Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes,
Spc. Joseph C. Nurre,
Spc. David T. Nutt,
Cpl. Mick R. Nygardbekowsky,
Staff Sgt. Nathaniel J. Nyren,
Spc. Donald S. Oak Jr.,
Pfc. Francis C. Obaji,
Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner,
Pvt. Lee Martin O’Callaghan,
Sgt. Robert O’Connor,
Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O’Day,
Sgt. Maj. Robert D. O’Dell,
Lance Cpl. Shane K. O’Donnell,
Spc. Charles E. Odums II,
Sgt. John B. Ogburn III,
Spc. Ramon C. Ojeda,
Cpl. Brian Oliveira,
Sgt. Nicholas J. Olivier,
Marshal Silvio Olla,
Cpl. John T. Olson,
Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson,
1st Lt. Robert C. Oneto-Sikorski,
Spc. Justin B. Onwordi,
Sgt. Bryan J. Opskar,
Spc. Richard P. Orengo,
Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando,
Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski,
1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco,
Pfc. Cody J. Orr,
Pvt. Elijah M. Ortega,
Staff Sgt. Billy J. Orton,
Sgt. Pamela G. Osbourne,
Sgt. Timothy R. Osbey,
Staff Sgt. Ryan S. Ostrom,
Lance Cpl. Deshon E. Otey,
Pfc. Kevin C. Ott,
Staff Sgt. Michael C. Ottolini,
Sgt. Michael G. Owen,
Acting Chief Petty Officer Simon Roger Owen,
Lance Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr,
Sgt. Fernando Padilla- Ramirez,
Pvt. Shawn D. Pahnke,
Spc. Gabriel T. Palacios,
Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda,
Spc. Jacob C. Palmatier,
1st Lt. Joshua M. Palmer,
Staff Sgt. Dale A. Panchot,
Sgt. Larry W. Pankey Jr.,
Flight Lt. Paul Martin Pardoel,
Lance Cpl. Bradley L. Parker,
Pfc. Daniel R. Parker,
Sgt. Evan S. Parker,
Pfc. James D. Parker,
Sgt. Kenya A. Parker,
Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker,
Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr.,
Sgt. Harvey E. Parkerson III,
Lance Cpl. Brian P. Parrello,
Sgt. David B. Parson,
Sgt. 1st Class Lonnie J. Parson,
Sgt. Willard T. Partridge,
Senior Sgt. Vladimir Pashov,
Staff Sgt. Esau G. Patterson Jr.,
Sgt. Jayton D. Patterson,
Sgt. Norman Patterson,
Sgt. Rocky D. Payne
Master Sgt. William L. Payne,
Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen,
Lance Cpl. Preben Pedersen,
Spc. Gennaro Pellegrini Jr.,
Gunnery Sgt. Javier Obleas-Prado Pena,
Staff Sgt. Jorge L. Pena-Romero,
Staff Sgt. Abraham D. Penamedina,
Spc. Brian H. Penisten,
Sgt. Ross A. Pennanen,
Staff Sgt. Gregory V. Pennington,
Sgt. Rafael Peralta,
Sgt. Christopher S. Perez,
Pfc. Geoffrey Perez,
Staff Sgt. Hector R. Perez,
Sgt. Joel Perez,
Spc. Jose A. Perez III,
Pfc. Luis A. Perez,
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Perez,
Lance Cpl. Richard A. Perez Jr.,
Spc. Wilfredo Perez Jr.,
Cmdr. Gonzalo Perez Garcia,
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli,
Staff Sgt. David S. Perry,
Pfc. Charles C. Persing,
Staff Sgt. Dustin W. Peters,
Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson,
Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken,
Sgt. 2nd Class Anton Petrov,
Cpl. Pietro Petrucci,
Lance Cpl. Neil D. Petsche,
Staff Sgt. James L. Pettaway Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Erickson H. Petty,
Pfc. Jerrick M. Petty,
Spc. Jacob M. Pfister,
Lt. Col. Mark P. Phelan,
Pfc. Chance R. Phelps,
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher W. Phelps,
Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe,
Lance Cpl. Lawrence R. Philippon,
Lance Cpl. James R. Phillips,
Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps,
Capt. Pierre E. Piche,
Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering,
Pfc. Lori Piestewa,
Chief Warrant Officer Paul J. Pillen,
Cpl. Carlos Pineda,
Capt. Dennis L. Pintor,
Spc. James H. Pirtle,
Cpl. Ian Plank,
Sgt. Adam J. Plumondore,
Spc. Eric J. Poelman,
Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter,
2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr.,
Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny,
Spc. Justin W. Pollard,
Spc. Larry E. Polley Jr.,
Lance Cpl. Michael V. Postal,
Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Poston,
Sgt. Darrin K. Potter,
Pfc. David L. Potter,
Sgt. Christopher S. Potts,
Sgt. Lynn R. Poulin Sr.,
Cpl. Chad W. Powell,
Spc. James E. Powell,
Lance Cpl. Caleb J. Powers,
Cpl. Dean P. Pratt,
Lance Cpl. Taylor B. Prazynski,
Cpl. Brian P. Prening,
Pfc. James E. Prevete,
Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt,
Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt,
Pfc. James W. Price,
1st Lt. Timothy E. Price,
Cpl. Kevin W. Prince,
Sgt. 1st Class Neil A. Prince,
Cpl. Dewi Pritchard,
Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard,
2nd Lt. Mark J. Procopio,
Lance Cpl. Mathew D. Puckett,
Sgt. Jaror C. Puello- Coronado,
Sgt. Luis Puga Gandara,
Spc. Robert S. Pugh,
Staff Sgt. George A. Pugliese,