rip pruitt. 173 airborne out of italy...no details yet, just "in combat." it's kind of frustrating not knowing anything. for the mma guys on tww, he was affliated with Nova Uniao from Brazil...

thoughts and prayers go out to the folks still over there too...hopefully they can get home safely soon.

7/15/2008 12:32:16 AM

fuck this war

I'm sorry about your cousin

7/15/2008 12:32:56 AM

sorry to hear that.

where was he on tour when he left?

[Edited on July 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM. Reason : was it in afghanistan in that battle to hold a base against the 100+ enemies?]

7/15/2008 12:33:13 AM

great thread for chit chat

7/15/2008 12:33:14 AM

Sorry.

7/15/2008 12:33:30 AM

Sorry! RIP.

7/15/2008 12:34:19 AM

fuck this war

I'm sorry about your cousin

7/15/2008 12:34:20 AM

RIP

7/15/2008 12:34:50 AM

he was stationed in italy...that's really all i know now, but it happened in iraq. everyone forgets there are still tons of americans dying every day over there.

7/15/2008 12:34:59 AM

damn dude, really sorry for your loss

and yeah, fuck this war

7/15/2008 12:36:32 AM

the people who started this war should have to pay

it cost your family a life for someone else to make a couple of hundred million

that pisses me off

7/15/2008 12:38:00 AM

Sorry to hear this.

7/15/2008 12:38:49 AM

and rest assured, not everyone forgets all the lives we are still losing over there over this nonsense

7/15/2008 12:39:09 AM

it's become such a mess though. things have become really blurred and it kills morale. you have juba the super sniper that generates more press here than people losing lives. i just hope that everything happened under normal combat situations because if it's anything sketchy it's just going to piss me off even more.

7/15/2008 12:39:49 AM

the reasons for going to war were blurry and the enemy isn't even clearly defined

"Terrorists"?

7/15/2008 12:41:13 AM

Quote :

"fuck this war I'm sorry about your cousin"

7/15/2008 12:41:27 AM

WAR

CRIMINALS

.

7/15/2008 12:41:36 AM

sorry about your family

but I support this war

7/15/2008 12:46:46 AM

sorry to hear that

my ex is on his 2nd tour right now

7/15/2008 12:49:12 AM

^^lol? troll much.

7/15/2008 12:49:58 AM

sorry about your family

but I support this war

7/15/2008 12:50:35 AM

Sorry about your loss.

Shut the fuck up Snewf

7/15/2008 12:51:11 AM

sad to hear. too often we hear about deaths and don't realize that they rip families apart. i guess you have to expect it a little just to be safe when you're going over, but it's still a life nobody will get back, and for what?

anyways, thanks to your cousin for letting me live the way i do, and sorry for your loss.

7/15/2008 12:51:59 AM

threads like this one will kinda put you on your ass...

Sorry to hear about your loss....not much else i can really say to help your pain

7/15/2008 1:02:13 AM

for your cousin

RIP brother, may you be at peace.

my condolences to you and your family.

7/15/2008 1:05:50 AM

July has actually been a quiet month here. I am sorry for your loss.

7/15/2008 5:20:21 AM

sorry for your loss

7/15/2008 5:23:52 AM

I am so sorry. Those words seem so empty, but I don't know what else to say.
I'll send up another prayer for him and everyone stuck over there.

7/15/2008 5:29:34 AM

Sorry to hear that. Hope everything gets better for you.

7/15/2008 6:16:10 AM

sorry for your loss

7/15/2008 6:22:24 AM

RIP

7/15/2008 6:23:31 AM

7/15/2008 6:30:58 AM

I'm sorry for your loss... fuck this war.

7/15/2008 6:36:26 AM

sorry, dude.

7/15/2008 6:44:04 AM

fuck this war

I'm sorry about your cousin

7/15/2008 6:45:42 AM

I'm sorry about your cousin

fuck this war

7/15/2008 7:21:49 AM

I'm very sorry for your loss
My uncle also passed away while fighting over there (closer to the beginning).

7/15/2008 7:28:39 AM

Sorry to hear about your cousin

7/15/2008 7:32:46 AM

Quote :

"Sorry about your loss. Shut the fuck up Snewf"

7/15/2008 7:34:43 AM

Quote :

"fuck this war I'm sorry about your cousin"

7/15/2008 8:23:54 AM

Gosh I'm so sorry to hear that

I'll keep you all in my thoughts and prayers!!!

7/15/2008 8:25:59 AM

I'm sorry about your cousin as well.

7/15/2008 8:29:06 AM

my cousin has been in iraq for 4 of 5 years of the war and just went back about 4 months ago for another 18 month tour. he said if he makes it back this time he doesn't have to go back. but he keeps it real, he said he signed the paper, and whatever happens happens. he doesn't want to die by any means, but he understands that his jobs is extremely dangerous.

7/15/2008 8:29:47 AM

Sorry about your loss.

Shut the fuck up Snewf

7/15/2008 8:30:34 AM

Sorry about your loss.

Shut the fuck up Snewf

7/15/2008 8:34:17 AM

yeah, Nick, if you oppose this war, just keep your mouth shut

/McCarthy

7/15/2008 8:41:26 AM

Quote :

"fuck this war I'm sorry about your cousin"

7/15/2008 8:45:23 AM

I'm sorry to hear about your cousin

7/15/2008 8:56:11 AM

sorry for loss

7/15/2008 9:01:45 AM

so being curious, i did a little google search. it turns out that my family was given incorrect information. i found a military wife's site that had my cousin's name on the casualties and a little more detail. it was in afghanistan, not iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080714085710;_ylt=ApWsdx95NC3av0c4t_0SQLP9xg8F

turns out he was ambushed...

Quote :

"Hundreds of militants stormed a remote military outpost in Afghanistan and briefly entered the base in a ferocious attack that left nine US soldiers dead, officials said Monday. Dozens of insurgents were also killed in hours of fighting sparked after Sunday's dawn assault on a newly-built NATO and Afghan army post in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar, the NATO-led force said. The attack was one of the deadliest involving international forces who arrived in Afghanistan after a US-led invasion drove the Al-Qaeda-linked Taliban from government in late 2001. Fifteen US soldiers and four Afghan troops were wounded, officials said. "It was a well-organised attack, it was a ferocious attack," said Captain Mike Finney, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. "The troops in the combat outpost fought back hard to make sure the insurgents did not overrun the place." Hours of fighting, including air strikes, prevented the militants from taking over the base, with rebel casualties in the "high double figures", said Finney. Between 400 and 500 militants from various anti-government factions including Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the Hezb-i-Islami faction were involved, a senior Afghan defence ministry official said on condition of anonymity. "They attacked the newly established base there and reached even its walls. At one point they had entered the base," he said, citing information from the ground. "I don't know if the soldiers died inside the base or outside but the enemy had reached the walls." Troops were able to push them back with ground fighting and attack helicopters. "Reports we got from the area suggest that about 40 enemy were killed and around the same number of them were wounded," he said. ISAF's Finney said between 100 and 150 Afghan and international troops had moved into the outpost, near the village of Wanat, less than a week earlier."

7/15/2008 9:46:59 AM