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Capt. Kyle Comfort
27 years old from Jacksonville, Alabama
Fire Support Officer Company D, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
May 8, 2010


Kyle Comfort had just recently been promoted to Captain and been assigned to a Ranger Regiment in the Army. His accomplishments as a Soldier, in such a short time, were a testament to the fact that he was an excellent Soldier. Unfortunately, in this war, it doesn’t make a lot of difference how good you are at your job. The difference seems to be left to chance. Where you are sitting in your vehicle or which vehicle you are sitting in when you hit an IED or where you are standing on your FOB when the mortars come in. All chance and circumstance.

It has to be that way. The enemy that is fighting us now could never win a legitimate war with our Soldiers. So they fight as insurgents and use tactics that they know make our Soldiers vulnerable.

That is how they got CAPT Kyle Comfort. With an IED just a month into his tour of duty in Afghanistan. If they had fought him face-to-face, they never would have gotten him.

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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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L/Cpl. Joshua M. Davis
19 years old from Perry, Iowa
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
May 7, 2010


Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Davis of Perry, Iowa, was a 2009 Perry High School graduate. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 2009. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Lejeune, N.C., he deployed to Afghanistan in March 2010 and was promoted to Lance Cpl. on May 1, 2010. He was killed in action on May 7, 2010 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Afghanistan Campaign Medal. Also killed alongside L/Cpl. Davis were Cpl. Kurt S. Shea, 21, of Frederick, Maryland and Lance Cpl. Christopher Rangel, 22, of San Antonio, Texas.

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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Quanell X: If you shoot one more black man in Bellaire, your city will go up in flames

Hummm, that's some pretty tough talk.


HOUSTON – The turnout was low, but the emotions ran high Wednesday for a group of
protesters upset over the not guilty verdict in the trial of a Bellaire cop.

Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was on trial for aggravated assault by a public servant for shooting Robbie Tolan in front of his Bellaire home on New Year’s Eve 2008. Cotton was attempting to arrest Tolan for driving what he believed to be a stolen car. The car belonged to Tolan, but another officer mistakenly typed in the wrong license plate number.
Tolan testified he was on one knee arguing with Cotton for pushing his mother when he was shot. Cotton told jurors the shooting was justified because he believed Tolan was reaching into his waistband for a weapon as he jumped off the ground.
On Tuesday, jurors acquitted Cotton after listening to a week of testimony.
Local activist Quanell X organized a protest Wednesday outside the Bellaire Police Department.
"This cop is a criminal, this cop should be in jail," Quanell X said. “If you shoot one more black man in Bellaire in cold blood, then your damn city will go up in flames.”
One longtime Bellaire resident showed up at the protest.
“I don’t know what happened and no one is ever going to get the real truth,” Cheryl Grummons said. “I think the City of Bellaire needs to take responsibility for what they did and this (the protest) doesn’t need to happen.
“I hate this (the protest) when it’s all about race. You know what, we all live all over,” Grummons said.
She later got into a heated discussion with several of the protesters.
Many demonstrators disagreed. They likened the Bellaire Police Department to terrorists that should be eyed cautiously.
“We are going to put Bellaire on the watch list, on the terrorists list,” said one elderly protester.
“Call Obama,” someone yelled out in response.
“Sister, Obama can’t do nothing about this, the people in this city are going to have to do something about this,” he replied.

The Tolan family said Tuesday they plan to file a lawsuit in federal court and hinted the City of Bellaire will be named as a defendant.

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Soldiers reunite to give Houston war hero final salute

Citation1st Sgt. McNerney distinguished himself when his unit was attacked by a North Vietnamese battalion near polei Doc. Running through the hail of enemy fire to the area of heaviest contact, he was assisting in the development of a defensive perimeter when he encountered several enemy at close range. He killed the enemy but was painfully injured when blown from his feet by a grenade. In spite of this injury, he assaulted and destroyed an enemy machinegun position that had pinned down 5 of his comrades beyond the defensive line. Upon learning his commander and artillery forward observer had been killed, he assumed command of the company. He adjusted artillery fire to within 20 meters of the position in a daring measure to repulse ??enemy assaults. When the smoke grenades used to mark the position were gone, he moved into a nearby clearing to designate the location to friendly aircraft. In spite of enemy fire he remained exposed until he was certain the position was spotted and then climbed into a tree and tied the identification panel to its highest branches. Then he moved among his men readjusting their position, encouraging the defenders and checking the wounded. As the hostile assaults slackened, he began clearing a helicopter landing site to evacuate the wounded. When explosives were needed to remove large trees, he crawled outside the relative safety of his perimeter to collect demolition material from abandoned rucksacks. Moving through a fusillade of fire he returned with the explosives that were vital to the clearing of the landing zone. Disregarding the pain of his injury and refusing medical evacuation 1st Sgt. McNerney remained with his unit until the next day when the new commander arrived. First Sgt. McNerney's outstanding heroism and leadership were inspirational to his comrades. His actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of his country.

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Sgt. Kristopher J. Battles


Sgt. Kristopher J. Battles, the combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, stands in front of his paintings, May 5, 2010, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government for Harvard University. Battles showed several paintings, sketches and portraits for residents and tourists to see the artwork of a combat artist, in Cambridge, Mass., to help tell the Marine Corps story during Marine Week.

Photo Courtesy United States Marine Corps.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Sheriff: Suspected child rapist hangs himself in Galveston County Jail

by Michelle Homer / khou.com

Posted on May 10, 2010 at 1:51 PM
Updated yesterday at 6:36 PM
Related:

* Justice for Jennifer: Suspect arrested in 1990 rape of 8-year-old girl
* HPD sketch artist was haunted by 1990 abduction, rape of 8-year-old girl
* Bond set at $1M for 1990 rape case suspect
* Jennifer Schuett: 'I am not a victim'
* Cold case detective grateful for DNA test refusal

DICKINSON, Texas — A suspect jailed for the 1990 rape and attempted capital murder of Jennifer Schuett hung himself in the Galveston County Jail early Monday morning.

Dennis Earl Bradford "fashioned a crude noose from a bed cover" to commit suicide, according to Galveston County investigators.

Bradford was discovered by a deputy and medical personnel on routine rounds shortly after 1 a.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival at UTMB.

"I am shocked and disappointed at the news of Bradford resulting to suicide, as I looked forward to facing him in the court room this Fall, and now feel as though I was robbed of that opportunity," Schuett said in a written statement." I can say that I feel very blessed and grateful that I was able to find out who attacked me all of those years ago, and that he was arrested last year, and taken off of the streets so that he couldn’t harm anyone else."

Bradford, 40, had been in the Galveston County Jail since his arrest in Little Rock, Arkansas last October. It took detectives nearly two decades to solve the Schuett case.

Schuett was 8 years old when she woke up in a field in 1990, naked and covered with fire ants. The man who abducted her from her Dickinson apartment had sexually assaulted her, cut her throat and left her in the field to die.

Schuett was slowly bleeding to death, but she couldn’t scream for help because her voice box had been cut.

Fourteen hours later, some children found her and called for help. Schuett was rushed by helicopter to a Galveston hospital, barely alive.

Investigators found Schuett’s pink pajama top and underwear a few miles from where she was assaulted. They also recovered a man’s T-shirt and underwear. Back then, large amounts of blood or body fluids were needed to test DNA, and there just wasn’t enough.

Dickinson Detective Tim Cromie was assigned to the cold case in 2008. He teamed up with FBI Special Agent Richard Rennison.

They convinced the FBI lab to retest the clothing at their lab in Quantico, Virginia and those tests linked Bradford to the case.

After Bradford’s arrest, a tearful Schuett thanked the investigators for their "hard work and dedication."

"Throughout this journey, I’ve had two main goals and they were to find the man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and attempted to murder me 19 years ago so that he could not hurt anyone else," Schuett said. "And to use my voice in telling my story to as many people as I possibly could over the years in hopes that I may encourage other victims of violent crimes to stand up and speak out against criminals."

Bradford had been living in Little Rock for seven years when he was arrested. He was married with children.

Bradford served time in Arkansas for the 1996 abduction of a 35-year-old woman he had met at a nightclub. He also raped her and slit her throat. He was released from prison after serving four years of a 12 year sentence.

Doctors initially told Schuett’s mother that she would never talk again because of the damage to her voice box. After weeks in the hospital, she proved them wrong.

Now Schuett believes she got her voice back so that she could speak out about her experience.

"I hope that my case will remain as a reminder to all victims of violent crime to never give up hope in seeking justice, not matter how long it may take or how hard it may be," Schuett said. "With determination and by using your voice to speak out, you are capable of anything."

Schuett hopes to get a degree in criminology so that she can use her own horrific experience to help other crime victims.

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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Keith Dewayne Andrews, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during the ground assault of Operation DESERT STORM. Sergeant Andrews showed extraordinary courage once he observed that air support had by-passed two Iraqi machine gun positions, leaving a Humvee with five soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division pinned down by enemy cross fire. Sergeant Andrews negotiated a minefield while fighting his way to the top of the enemy bunker, destroying it with a fragmentation hand grenade. Being out of ammo, Sergeant Andrews resourcefully obtained the enemy machine gun using it to fight his way up the second Iraqi fighting position. Over all, Sergeant Andrews single-handedly killed some twenty-five enemy combatants to secure two enemy bunkers. This allowed for the quick evacuation of the five wounded soldiers thus saving their lives. These brave and selfless actions of Sergeant Andrews bring great credit to himself, his unit and the United States Army.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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