GI Special 4K9: Osborne's Soldiers Lost Nine Comrades - November 9, 2006
Thomas F. Barton
Thomas F. Barton
Memorial services honoring fallen soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment in Iraq used to require planning meetings of as long as 45 minutes.But at this point, they take barely five.
"We're here again," said Chaplain John Hill.
A roadside bomb had killed another soldier from the battalion the day before.
He launched into the unit's "memorial ceremony execution matrix," a 40-item checklist of tasks that includes everything from collecting personal effects to finding a singer.
"Unfortunately, we've gotten, I won't say, good at this," said Lieutenant Colonel Craig Osborne, the battalion's commander, wrapping up the meeting almost as soon as it began. "It's become habitual."
In October, 105 American troops died in Iraq, the most since January 2005.
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Thomas F. Barton
Memorial services honoring fallen soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment in Iraq used to require planning meetings of as long as 45 minutes.But at this point, they take barely five.
"We're here again," said Chaplain John Hill.
A roadside bomb had killed another soldier from the battalion the day before.
He launched into the unit's "memorial ceremony execution matrix," a 40-item checklist of tasks that includes everything from collecting personal effects to finding a singer.
"Unfortunately, we've gotten, I won't say, good at this," said Lieutenant Colonel Craig Osborne, the battalion's commander, wrapping up the meeting almost as soon as it began. "It's become habitual."
In October, 105 American troops died in Iraq, the most since January 2005.
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