From the Navy News Service:
The Department of Defense announced July 7 the death of three Sailors who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died July 6 as a result of enemy action while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq.
Killed were Petty Officer First Class Jason Dale Lewis, 30, of Brookfield, Conn.; Petty Officer First Class Robert Richard McRill, 42, of Lake Placid, Fla.; and Petty Officer First Class Steven Phillip Daugherty, 28, of Barstow, Calif.
All three Sailors were assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team.
More here.
Some more of our very best. RIP, Sailors.
Damn. I hate this part, I truly do. It’s part and parcel of the job, but it always hurts because regardless of whether or not we personally knew them, they are still shipmates.
God Speed, brothers.
Hiram: Are you a travelling man?
Respects,
I am so taken and accepted among friends and brethren. Yourself?
Flags are flying at half mast in CT, in honor of the sacrifice of Petty Officer First Class Jason Dale Lewis.
Hiram,
Indeed, I am a man travelling in search of that which was lost.
Respects,
Brother, I too come from the West travelling East. My mother lodge where I remain in good standing is Deerfield Lodge No 325 F&AM of Florida. Currently a visitor to the F&A Lodges of the 25th Masonic District in Kentucky. From where do you hail?- Ike
Brother,
From
Polar Star Lodge No. 114
Bath, Maine.
About as East as you can get at present
Shoot me an email if you like at:
Gwedd AT hotmail dot com
Fraternally yours,
Tim and Hiram ~ Masonic Lodges? Spent plenty of time in one growing up as part of one of their youth groups. Grampa was a Mason. Interesting.
Homefrontsix,
Yeah, ya caught us. Sigh.
Surprising how many lodges there are out in the fleet. My Lodge has a DeMolay group for the youth.
I have been absolutley astounded by the recognition of Masons throughout the world. Regardless of what the local politics are, Masons have been able to find each other and continue the work of the craft towards a better world for all mankind.
To be one ask one.
Respects,