11-08-2007, 20:33
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Quiet Professional
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Captain Benjamin Tiffner
RIP Sir
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U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 8, 2007) — An Army Special Forces Soldier was killed Nov. 7 as a result of an improvised explosive device strike while conducting a combat operation in Baghdad, Iraq.
Capt. Benjamin Tiffner, 31, was fatally wounded when his vehicle encountered an IED in the course of conducting a ground convoy in Baghdad. He was a Special Forces Operational Detachment – Alpha team leader assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Tiffner, a native of Ohio, volunteered for military service and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2000. After Infantry Officer’s Basic Course, Airborne School and Ranger School, he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment., at Fort Lewis, Wash., and served as an infantry platoon leader, reconnaissance platoon leader, and company executive officer. He served in Iraq from November 2003 to March 2004. Upon graduating from the Special Forces Qualification Course in April 2006, he was assigned to 5th SFG(A).
Tiffner is survived by his parents, Timothy and Judith of Soldotna, Alaska.
http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20...071108-03.html
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11-08-2007, 20:37
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RIP CPT.
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11-08-2007, 21:38
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RIP, Captain.
Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice.
You will not be forgotten.
TR
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11-08-2007, 22:10
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Rest In Peace Sir.
Thoughts and Prayers out, for You and Your's.
Martin
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11-08-2007, 22:34
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Rest in Peace Captain.
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We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.
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11-08-2007, 23:27
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And when our work is done
Our course on earth is run
May it be said, "Well Done!"
Be thou at peace
Well done, Captain.
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11-09-2007, 05:32
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Rest in Peace
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11-09-2007, 05:57
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R.I.P. Sir.
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11-09-2007, 06:13
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Rest In Peace
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11-09-2007, 06:15
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RIP Sir
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We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air with all our might and all our strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, What is our aim? I answer in one word: Victory Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Winston Churchill
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11-09-2007, 07:55
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Rest In Peace Sir
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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11-09-2007, 09:32
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Rest in Peace Sir.
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11-09-2007, 09:39
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Rest In Peace
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"May God be with you and may the devil be crushed underfoot as you march for peace on the skulls of our enemies, for goodwill, security and a quality of life that comes only with democracy, " - Ted Nugent
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11-09-2007, 12:48
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In pace requiescat Sir.
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You ask; What is our policy? I will say; “It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.” You ask; What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.-Winston Churchill
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11-09-2007, 14:14
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RIP Captain
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