05-18-2007, 13:59
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RIP SSG Whitaker, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.
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05-18-2007, 14:37
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Rest in peace.
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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." [Samuel Adams]
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05-18-2007, 16:42
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Prayers out to your family and team mates, RIP, SSG
LL
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05-18-2007, 16:44
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En Paz Descanse Hermano
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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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05-18-2007, 16:48
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R.I.P SSG.
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05-18-2007, 22:37
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SSG Joshua R. Whitaker
RELEASE NUMBER: 070518-01
DATE POSTED: MAY 18, 2007
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PRESS RELEASE: Army Special Forces Soldier dies in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 18, 2007) — An Army Special Forces Soldier stationed here died May 15 during a firefight near Qalat, Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Whitaker, 23, a Special Forces engineer sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), died from wounds sustained during the firefight.
He deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in March, 2007.
A native of Long Beach, Calif., Whitaker enlisted in the Army Sept. 24, 2003 as a Special Forces candidate. After completing basic combat training, advanced individual training and airborne school at Fort Benning, Ga., he was assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C. for Special Forces training. Upon completion of the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2006, he earned the coveted Green Beret and was assigned to 7th SFG (A).
His awards and decorations include the Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Parachutist Badge and the Special Forces Tab.
He is survived by his mother, Catherine Whitaker of Long Beach, Calif., his uncle, Robb Whitaker of Signal Hill, Calif. and his father, Frank Dougherty of El Monte, Calif. His aunt, Debra Whitaker and his cousins Rachel and Laura Whitaker, all from Signal Hill, Calif., also survive him.
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05-18-2007, 23:31
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rest in peace, soldier
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"So we can suffer, and in suffering we know who we are" David Goggins
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Der, der Geld verliert, verliert einiges;
Der, der einen Freund verliert, verliert viel mehr;
Der, der das Vertrauen verliert, verliert alles.
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05-19-2007, 00:22
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RIP, Warrior.
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05-19-2007, 07:24
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Rest In Peace Brother.
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05-19-2007, 08:54
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May you RIP SSG Whitaker. Went through the 18C course with him.
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05-20-2007, 09:05
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Thank You for your service & sacrifice SSG Whitaker. Rest in Peace.
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Is not this the fast that I have choosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isaiah 58:6,7
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05-21-2007, 17:42
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Area Commander
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RIP SSG Whitaker
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06-17-2007, 20:29
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RIP warrior.
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