Deserving of more magazine covers than Michael Jackson

Here are the names of US forces killed in the War on Terror this month. The sacrifice of these Americans weighs heavy on my heart. I'm older than the majority of these soldiers (12 of them). I can't believe that there are so many life experiences that were taken from them. I can only pray that those left behind understand that God is always in control, no matter how hard it is to believe. Life and death hold a strange dichotomy. The concepts are easily learned but never fully understood. As humans it is our nature to figure out why things happen and how things work. However, there will always be things that occur which will defy all logic and understanding. It is through my own mortal inferiority and feebleness that I surrender all things known and unknown to me. I surrender all to my Lord and Savior. He accepts me as I am and strengthens my faith through all of life's experiences that fly well above my head. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank God for blessing me, and pray that those affected by these war casualties will be blessed beyond their understanding.

I expect you all to read every name on this list out of respect.

1290	07/11/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Marine	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	southern Afghanistan	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1289	07/11/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Marine	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	southern Afghanistan	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1293	07/10/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army		Hostile - hostile fire	southern Afghanistan	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1288	07/09/09	Farris, Joshua R.	Specialist	22	U.S. Army	2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Wardak Province	La Grange	Texas
1287	07/08/09	Hayes, John E.	Master Sergeant	36	U.S. Marine	2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force	Hostile - hostile fire	Helmand Province	Middleburg	Florida
1286	07/08/09	Hager, Roger G.	Lance Corporal	20	U.S. Marine	2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force	Hostile - hostile fire	Helmand Province	Gibsonville	North Carolina
1277	07/08/09	Tate, Darren Ethan	Aviation Ordnanceman Airman	21	U.S. Navy	Individual Augmentee to Combined Security Transition Command	Non-hostile - illness - pneumonia	Bagram Air Base	Canyon	Texas
1276	07/08/09	Missman , Gregory James	Specialist	36	U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Bagram Air Base	Batavia	Ohio
1275	07/08/09	Roy, Michael C.	Sergeant	25	U.S. Marine	3d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Advisor Group, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Nimroz province	North Fort Myers	Florida
1272	07/07/09	Talbert, Christopher	Specialist	24	U.S. Army National Guard	2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Shindand (Herat province)	Galesburg	Illinois
1274	07/06/09	Garner, Mark A.	Captain	30	U.S. Army	1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Joint Multinational Readiness Center,	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Arghandab District	Elkin	North Carolina
1266	07/06/09	Williams, Derwin	2nd Lieutenant	41	U.S. Army National Guard	2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kandu	Glenwood	Illinois
1265	07/06/09	Hosford, Chester W.	Specialist	35	U.S. Army National Guard	2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kandu	Hastings	Minnesota
1264	07/06/09	Chavers, Brock H.	Sergeant	25	U.S. Army National Guard	2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Bulloch	Georgia
1263	07/06/09	Johnson, Issac L.	Specialist	24	U.S. Army National Guard	1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Columbus	Georgia
1262	07/06/09	Gideon, Nicolas H. J.	Private 1st Class	20	U.S. Army	1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Paktya (Died at FOB Salerno)	Murrieta	California
1261	07/06/09	Randolph, Tony Michael	Petty Officer 2nd Class	22	U.S. Navy	Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight (Combined Security Transition Command)	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Henryetta	Okalahoma
1257	07/04/09	Fairbairn, Aaron E.	Private 1st Class	20	U.S. Army	3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, indirect fire	Combat Outpost Zerok (eastern Paktika province)	Aberdeen	Washington
1256	07/04/09	Casillas, Justin A.	Private 1st Class	19	U.S. Army	3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, indirect fire	Combat Outpost Zerok (eastern Paktika province)	Dunnigan	California
1254	07/02/09	Sharp, Charles S.	Lance Corporal	20	U.S. Marine	2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force