The Human Face Of What Is Being Loss In Afghanistan

One Death In Afghanistan: Ben Sklaver's Story -- Time Magazine

Last week, Laura and Gary Sklaver buried their oldest boy, Ben, who was 32 when killed by a suicide bomber in the remote village of Murcheh in the distant land of Afghanistan. Ben was a captain in the U.S. Army. Now he has become one of 804 Americans, 37 from Connecticut, to lose their lives in an expanding war that belongs mostly to the parents and families of those who serve a nation preoccupied by a wounded economy and political polarization.

Read more ....

My Comment: Our thoughts and prayers are for the Sklaver family and their loss.