The eight airmen killed in the April 27, 2011 shooting at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, are: First row (Left to right): Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr., 37, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Maj. Philip D. Ambard, 44, of Edmonds, Wash.; Maj. Jeffrey O. Ausborn, 41, of Gadsden, Ala.; and Maj. David L. Brodeur, 34, of Auburn, Mass. Second row (l-r): Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II, 40, of New Haven, Conn.; Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, 35, of Hockley, Tex.; Maj. Charles A. Ransom, 31, of Midlothian, Va.; and MSgt. Tara R. Brown, 33, of Deltona, Fla.
Families Still Struggle Over Kabul Shootings -- Military Times
Though separated by 8,000 miles and a nine-hour time difference, Maj. Jeff Ausborn and his wife, Suzanna, spoke twice a day.
Ausborn would place the first call between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. each morning to their home in San Antonio, where Suzanna listened for the far-off sound of his voice in Afghanistan.
The couple had been married for nearly seven years yet dreaded separations as though they were still newlyweds. When Ausborn’s orders came, Suzanna, a retired Air Force major, applied for overseas contracting jobs so they could be closer. She would rather be in a war zone, she told her friends, than without her husband. Until then, the phone calls would have to do.
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My Comment: A sobering post on the suffering that families go through when their loved ones do not come back home.
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