Not to undermine other service members who have sacraficed their lives, but something really sticks me in the heart whenever we lose one of our girls, especially one like this.

Megan was what some jerks would call a "pogue." She was public affairs, she was adament about getting quality embeds and stories about Iraq, she was quoted often in the war media and in fitness magazines, she was a gorgeous Marine Major who was killed while traveling without escort in a place she honestly should not have been.

Countries survive because of people like this. What a terrible, terrible loss.

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