Semper Fi, Megan McClung

[Major Robert Dump]

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.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006...2010611018.txt

[Scurvy]

very sad

[lars573]

Soldier in combat zone dies. *checks location of reproductive organs* OMG, It's a billion times worse cause there on the inside!!!!!



This is no more or less "tragic" than any other soldier dying in a combat area.

[KukriKhan]

I thought MRD was pretty clear with

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...

that he meant no disrespect to the other fallen - just that female combat deaths meant inordinately more to him.

Here are faces & details of other fallen:

Faces of the Fallen

[Ser Clegane]

Thanks for the link, Kukri.

Sometimes it's scary how easily one can forget that there are 3000+ individual faces and 3000+ individual people behind the statistics of the fallen ... just as behind the number of 60 that were killed today in Baghdad.

MRD's post should serve as a reminder that there is a story and a life behind each of these faces.

RIP

[spmetla]

I feel sorry for her family and friends. Unfortunate that it happens. Since getting deployed and having met many "pogue" chicks and guys that were in civil affairs or truck drivers or just paper pushers and the crap they've been through I've completely stopped using the term "pogue". This is only thing that stupid Army of One slogan I thought was good, an effort to not divide army into combat or non combat, national guard or regular army, just army and soldiers.

I'm not proud, but am aware of the unfortunate fact that the highest ranking death in Iraq was active duty Col., Col. Wood, that replaced one of the officers in our brigade.

I really hate these sad milestones though am also glad its not just us enlisted grunts that get blown away, hope you guys don't take this statement too badly.