Voices in the wind

"It's never easy losing a soldier. When you know the person, it's all that more difficult. Oregon lost it's first soldier on this deployment this past weekend, Sgt. Lindsey from Troutdale.

I was in Nangalam in the northeastern part of Afghanistan when I received the news. It was an unusual moment for me. I have seen my share of dead in the battles that I have covered over hear. But losing someone from the group that I had been with since March was different. I had come to know Sgt. Lindsey from my time both at Camp Shelby and during the first two months that I was in the Kandahar area. He roomed a few doors down from me."
KGW Afghanistan Blog