Decade at War: Army Ranger, 29, killed in Afghanistan on 14th deployment

[DemOhio]

Source: CNN Website

Fourteen times in nine years, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij had left his family behind and headed out on deployment as an Army Ranger, taking part in hundreds of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, all before his 30th birthday.

His most recent tour turned out to be his last.....


Domeij, 1st Lt. Ashley White and Pvt. 1st Class Christopher Horns all died Saturday in Kandahar province when an improvised explosive device blew up near their assault force, according to a U.S. Army Special Operations Command news release.


Domeij joined the Army in July <2001>, a few months after graduating high school and not long before the September 11 terrorist attacks. Nine months later, he became part of the Ranger regiment.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/us/afghanistan-ranger-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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I just heard them sing "God Bless America" in the 7th game of the World Series.

Its hard to believe we've been at war this long. It seems to take a back burner to other news items. Its necessary to review the sacrifices of others so we can realize and remember the costs of war. This fellow, after multiple deployments, is but one tragic story is this on going conflict.

[panAmerican]

1. Deployed 14 times?!?! Is that even legal?

[Crowman1979]

2. That's the backdoor draft for you!

In addition to the shitty economy, where re-enlistment is the only option.

[hardtravelin]

3. Not very likely.

SFC Domeij was a PLT Sergeant in the 2nd Ranger Battalion. It is an elite special operations unit, and (whether you agree with the war or not) I'm sure Domeij was right where he wanted to be.

[hack89]

4. Special Ops deployments are shorter - on the order of 2 to 3 months long

they do relatively frequent short deployment interspersed with intense training at home - they have specialized skills that go stale very quickly.