Reserve sergeant dies in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

Reserve sergeant dies in Afghanistan
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 20:43:14 EST

A Marine Corps Reserve noncommissioned officer from Texas died Saturday in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.

Sgt. Cesar B. Ruiz, 26, of Bexar, Texas, died supporting combat operations in Helmand province. He was an Individual Ready reservist assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 1, which is based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to a spokesman with Marine Forces Reserve.

It’s not immediately clear how Ruiz died.

A combat engineer, Ruiz was serving his second tour in Afghanistan, Marine officials said. He had deployed there previously from November 2004 to June 2005.

Ruiz joined the Corps in January 2003, officials said. His personal decorations include a Purple Heart.


Article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/11/marine_ruiz_afghanistan_110309w/



unhappycamper comment: To date nine hundred eleven (911) American soldiers have died in the continued occupation of Afghanistan --> http://icasualties.org/oef/

[jjray7]

1. Individual Ready reservist

Condolences to the family of Sgt. Ruiz. Personnel on the IRR are only supposed to be called up in time of grave national emergency. These people are not part of the normal active reserve. It's insane that we are calling up IRR personnel for Afghanistan and getting them killed. For what? The Afghani people outside of Kabul are Islamic fundamentalists. No amount of troops will chance their culture. What a waste.