Most of the 600 soldiers of 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment stood in somber silence as the men of 3rd Platoon, B Company honored Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges, 33, Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff, 23, and Spc. Christopher J. Wesley, 26.
...To honor the fallen, the unit positioned two Strykers on either side of a trailer holding the traditional monument to soldiers killed in combat — M4 carbines standing muzzle down behind desert boots. Kevlar helmets rested atop of the butt stocks.
Read the full account from Army Times reporter Matthew Cox here.
Fallen Comrades
Most of the 600 soldiers of 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment stood in somber silence as the men of 3rd Platoon, B Company honored Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges, 33, Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff, 23, and Spc. Christopher J. Wesley, 26.
...To honor the fallen, the unit positioned two Strykers on either side of a trailer holding the traditional monument to soldiers killed in combat — M4 carbines standing muzzle down behind desert boots. Kevlar helmets rested atop of the butt stocks.
Read the full account from Army Times reporter Matthew Cox here.
