Stryker Brigade News

My heart felt condolences for the loss of SSG McFall. God be with you and give you comfort and peace. Please know that this American shall never forget your sacrifice
Maggie

May God in his love and grace give you his peace and strengh in this time of sorrow and emptiness due to the loss of SSG McFall. Our prayers and thoughts are with the family, friends and fellow soldiers. Rest in peace hero, we will never forget your sacrifice.
Godspeed!
Eddie's dad A 5-20 3/2 SBCT.

May the Lord be with you in this great time of need. Words are never enough in these times but please know that there a many people who are praying for you. SSG McFall was a true American hero and I thank him.
Josh's mom 1-23 INF 3/2 Stryker Brigade

May God be with this now family now and always. I am so very sorry for your loss.
Former Stryker Mom,
Ellen

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and soldiers working along side SSG McFall during this most difficult time. May the Good Lord give you the strength you need. Stand down young Hero, your work here is done; you are now serving in Gods Army watching over all of us. You will always be remembered by grateful Americans.
My sincere gratitude,
Linda,
Joe's Stryker Mom

My thoughts and prayers to the family of SSG McFall. My son is also in the 1-38 INF 4/2 Stryker Brigade. I know SSG McFall will continue to watch over the soldiers he left behind. May God grant you peace in this time of sorrow.

My brother and Tommy were roomates in Korea and Don described him as a good man and one of the few people in the Army he called a friend. He his heart broken by his loss and I know he would want to express his condolences to Tommy's friends and family.

Like most of you, I've heard it said each Memorial Day, "Freedom is not free.". This year I truly understand this in a very personal way. I lost my son to the War on Terrorism, in Iraq - - of all days, on Memorial Day.

While my son is a Hero to me, I realize he is only one of the hundreds of thousands who have made the ultimate sacrifice over the past 225 years to insure our continued freedom, here in this country. It seems as though each generation must freshly water the ground of "freedom" with their blood, for our freedom here is only temporary. I know from the book of Revelations, that the current war is not the last war to be fought (change of Administration, change of Congress, not withstanding). How many more fathers will mourn the loss of a son for freedom's sake ? Too many, for sure.

I know of another Father that lost His Son over two thousand years ago, also in the mid-east, for our freedom's sake. His Son's blood bought us an eternal freedom - - freedom from the consequences of our sin. And while this freedom is free to us (we have only to receive it - a gift of grace - not one we've earned), it was not free to that Father. It was not free to that Son. It was blood given freely, out of love for us. My son's blood was given freely out of his love for this country. That Father raised His Son on the third day, and they are together in the heavenly places. This gives me comfort (a future and a hope) that I, too, will see my son again. I believe he knew the Lord, Jesus Christ. And I know the Lord knew him. I praise the Lord for the time He allowed me to have him here with me. I pray the Lord will comfort all the other fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, friends and colleagues, for the losses they have experienced, or have yet to experience, the way He has comforted me.

The proud father of :

SSG McFall, Tom

My hart goes out to your family for Tom. My son is the gunner for this stryker unit, 1-38 in. 4/2 sbct, my son has't spoken of this to me and i don't think he will. My tears fall for your loss as well as the great men we have lost since 9-11. Freedom is not free. Let there be peace in your family and this crazy world so our boys can come home.