Soldier loses eye but keeps dreams in sight | Article | The United ...
Nov 25, 2009 · FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Ten months into his deployment with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Peter Sprenger lost an eye when an improvised explosive device detonated near the forward...
Since October 2001, improvised explosive devices (IEDs, roadside bombs, and suicide car bombs) have been responsible for many of the combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.1 Vehicle-borne IEDs and car bombs are now used to strike police stations, markets, and mosques, killing local citizens as well as U.S. troops.
Witness to War: Preserving The Oral Histories of Combat Veterans
2LT Peter Sprenger describes why he joined the Army after 9/11, his feelings about facing the battlefield, and how his training prepared him and his comrades for a different kind of war in Iraq.
Peter Sprenger lost his... - Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Peter Sprenger lost his right eye to shrapnel from an exploding car bomb during his first combat tour in Iraq, but the Army infantryman never let the wound dim his focus on staying in the Army. He...
Josiah Crumpler Obituary - Legacy.com
Mar 9, 2010 · Josiah D. Crumpler, 27 of Hillsborough, NC, died on March 1, 2010, when his patrol unit came under attack by insurgents in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan.
Obituary | Herman Sprenger | Ozark Funeral Homes
Aug 16, 2005 · Mr. Herman Jess Sprenger, 70 years, of Neosho, Mo. departed this life on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 in the Medicalodge of Neosho after a short battle with lung cancer. Jess was born October 16, 1934 in Oswego, Kansas son of …
Since October 2001, improvised explosive devices (IEDs, roadside bombs, and suicide car bombs) have been responsible for many of the more than 3,000 combat deaths in Iraq and many of the more than 240 combat deaths in Afghanistan.1 Vehicle-borne IEDs and car bombs are now used to strike police stations, markets, and mosques, killing local citiz...
Improvised explosive device - Wikipedia
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism.
Clark Funeral Home
Paul Stanley Fry, Neosho, entered into rest on July 25, 2020 at the age of 72. He was born July 29, 1947 in Rogers, AR to D.S. and Sarah (Watkins) Fry. Paul was a veteran of the US Army and proudly served in the Vietnam War. He retired from La-Z …
Left of Boom: A Strategy to Disrupt the Bomb Chain for Safety IEDs
Aug 23, 2022 · Five Left of Boom Steps to Disrupt Safety IED’s in the Client Workplace. In the same way the US military attacked the IED issue in Afghanistan and Iraq, we safety professionals can use left of boom thinking to identify, locate, neutralize, and …