Soldiers skype call from Afganistan to his wife, she sees him die....

Thanks for the link.

It is such a shame. I guess sometimes we will learn what happened.

Some people really believe these Soldiers want to watch movies, I have news, all they want is to talk to their families. Ricky has orders to go to Libia now, another hot spot Obama couldn't keep his grubby paws out of. Damit.

Ricky is Carols son, aged 28. He's done 2 tours in Afganistan and 1 in Iraq.

So sorry to hear this. I pray for his safety.

I will tell his wife and 2 little boys. And we're still reeling from the aftershocks of what happened in Vietnam, why are we always sending our men and women to countries I'd never heard of before?

This is such a sad and chilling story. Prayers for the family. I hope they find out what happened.

I wish I knew, hopefully the news will clear some of this up. I just can't imagine how his wife is coping with all this.

My heart goes out to her, too! It's something no one ever wants to witness.

Exactly.

SO heartbreaking!

I agree.

So strange! I wonder what occurred?

All I know is the story on kfoxtv said a man called his wife via skype from afganistan and he was killed while he was talking to her. Poor woman, what a shock to have to see something like that and not be able to do anything about it.

right. That is all I understood too.

I didn't go to the link. I don't want to see anyone die. I can't believe that they will not call them home before 2014. Too many have died already. Wars among the muslim factions will never end.

Your so right, in fact I don't think war is ever really going to stop, man is far to greedy to let things ride.

this is sad,, my son would never skpe us because we would see all his scars and I think his fears..

I haven't used skype, I heard its an easy way to keep in touch with family overseas, I know a few that can't wait to for family to "call" them. I've heard the troops actually stand in line taking turns using it when they can. When Ricky was in Iraq they would play poker waiting for their turn on the PC so they could talk to their wives, moms, etc. His son was born when he was over there and he got to see him through the PC.

So sad. Yes, we need to end stupid wars and find better ways to settle matters. Only the "kings" and weaponmakers profit from war.

Don't forget the lawyers and politicians, somehow I get the feeling they have their sticky fingers in that mix for the profits.

Yup.

I heard about this and this is awful.

"Some people really believe these Soldiers want to watch movies" I gave you the links to several news reports. I did not make up the story, I do not work for the NY Times... and I can't believe you are still going on about this.

It is not that I want to "believe these Soldiers want to watch movies" it's about 8 years of someone donated 4,000 boxes of the dvd's. Someone was passing them out and the NY Times mentioned comments from two people who let them use their name and positions who talked about giving them out.

Take it up with the NY Times for false reporting if you don't agree.

In case you missed my comment to you:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/nyregion/at-92-movie-bootlegger-is-soldiers-hero.html?_r=1

Here is what I read there...

"Capt. Bryan Curran, who recently returned from Afghanistan, estimated that from 2008 to 2010, Mr. Strachman sent more than 2,000 DVDs to his outfits there.

“You’re shocked because your initial image is of some back-alley Eastern European bootlegger — not an old Jewish guy on Long Island,” Captain Curran said. “He would time them with the movie’s release — whenever a new movie was just in theaters, we knew Big Hy would be sending us some. I saw ‘The Transformers’ before it hit the States.”

Jenna Gordon, a specialist in the Army Reserve, said she had handed out even more of Mr. Strachman’s DVDs last year as a medic with the 883rd Medical Company east of Kandahar City, where soldiers would gather for movie nights around personal computers, with mortar blasting in the background. Some knew only that the discs came from some dude named Big Hy; others knew not even that.

“It was pretty big stuff — it’s reconnecting you to everything you miss,” she said. “We’d tell people to take a bunch and pass them on.”

I came to see what you knew about this awful event and to give you a comment.

Its a tragedy when a wife sees her husband killed while she is talking to him, thats pretty much all I know and of course we are stuck as we were with Vietnam, with whatever the military sees fit to let us know. The poor woman is devestated, but I didn't get into the details, thats why I simply included the links for those that were interested and sent my condolences for her and her family.

Heather C. May 7, 2012, 8:59pm EDT
Thanks MLM, I'm not sure I could handle the links if there are photos. My heart goes out to her. How awful.

I have hesitated to write this as I don't feel I need to "prove" anything to you... but My late Grandfather served in a war, I have the flag they gave to my Dad at his funeral in 1970.

My late father (my sister has his flag from his funeral in 2005) and 3 Uncles Henry, Parker (still alive) served in WW2, and the youngest Billy was in the service and visited us in California in 1961 ... my Late father in law served as a LT colonel during WW2 and a reservist for decades... his brother was a LT Colonel too.

My late Uncle George my father's late older sisters husband was a career Marine, was a Master Sargent he moved his family all over the place... and was a great guy.. and was on the line in Guadalcanal.

My Great Uncle Sidney was in the Air force and shot down during WW2... He was the only Jewish man in our family and was in a POW in a concentration camp during WW2. My grandmother brought me with her for visits to her sister Ada's house and he was the kindest gentlest man who never raised his voice.

I so loved him because he was so gentle and kind and seemed to like me. I remember the smell of the cherry tobacco he smoked in his pipe as he told me, a little girl about the universe. Most people thought I was stupid and he didn't. He never took his shirt off because of the tatooed numbers they put on his arms when we all went swimming at my Grandparents summer cottage at the beach.

My cousin Bobby and many of my friends brothers and fathers served in Vietnam. Many wore POW bracelets... and I lost school mates in Vietnam.

I can't tell you how many people I know served in various wars. My husband missed the draft because of his birthday... My older son joined the army in 1993 and got an honorable discharge. He was in boot camp when I was pregnant with my youngest who just turned 18... and I had some friends in the first gulf war.. over the Internet, one who asked me to help him write his wedding vows... and I did. He was thrilled with what I wrote and sent him.

Maybe you ought to know this about me. I do know many men who served in the military... and one who is graduating High School in a few weeks and going into the service.

I have donated to the Veterans Association in my Dad's name and I get stuff from them. In fact I dealt with the VA bringing my Dad up to the VA Clinic and sat and talked with many Veterans of all the wars and their wives/ husbands... as he went to VA doctors. It was a VA doctor who explained to me that my Dad was dying... and had many things wrong with him. She really was a big help as I was taking 24/7 care of him... and no one else told me. When he was too sick to go with me, I went by myself while my husband worked from home... so I was freed up to get rewrites and get his medicine from them and that could take my whole day. I hated leaving him but when he first got out of the hospital he was in no shape to go anywhere, let alone sit for hours and hours at the VA clinic.

One friend's husband asked if he could bring a copy of my poem. " The Ultimate War ".. down to where he went to a different VA clinic to see the doctors where they could hang it on the war. So there is a poem of mine hanging in a va clinic.

So I do know a lot of military men, MLM.

... and have all my life.

Oh and my younger son joined ROTC in 1997 and had to hand the uniform back and chose another class as he was diagnosed with adolescent onset epilepsy. One cannot serve with epilepsy.

No need to prove anything.

How tragic. How sad for this family. My heart goes out to them. I hope all the soldiers get to come home very soon. We don't belong in that awful place anylonger. They have done what they set out to do now bring them all home.

Here, Here, I'm with you on that!!

So sad. I hate this war.We lost a 26 yr old family member to it.

My condolences and I salute your family for the sacrifice. I just wish Obama would keep his promise...bring our troops home and end this stupid war.

very sad :(
hate wars

I hate them too, just wish our government could find a better way to make money.

i wish the same.