Article: OUR SACRIFICES ARE NOT MADE IN VAIN

The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:

By Lt. Col. Gregory Reese51st Security Forces Squadron commander

Staff Sgt. Travis L Griffin was killed by an improvised explosive device in one of Baghdad's most violent neighborhoods April 3.

He was a security forces Airman from the 377th Security Forces Squadron from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Sergeant Griffin was serving a one-year deployment training the Iraqi police. His goals were to make Iraq a safer place, to ensure the sacrifices made by thousands of military members in Iraq were not made in vain, and to help create a free and democratic nation in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's rule of oppression.

He believed in these ...

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