Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 7, 2009
At 32, Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow had been in the Army for 13 years. With a wife, 13-year-old daughter and a bothersome case of sleep apnea, he had decided it was time to become a civilian.
His mother, Rhonda Thompson, said Friday that DeCrow had returned over the summer from a year's deployment in South Korea to Evans, Ga., where he had built a house several years ago. His wife, Marikay -- whom he had known since the start of elementary school -- had a business there teaching children to ride horses. He had lined up a job as an Army contractor at nearby Fort Gordon in his specialty, training younger soldiers in satellite communications.
Last month, Thompson said, DeCrow was told to report to work at Fort Hood until the paperwork for his medical discharge came through.
After anxious hours of trying to call her son and sending him text messages, Thompson received a call early Friday from her sobbing daughter-in-law. Justin had been shot. No, he wasn't one of the people in the hospital.
Thompson last heard from her son Saturday. "Happy Halloween. I love you," his final text message to her said. She wrote back: "Same to you. Love you back."
-- Amy Goldstein
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The Murdered at Fort Hood
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The Murdered at Fort Hood
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Rooster
I have a vision that we will figure out an easy way to ensure that children develop wide, deep, healthy and attractive jaws and then obstructive sleep apnea becomes an obscure bit of history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycw4uaX ... re=related
I have a vision that we will figure out an easy way to ensure that children develop wide, deep, healthy and attractive jaws and then obstructive sleep apnea becomes an obscure bit of history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycw4uaX ... re=related
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Re: The Fallen at Fort Hood
It's absolutely heartbreaking Rooster!! I keep on looking at the picture of the Shooter. I know I've seen him more than once.
We used to live in North Bethesda up until a few months ago. No, we don't attend a Mosque!
Take care,
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We used to live in North Bethesda up until a few months ago. No, we don't attend a Mosque!
Take care,
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Re: The Fallen at Fort Hood
We had a shooter here in orlando open fire and cause carnage in an office building because of his unemployment being held up the very next afternoon after the Fort Hood shooting. With the economy i am sad to say more is most likely ahead. God bless all the Fallen and Lost.
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Re: The Fallen at Fort Hood
my thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the fallen and injured.
since the perpetrator did not want to be deployed overseas perhaps we can deploy him forcefully over iraq from a plane at 40,000 feet without a parachute. give him a few minutes to think about it!
since the perpetrator did not want to be deployed overseas perhaps we can deploy him forcefully over iraq from a plane at 40,000 feet without a parachute. give him a few minutes to think about it!
Re: The Fallen at Fort Hood
It might seem a minor point, but the word "fallen", when applied to military personnel, carries the connotation of "killed in action", i.e. combat deaths.
These people were ruthlessly murdered. There's an important distinction.
Yes, dead is dead regardless of the particulars. But the use of "fallen" legitimizes the act somewhat, and raises the status of the ruthless wretch responsible for it. This wasn't combat, it was murder.
These people were ruthlessly murdered. There's an important distinction.
Yes, dead is dead regardless of the particulars. But the use of "fallen" legitimizes the act somewhat, and raises the status of the ruthless wretch responsible for it. This wasn't combat, it was murder.
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The OSA patient died quietly in his sleep.
Unlike his passengers who died screaming as the car went over the cliff...
Unlike his passengers who died screaming as the car went over the cliff...
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