enhanced_deficit
08-31-2013, 12:40 AM
Looks war there is still going on:
New York City soldier Michael Ollis, 24, killed by Afghan rebels ‘Tragically, (Michael) gave his last full measure of devotion in protecting his country, and our freedoms,’ Mayor Bloomberg said. The Staten Island resident, whose family had a military tradition, died Wednesday in Ghani Province in an attack that involved an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.Published: Friday, August 30, 2013, 11:51 AM
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1441500.1377920988%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/soldier-1-web.jpg Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis joined the Army in August 2006. His unit was deployed to Afghanistan in January.
Growing up on Staten Island, Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis dreamed of being like his father and grandfather and serving in the U.S. Army.
“He had olive-green blood,” as a longtime neighbor of the family, Jeff White, put it, referring to the traditional color of an Army uniform.
Ollis was an ROTC student at the Michael J. Petrides School, enlisting shortly after graduating in 2006. He fought a combat tour in Iraq and was in his second in Afghanistan when he was killed Wednesday in an insurgent attack in Ghazni Province.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-soldier-michael-ollis-24-killed-afghan-rebels-article-1.1441501 (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-soldier-michael-ollis-24-killed-afghan-rebels-article-1.1441501#ixzz2dWgnhQg5)
New York City soldier Michael Ollis, 24, killed by Afghan rebels ‘Tragically, (Michael) gave his last full measure of devotion in protecting his country, and our freedoms,’ Mayor Bloomberg said. The Staten Island resident, whose family had a military tradition, died Wednesday in Ghani Province in an attack that involved an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.Published: Friday, August 30, 2013, 11:51 AM
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1441500.1377920988%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/soldier-1-web.jpg Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis joined the Army in August 2006. His unit was deployed to Afghanistan in January.
Growing up on Staten Island, Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis dreamed of being like his father and grandfather and serving in the U.S. Army.
“He had olive-green blood,” as a longtime neighbor of the family, Jeff White, put it, referring to the traditional color of an Army uniform.
Ollis was an ROTC student at the Michael J. Petrides School, enlisting shortly after graduating in 2006. He fought a combat tour in Iraq and was in his second in Afghanistan when he was killed Wednesday in an insurgent attack in Ghazni Province.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-soldier-michael-ollis-24-killed-afghan-rebels-article-1.1441501 (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-soldier-michael-ollis-24-killed-afghan-rebels-article-1.1441501#ixzz2dWgnhQg5)