Whatever our government says, whatever the politics, our soldiers always answer the call, giving, sometimes to that last full measure of devotion.
Via Fox:
Brittany Gordon was a 24-year-old Army intelligence analyst when an Afghan suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest under his military uniform in Kandahar province, killing her instantly and adding her name to the growing ranks of female American service members killed in the line of duty.
Gordon, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Oct. 13, 2012, along with five others, when a delegation including U.S. coalition members was delivering furniture to an intelligence office in a remote area of Kandahar. She was on her first deployment to Afghanistan and had volunteered for the mission that ended in her death.
“Brittany had a contagious passion for helping and protecting those less fortunate than she,” her mother, Brenda Thompson Gordon, told FoxNews.com. “Not only was her contribution to protect the freedom that we enjoy, but it was to empower women to lead and have confidence in themselves.
“She was very special. I am so proud of her,” Gordon said. “She led by example with a cheerful confidence. There are givers and there are takers and she was definitely a giver. She volunteered for this.
“She was my only child,” she added, fighting back tears. “The hardest part is when you put everything into one child and it’s all gone.”