Hell In A Basket » Afghanistan http://www.hellin-abasket.com Rants, Raves, Pieces of My Mind Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:28:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Help a Marine Out…. http://www.hellin-abasket.com/help-a-marine-out/ http://www.hellin-abasket.com/help-a-marine-out/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:51:38 +0000 OH Hell http://www.hellin-abasket.com/?p=1172

“This weekend, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines returned home to Camp Lejeune from Afghanistan. Two days later, on Valentine’s Day, his house burned down. He was able to get himself, his wife, and his 20-month-old daughter out of the home safely. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the house burned to the ground, and the family lost everything.”

This taken from a post at Cassy Fiano

At least his family is safe!!! But – they are in need of everything. If you can help, hop on over to Cassy’s place to read the full article and see what you can do to help. Thanks!!!

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You are invited to the Premier of Coming Home a Documentary about Sgt Jesse Cottle United States Marine.
It will screen Sun. Jan. 30th at Timberline Church 2908 Timberline Rd. Ft. Collins 80525.
The doors open at 1:30 and the film is at 2:00.  No cost.  It’s about 40 min long.
On July 19th, 2009 Jesse was seriously wounded in action in Now Zad, Afghanistan while on patrol with his EOD team and a squad from 2/3 G Company.  Unfortunately, the Taliban found out EOD were using metal detectors to locate and disarm their IED’s (improvised explosive devices).  That said, the Taliban figured out how to make IED’s with no metal in them.  During the aforementioned patrol, Jesse was struck by a no-metal-IED and sustained bi-lateral amputations due to the  severity of the blast.  Jesse’s EOD team quickly rendered aid and med-evac’ed him to a Blackhawk helicopter where he was flown to the hospital in Bastion, Afghanistan.  From there he went to Bagram, Afghanistan, then to Germany and on to Bethesda, Maryland.  His medical team there was excellent and Jesse successfully made it through six surgeries over his travels.  Jesse was then flown to the Naval Medical Center San Diego where he went through rehabilitation and prosthetic training.
Documentary
Studio:
Static Age Productions
Aaron Pendergast at aaron.pendergast@gmail.com Director

Detailed Info

Website:

http://vimeo.com/staticage
Starring:
Jesse Cottle
Directed By:
Aaron Pendergast
Plot Outline:
Coming Home is a documentary film about an explosive ordnance disposal technician, the incident in Afghanistan that cost him both of his legs, and his recovery.

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I really wanted to write an article about Army 1st Sgt Jared Monti, but Daniel Russ over at Civilian Military Intelligence Group says it better.

It is to bad that, as a country, we see fit only to honor men like this after they are dead.

Rest in Peace 1st Sgt. and Thank You for Your Service.

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