UPDATE: Richland County Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Afghanistan
Two other Guardsmen from Columbia and Easley also killed in Wednesday suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan's war-torn Khost Province.
Update: 6 p.m. -- In addition to Richland County's Ryan Rawl, the S.C. National Guard has named two other South Carolinians killed in Wednesday's suicide attack in Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, Jr, the state's Adjutant General, identified the other soldiers as Spc. John Meador II of Columbia, and Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Bradford "Brad" Thomas of Easley. Five guardsmen were also wounded in the attack, Livingston said. Wednesday’s attack took place in a marketplace in the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border and about 90 miles southeast of the Afghan capital, Kabul, said the Associated Press. The assailant approached on foot through the shops and taxi stands packed with people and then detonated his explosives as he approached…
Ann Ubelis
8:51 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Our June 26th show will be dedicated to Ryan. I lost to many fellow officers as a cop and I pray a day would come when we no longer lose our brothers in law and our valorous members of the military. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/southern-sense/2012/06/26/defending-the-republic more ›