This pretty 24 year old was studying to be a nurse

[undeterred]

but she volunteered to go to Iraq and she was killed on Friday.



Spc. Rachael Hugo died on Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Bayji after an attack on her unit. Military authorities said that insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire.

The 24-year-old was assigned to the 303rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, in Jackson, Mich.

Hugo is being remembered as a volunteer. Her great uncle said that she volunteered to go out with the troops when she could have stayed back on the base. Hugo's friends said she was the kind of person who would do anything for anyone. Hugo was working toward a bachelor's degree in nursing before being deployed to Iraq.

Seventy-nine Wisconsin residents have now died as a result of service in Iraq or associated duties in Iraq. Another six Wisconsin residents have died as a result of service in Afghanistan.

edit: http://www.channel3000.com/news/14286311/detail.html

[TomInTib]

1. A crying shame. What a waste of a promising life. nt

[villager]

2. Murdered by George Bush and every Republican voter

n/t

[ikojo]

3. As well as every member of the house and senate

who voted to authorize Bush to pursue war on Iraq. Her death, and the deaths of others, are also on those Democrats and Republicans who continue to fund this war.


There is shame due all around.

[FiveGoodMen]

13. Not to mention hundreds or thousands of pulpit snakes who told their flock that Jesus wanted this!

[truedelphi]

18. Ihope those people meet with Jesus himself at the end of their lives

And he puts them in a snake pit for eternity.

[bdamomma]

34. .......

:thumbsup:

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. GMTA

This is no longer just the republicans war.

[Thothmes]

32. And the entire Congress of the United States, Dem or Repub.

[Bum Whisperer]

50. So true

So true

[baldguy]

4. .

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[Hardrada]

5. Always loved Flanders Fields

also Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

[rasputin1952]

54. In the early morning rain,

another soldier died today,
Each must go his own way,
In the early morning rain.

:(

This was part of a sad song I learned while in the Army many years ago. Many memorial services, many military funerals later, it still courses through my mind. Soon, once again the mournful tone of Taps will cross over the hill, and another of of our bravest and best will be laid to rest beneath the green sod.

Rest in Peace my comrade in arms. :patriot:

[blondeatlast]

6. Make it stop, please, someone, anyone, make the madness stop.

We don't have enough nurses as it is--now W has murdered another one.

May she rest in God's loving embrace after the horror of her last moments of life. Amen.

[liberaldemocrat7]

10. Join the campaign to end the war and more.

Join the campaign to end the war and more. Get as many people as you can to make these phone calls during business hours.



Call GOP contributor and war contractor General Electric Corporation at 203 373 2211 and ask for the public relations department. Tell the person in public relations that you want the GE CEO to get Bush to end the war in Iraq and then Bush resign with Cheney and until that happens you will not buy any GE products and that you will tell your friends about this.

Call GOP contributor Rite Aid at 1-800-325-3737 and tell the person to get the CEO to get the GOP to enact HR 676 Single payer universal health care and repeal Medicare Part D and place the drug benefit in Medicare Part B covering 80% of drugs with no extra premiums, no extra deductibles, no means tests, no coverage gaps, and remove the means test for Medicare Part B and until that happens, you won't buy ANYTHING from Rite Aid.

Call GOP contributor Wendy's restaurants at 614 764-3553 and Tell the person in public relations that you want their CEO to get the GOP to help enact a $10/HR MIN. WAGE into law and until this happens you will not go to a Wendy's Restaurant.

[roody]

23. Please post this as its own thread.

Thanks. I will make these calls.

[marions ghost]

7. "For what noble cause..."

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[SammyWinstonJack]

56. And george doesn't have any problems sleeping at night, he says.

Proof that he IS a monster.

[NC_Nurse]

8. RIP, Rachel.

We'll miss you. I'm sure you would've been a wonderful nurse.
:patriot:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Tragic. RIP

:cry:

[Botany]

11. Blessings and prayers for her spirit, family, and friends

Spc. Rachael Hugo :patriot:

:cry:

How many more George, how many?

[brer cat]

12. Look at what you have wasted, George!

What a shame; our future is being destroyed by a mad man.

Peace to her spirit and her family.

:cry:

[undeterred]

14. She must have been fearless and generous to volunteer

for this mission. So much light. The future weeps.

[Gman]

15. What a complete and utter waste of a life

[Zywiec]

16. Very Sad. n/t

[Danger Mouse]

17. and another soul to haunt bush...

when he reaches the other side

[Bozita]

20. "working toward a bachelor's degree in nursing before being deployed" -- Why'd she join?

Was it a money thing?

[undeterred]

21. Maybe she wanted to get some nursing experience in the army.

I'm sure they were glad to have her, and she probably didn't think she would be in danger.

[progressoid]

30. No necessarily

My nephew joined and he doesn't need the money. He actually enjoys the military and is happy to serve.

[midnight]

22. Why do our kids have to die for their education.....What a

shame.

[WillyT]

24. This Blood Is On YOUR Hands George !!!

:mad::nuke::mad:

[roody]

25. I agree with all your sympathy and grief.

And I wonder Why would anybody in their right mind go to serve in Iraq??????? When the soldiers say no, it will end.

[Gravel2008]

26. And that is exactly why women have NO business in the armed forces

How sick must a nation be to send its women and mothers off to war?? Her blood is on the hands of anybody who in the name of political correctness think that's a good idea.

[w4rma]

29. And that is exactly why men have NO business in the armed forces

How sick must a nation be to send its men and fathers off to war?? Their blood is on the hands of anybody who in the name of political correctness think that's a good idea.

Hey, that argument works for both sexes.

[Gravel2008]

37. No it doesn't.

Men are expendable in a way women are not. And it's not politically correct to think that in war, men should do the fighting - but that's how it should be.

[AllyCat]

47. No one is expendable. We need them all. We must end this war. n/t

[rAVES]

59. .............................

[mrreowwr_kittty]

39. Spoken like someone who can afford the luxury of such paternalism

We Americans can sit around and have these discussions about whether women "belong" in the military or combat because we haven't had a war on our soil in well over a century.

But why don't you ask the women in Darfur, or any wartorn part of Africa, about that? Sure, most of them may not be in the military but they are sure as hell in a combat zone (and many of them do take up arms to defend themselves and their families). How about the women in Iraq? Afghanistan? Ask the women in the Balkans what it was like to be protected by the manly men from the rigors of war. Ask some Native American women in this country about the battles their female ancestors endured.

How sick must a nation be to conduct wars, yet leave its women and mothers untrained and unprepared for them? Isn't their blood on the hands of anyone, who in the name of some macho bullshit mythology about protecting the "virtue" of "our" women, thinks that's a good idea?

[oldcoot]

52. The real problem with women serving in the military

I suspect that the real issue with women serving in the military has nothing to do with the potential risks. After all women, die every day at the hands of their spouses/partners and how many people are actually outraged over their deaths? I suspect the real issue with training women to fight is the fear that they will not be docile and accept male dominance.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

53. And they'll know how to use firearms. nt

[RandomKoolzip]

44. Wow. Lemme guess: you're male.

Women have every business and every right to be wherever the fuck they wanna be. YOU have no business making that determination.

[oldcoot]

49. Women have been in the military before political correctness

Women have been in the military since the beginning of the twentieth century when the government created the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Indeed, I find it unlikely that the U.S. military would be able to function without women serving in some capacity. At the very least, our government would probably need to start drafting men without women in the military.

[Ikonoklast]

60. My Aunt Martha, who just recently passed

and was a Army Captain in Britain during WWII, who spent her time patching up and nursing back to health shot-up airmen, then soldiers from the Invasion, just so they could go back into that maelstrom, would tell you to take a hike.

Actually, as she was a nurse her entire life, retired Regular Army, and later taught nursing, she would have said something much less *politically correct*, but I'm being polite in her honor.

[lonestarnot]

27. What a damn shame. That damn hero stuff, is it worth it people?

[B Calm]

28. What kind of parents would allow her to enlist?

[onenote]

31. she was 24 -- how could they have stopped her?

[Seedersandleechers]

38. Maybe the way I stopped my son from even

considering enlisting while in grad school last year. I told him I wanted the phone number of the recruiter, and that he would be chained in my basement until he was too old to enlist...

[mrreowwr_kittty]

40. You know, I do agree with parents being opposed to the military

But I'm just stunned by the number of people I see on this board who are hellbent on interfering with the decisions of their GROWN children. When people are 18 it is their responsibility to deal with recruiters, not their parents. By all means, parents should discourage kids from enlisting under this administration, but there is no "allow" on the parents' part where a 24 year old is concerned.

[truedelphi]

43. Except that far too many of these 24 year olds are coming home

Missing half their brains, or as quads.

If you know there is a good chance your kid is gonna come home and need YOUR damn money, and your DAMN time and worry for the REST OF THEIR REMAINING life, I'd say, "Take the keys of the car away."

To say nothing of the pain and grief the child themselves will suffer.

(Normally I would agree with you. But again, we have the equivalent of a drunk in the WH driving the war vehicle -- there is NO strategy in this war according to Robert Fiske. The service people just drive up and down the roads until they are blown up. Modern medical intervention means the wounded are being "saved" from dying from, injuries that would have killed them fifteen years ago. But little quality of life.)

[mrreowwr_kittty]

55. How do you prevent an adult from enlisting without violating his or her rights in some way?

Sure, a lot of kids need help from their parents into adulthood, and not just those returning injured from war. Conversely, a lot of parents become dependent on their kids later in life. That something like that may happen doesn't justify preventing a grown person from making a decision.

It might backfire anyway. I'm pretty sure that if my parents were actively trying to stop me from joining the military at 18, it would have made me even more determined to do so.

[truedelphi]

61. Here's an argument that a fifteen year old had with

His mother (A close friend of mine)

"Blah Blah Blah. You never understand me. The other kids' parents understand them."
More BLAHBLAH BLAH.

"Anyway, there is a war going on. It's in Iraq. You are such a mindless hippy dippy that you don't understand how people my age might want to do something that is meaningful like help another nation achieve freedom."
More BLAHBLAHBLAH

"Your generation doesn't understand. Well -- I think NO! I know I have a good take on things. When I am eighteen, what are you gonna do if I decide to enlist so that I can help right the wrongs?"

Weary mother; "When you are eighteen, there is nothing I can do. It is your life and I certainly cannot do anything legally to stop you. I will try to respect whatever choices you make. But let me say one thing: if you come home in a body bag, there will be an IMMENSE crater at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

Look of shock and awe on kid's face. Kid slinks out of room.

War never mentioned again. Kid turned eighteen and went to college and has not spoken of war or enlistment except to say occasionally what a dickwad current administration is.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

63. Your friend handled that situation very well, I must say. Kudos to her. n/t

[truedelphi]

64. Didn't she handle it well/ Thing was,

She always claims that that week in her life was very hard - just been dumped by her SO, tensions on her job and then the kid wanting to enlist.

I've also related the whole conversation to a psychoanalyst and they said that this was some type of classic "change of state" technique

To me it was the universe helping that mom look over her difficult young man.

[bdamomma]

33. damn this occupation just for Cheney and * and their greedy, evil plan

to have just oil, damn them, hey george send your girls out there, arrogant little pricks.

[deaniac21]

35. If someone hadn't invented jesus none of this stuff would be happening..

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. ...

:thumbsup:

[NYVet]

36. And her death, while tragic

was because she believed in the mission in Iraq and she believed in her oath of enlistment.






I will honor her sacrifice and hope that she receives a warrior's welcome on Fiddler's Green.

[lovuian]

41. They are all so Beautiful and it breaks ones heart

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uECY6xDw1Lw

Its so surreal

To see these wonderful beautiful children killed for men who don't give a hoot and are on their own agendas

LBJ was haunted by this in the Vietnam War

The Karma is so bad

[SammyWinstonJack]

58. george isn't haunted. He sleeps soundly, he says.

I used to believe in Karma. I'm not so sure about it where bu$hco,INC. are concerned. We shall see.

[wicket]

42. RIP

:cry:

[spanone]

45. Her country could have used a nurse.....what a waste.

[AllyCat]

46. She worked on my floor as a nursing assistant.

I left about the same time she left for Iraq. This has been very sad for us all.

I had this war, but this really kicks it home when it's someone I know. This is why I keep saying: I will not vote for ANY candidate for ANY office who supports this war.

[bdamomma]

48. so sad, and she was probably looking forward being a nurse

and as a nursing assistant she was probably working hard to attain that goal. So sad, all this needless death of these beautiful people.

[KamaAina]

51. This butt-ugly 61 year old was studying to be a male cheerleader

alas, cruel Fate intervened, and he ended up sending the pretty 24 year old to slaughter.

:grr: :banghead:

[undeterred]

62. She was serving as a combat medic.

I just found another story with a few more details:

Viterbo Nursing Student Killed While Serving in Iraq

A Madison native and Viterbo University nursing student has died in Iraq, after her Army Reserve unit was attacked by insurgents. 24-year-old Specialist Rachel Hugo died Friday in Iraq. Before being deployed to Iraq about a year ago, Hugo had been working toward a Bachelor's degree in nursing at Viterbo. Monday, a memorial was set up in her honor in the lobby of the university's nursing center.

Her advisor, Stephanie Genz, says Hugo dreamed of becoming a nurse someday. But she also loved her work as a combat medic in her Army Reserve unit. She says Hugo was a delightful woman who will definitely be missed at Viterbo. "It's been a very sad day here on campus," says Genz. "I heard about it this morning and was shocked. I was very much, as well as her classmates, looking forward to her return to school here after she had finished her deployment."

Spc. Rachel Hugo was part of the 303rd Military Police Company based out of Jackson, Michigan. She was originally from Madison where she graduated from East High School. Monday in Madison, Hugo's parents and 19-year-old brother spoke to reporters. They said they would always remember her as a hero and someone who was committed to her unit's mission of convoy operations security in Iraq. "She was beside herself about making sure that her guys had a medic with them at all times," said Kermit Hugo, Rachael's father. "She was a wonderful, outstanding daughter. You couldn't ask for anything better."

http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7186149

She didn't have to be out there with the guys in combat, she wanted to be there in case some of them got hurt.

Greater love has no one than this, that she laid down her life for her friends.