Iraq war takes yet another American treasure- Taylor J. Galvin

WASHINGTON, DC- The Pentagon identified the soldier killed in a helicopter crash this week in western Iraq as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin.

Galvin, 34, of Spokane, Wash., died in Baghdad from injuries sustained when the helicopter in which he was traveling crashed early Monday in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Nineveh province. 

Pentagon officials said that the chopper had been participating in a nighttime raid against an Islamic State target.

There were no indications that it was downed by enemy fire, said a statement from the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition known as Inherent Resolve.

All personnel were recovered after the crash. Three other service members were evacuated for additional treatment.

U.S. and coalition forces are primarily fighting ISIS in its last strongholds in eastern Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley, but they also target remaining ISIS terrorist cells in other parts of Syria and Iraq. The coalition partners with Iraqi security forces for operations in Iraq and with Syrian Democratic Forces to fight ISIS in eastern Syria.

The coalition recently began its third phase of a mission to clear ISIS from the eastern Syrian town of Hajin, which Pentagon officials have said is the terrorist’s final stronghold.

A native of Phoenix, Ariz., Galvin was an MH-60M pilot assigned to Delta Company of Fort Campbell, Ky.-based 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, said a statement from U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

Precious American blood is hardly dry in Ramadi but evil ISIS is taking back the Iraq city

This current fiasco in Ramadi, follows two tragic Battles to control the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
The Battle of Ramadi was fought in 2006 and Americans lost lives defending this Iraqi city.

Now, Ramadi could fall to evil ISIS militants, Iraqi official warns.

Sadly, Americans aren't hearing the details about this serial disaster in our national media.  

Instead, main stream media are too busy stalking Mrs. Hillary Clinton, as she travels in Iowa.  

My sincere sympathy to the families of American military who died trying to defend Ramadi, because now their deaths must be explained.  Ramadi might well become an evil ISIS stronghold.  

West of Baghdad, Iraq (CNN: ISIS militants might be just hours away from taking the key Iraqi city of Ramadi. Fierce fighting has engulfed Ramadi, which lies only about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Baghdad and is the capital of Anbar province, Iraq's Sunni heartland...it's unclear how much longer government troops can hold their front lines against the ISIS offensive.

The Battle of Ramadi in June, 2006 cost American lives and millions of dollars of tax payer money. 

The Battle of Ramadi in 2006 (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Ramadi) was fought during the Iraq War from April 2006 to November 2006 for control of the capital of the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq. A combined force of U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy SEALs, and Iraqi Security Forces fought insurgents for control of key locations in Ramadi, including the Government Center and the General Hospital. Coalition strategy relied on establishing a number of patrol bases called Combat Operation Posts throughout the city.

U.S. military officers believe that insurgent actions during the battle led to the formation of the Anbar Awakening. In August, insurgents executed a tribal sheik who was encouraging his kinsmen to join the Iraqi police and prevented his body from being buried in accordance with Islamic laws. In response, Sunni sheiks banded together to drive insurgents from Ramadi. In September 2006, Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Salvation Council, an alliance of approximately 40 Sunni tribes.[9]

U.S. Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the battle. On September 29, 2006, he threw himself upon a grenade which threatened the lives of the other members of his team. Monsoor had previously been awarded the Silver Star in May for rescuing an injured comrade in the city.

The battle also marked the first use of chlorine bombs by insurgents during the war. On October 21, 2006, insurgents detonated a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks, injuring three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi.

Secret Service has gone beyond "three strikes" the entire agency must be replaced

Like the collateral damage done by an out of control rock slide, the US Secret Services continues to undermine its own credibility. In fact, the Russian KGB or the British MI6 couldn't dream of the success the Secret Service has achieved in its own demoralizing self destruction. For an agency responsible for guarding the safety of the President of the United States, this agency is showing extraordinarily scary incompetence. In the past, the failure of the Secret Service has narrowly escaped blame for several near security misses. Obviously, the number of security traps they've succceeded in destroying will never be known.

Nevertheless, regardless of how many nearly disastrous glitches have been exposed about the Secret Service, surely there are probably as many incidents the public will never know about. 

Now, the agency is dealing with drunken agents. 

This behavior is just a half step above the incident where agents were engaged with prostitutes, when they were in Cartagena Columbia, South America.

So, here's my solution to the horribly embarrassing Secret Service's deteriorating security problems. Everyone in the Secret Service must be replaced. Fire every one of the agency's employees. Instead, replace all of them with US Navy Seals.

It seems to me, living in the White House is becoming as dangerous as being sequestered in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. Therefore, the mansion might as well be guarded by US military with an extremely high level of security training. 

I'm certain Seal Team 6 can handle this important security assignment.

As for the shocking failure of the Secret Service, the agency has gone way beyond the three strikes rule.  "Who's on first?", isn't a funny analogy, in this true story. A truly scary series of events that, by some miracle, have managed to avoid the "hit" of a national catastrophe.