R.I.P. Calvin Harrison, Hometown Hero

[jiveass]

Sad to have just heard that a guy i used to hang out with back in high school was killed in Afghanistan today. When I first met the guy in 9th grade, we didn't get along at all. Eventually, he suggested we bury the hatchet. We hung out here and there and used to cut up in class. He was from the rough part of our little town, so after he quit school, I assumed he had just lived like most of the other young guys from his neighborhood. Ya know, drugs, robberies, things of that sort. I never knew what happened to him until tonight. Unfortunately, It was in his death that I learned that he got out and did something with his life and joined our fine U.S. Army. I always hear about soldiers giving their lives for our country, but when it's someone you know or knew, it makes a big impact on your outlook. Thank you soldiers for doin what you do.

R.I.P. Calvin Harrison... May god bless your soul.

[1MileCrash]

[KahanaReef]

[wheeliE-maxx]

r.i.p.

[silverWS6]

[Schmalgar]

It's always a shame when our soldiers die in duty. It adds something that this was a youth from a troubled neighborhood who perhaps chose enlistment as a better life path than what may have otherwise been available to him at home, and found this sad but noble end.

[jiveass]

It's always a shame when our soldiers die in duty. It adds something that this was a youth from a troubled neighborhood who perhaps chose enlistment as a better life path than what may have otherwise been available to him at home, and found this sad but noble end.

yea, is still see a lot of the guys around my hometown not doin anything with their lives.

[Spaz]

rip...

[86 IROC-Z]

Rest in peace

[FasstChevys]

R.I.P.

[SiggyZ]

[jiveass]

http://www.khou.com/home/related/San...104115078.html

[doberman 152]

R.I.P. This always pisses me off when i here of another American soldier died over there fighting for their rights ARGGGG!!!!

[jiveass]

Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, was killed Sept. 28, during a combat operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. He was a Special Forces medical sergeant assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Harrison was born March 11, 1979, in Cleveland, Texas. He graduated from Jones High School in Coldspring, Texas, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1998 as a psychological operations specialist. He served with the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., as a psychological operations specialist. In 2007, Harrison completed the Special Forces Qualification Course and earned the coveted "Green Beret" as a Special Forces medical sergeant, 18D. He was then assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Harrison’s military education includes the Basic Airborne Course, Warrior Leader Course, Advanced Leaders Course, Special Forces Qualification Course and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course. Harrison’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, two Army Achievement Medals, Army Good Conduct Medal (third award), National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral three, Army Service Ribbon, Special Forces Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge and Parachutist Badge.

He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal (second award), the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal. Harrison is survived by two daughters, Azalia, Eleanna, and his parents, Jack Washington and Betty Harrison of Cleveland, Texas.

God bless him, his family, his wife and his daughters

[blackSS01]

Sgt. 1st Class Calvin B. Harrison, 31, was killed Sept. 28, during a combat operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. He was a Special Forces medical sergeant assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Harrison was born March 11, 1979, in Cleveland, Texas. He graduated from Jones High School in Coldspring, Texas, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1998 as a psychological operations specialist. He served with the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., as a psychological operations specialist. In 2007, Harrison completed the Special Forces Qualification Course and earned the coveted "Green Beret" as a Special Forces medical sergeant, 18D. He was then assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Harrison’s military education includes the Basic Airborne Course, Warrior Leader Course, Advanced Leaders Course, Special Forces Qualification Course and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course. Harrison’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, two Army Achievement Medals, Army Good Conduct Medal (third award), National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral three, Army Service Ribbon, Special Forces Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge and Parachutist Badge.

He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal (second award), the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal. Harrison is survived by two daughters, Azalia, Eleanna, and his parents, Jack Washington and Betty Harrison of Cleveland, Texas.

God bless him, his family, his wife and his daughters

He was a hardcore mofo!

R.I.P

[jiveass]

He was a hardcore mofo!

R.I.P

I know huh....makes me proud to have known him. I tried to find more details about why this happened but it's still sketchy....at least he got the purple heart.

[blackSS01]

I know huh....makes me proud to have known him. I tried to find more details about why this happened but it's still sketchy....at least he got the purple heart.

Being SF (Green Beret) the odds of you finding out exactly what happened probably won't happen.

[jiveass]

Being SF (Green Beret) the odds of you finding out exactly what happened probably won't happen.

Yea I figured...supposed to be a big funeral though....most of my hometown will be there..plus more.

[blackSS01]

Yea I figured...supposed to be a big funeral though....most of my hometown will be there..plus more.

Hate to see Soldiers die

[doberman 152]