Mil Blogger Dies in Iraq
8 January 2008Today I learned that a great mil blogger was killed in Iraq. Andrew (Andy) Olmsted was a Major in the Army stationed in Iraq. He was killed on January 3rd, along with Cpt. Yom Casey while attempting talk three suspected insurgents into surrendering. Both were victims of sniper fire.
Andy wrote a blog at www.andrewolmsted.com. It was on my blogroll for a long time and I was a regular reader. In February of last year Andy announced that he had to stop blogging because he’d discovered he was in violation of a DoD rule. I was disappointed at the time because I really enjoyed his blog and I removed him from the blogroll since there would be no new posts.
Andy’s blog is still up and well worth reading. I’ll be adding it back to the blogroll as soon as I finish this post and it will stay there as long as it remains up. Andy also sent a final post to hilzoy of Obsidian Wings, to be posted in the even of his death. That post went live at andrewolmsted.com on January 4th. I encourage you to go read it. It’s long but it will give you a pretty good insight into who Andy was.
One thing Andy requested is that no one use his death for political purposes either on the right or the left. I will certainly honor that request. Suffice it to say Andy was a quality individual. He died doing what he chose to do. He is survived by his wife Amanda, his children and he parents. Please remember them in your prayers.
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