LT Schulte volunteered for deployment toAfghanistanand was assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan CJ2 (CSTC-A) atCampEggers,Kabul,Afghanistan, in Feb. 2009. Roz mentored the Afghan military in intelligence gathering and interpretation and assisted with humanitarian efforts. She was en route to a joint task force intelligence conference outside of Kabul when she was killed. In addition to the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, LT Schulte was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal and Afghan Campaign Medal. She is survived by her parents, Bob and Susie Schulte, and her brother, Todd Schulte.

He volunteered for a second deployment to Iraq in March 2004. Only weeks after discovering that his wife was carrying his unborn child, Nathan Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors were killed when a suicide bomber attacked their rigid hull inflatable boat. Nathan had been chosen to become a part of the TACLET’s training unit, and his job that afternoon was to instruct Navy personnel on how to conduct maritime intercept operations. The team observed a suspicious vessel, which did not heed their commands. The team intercepted the vessel. This selfless act of courage protected the sailors aboard the U.S.S. Firebolt, the off-shore oil platform and the oil terminal itself at Khawr Al Amaya, in the northern Arabian Gulf. For this action, Nathan was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Award and his second Combat Action Ribbon. He was laid to rest with many of America’s best at Arlington National Cemetery. Nathan’s daughter, Harper Natalie, was born on November 19, 2004.