Sgt. Martin Goudreault, 35, died Sunday while on foot patrol 15 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city, Brig.-Gen. Jon Vance said.
Goudreault, who was born in Sudbury, Ont., was serving in Afghanistan with the Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, based in Edmonton.
He was a 15-year veteran and on his third tour in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Goudreault was a model soldier; someone the soldiers in his section could look up to and emulate, Vance said.
Sgt Goudreault was on his THIRD Tour of duty in Afghanistan on behalf of Canada. May he rest in peace his duty done.May his brothers in arms find comfort in knowing he was a Soldier. They will now prepare him in his Flag draped Casket for the long journey home to the Highway of Heroes. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/06/07/afghanistan-gaudreault.html#ixzz0q9un9kAO
With Karzai removing his minister in charge of the secret police and his offer to release low level prisoners, the war continues.
Members of Charles Coy RCR patrol on foot, searching for insurgents.
KABUL (AFP) - Five NATO soldiers, four of them Americans, were killed Sunday in war-torn Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement, in a day of violence which left six others dead and 26 wounded.The soldiers, members of NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed in two separate attacks and a crash, according to a NATO statement.
Three ISAF servicemembers died today as a result of a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan, the statement said.
In a separate operation, one ISAF servicemember died today following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan. Another ISAF servicemember died today as a result of an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.
A NATO spokeswoman told AFP that four of the five dead were US troops. She did not give the nationality of the fifth.
The deaths follow the killings of two ISAF soldiers on Friday by small-arms fire in the militant-infested south, where international forces are fighting an increasingly deadly insurgency led by the Taliban.
Three policemen also died when their car hit a roadside bomb, the weapon of choice of the Taliban, in the northern province of Kunduz, the interior ministry said earlier.
And two civilians and another officer were killed by an improvised explosive device targeting police in the Taliban spiritual homeland of Kandahar, the provincial government said.
The bomb wounded 11 civilians, including six children
All of this wounding and killing as the Medical Treatment Facility. permanent structure is opened. Canadian medical staff that operated in the makeshift Canvas and wood structure, would be pleasantly surprised at this new facility.
Breaking News: Once again they differentiate between married and single soldiers with death benefits for the family. Well worth the read and your comments are most welcome.
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100606/national/soldiers_death_benefit
Please say a prayer or have a thought for our soldiers in Harms Way.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
