The surge is obviously working. You can tell because Iraq is no longer front page news very often, and most of the pols have stopped yammering about pulling out. But good Americans are still dying there, including this 37-year-old, Big Red One Iraqi army advisor and milblogger from Colorado Springs. Oddly enough, he left behind his own final post and this sayonara:
"I’m dead, but if you’re reading this, you’re not, so take a moment to enjoy that happy fact."
Via Instapundit
MORE: A friend who served with Olmsted at Fort Carson, CO, remembers him in this touching tribute. And word is finally trickling out about how AJO died: a sniper got him while he was trying to talk some insurgents into surrendering.
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