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Soldiers from Charlie Company 238

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calves gathered together at forward

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operating base spinbaldak for what

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would have been corporal Frank Robert

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Grosses 26th birthday . Corporal gross

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from Oldsmar Florida was killed in

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action on July 16 , 2011 .

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Celebration is to honor the life of one

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of our soldiers that have fallen and

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great friend and we want to make sure

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we celebrate his birthday an honor

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movie . Even though he's not here

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anymore , The units chaplain attended

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the event and lead the soldiers in

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prayer before the meal . The unit's

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leadership organized the event and

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helped cook for their soldiers were

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able to get some some hamburgers and

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hot dogs from the chow hall and like I

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said , coincided with corporate gross

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birthday . So we want to have a

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barbecue . We had uh , potato salad ,

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macaroni salad and barbecue beans .

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There was like a normal normal weekend

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barbecue , the day off duty food and

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music increase camaraderie and let

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soldiers share some of the memories of

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corporate growth . He was very free

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spirited . He was up for anything and

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he challenged and he , anything that

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life had to offer him a sense of humor

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was one of his biggest characteristics

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and it's one of the things I miss most

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and one of the things that the guys

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just sitting around here today that we

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were reminiscing upon and talking about .

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Yeah , I think about it just about

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every day . I think it opened a lot of

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our eyes . Um , let's definitely

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lets us realize what what exactly is

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we're fighting for and we miss him a

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lot . You know from Spin

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Boldak , Afghanistan for ISAF Regional

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Command , South Public Affairs , I'm

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Army Sergeant Mark McClusky .