"We are accompanying to his final resting place today, a soldier, an exceptional soldier, a commander who knew how to win," said Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Sergeant Ward was an exceptional soldier who signed up as soon as 9-11 happened to stand for his country and make a better and safer place for his boys to grow up in.
January 13 , 2014PresidentPeres (@PresidentPeres) We are accompanying to his final resting place today, a soldier, an exceptional soldier, a commander who knew how to win January 13 , 2014PresidentPeres (@PresidentPeres) A leader who breathed a dream, a man who charmed us all even during the most difficult hours.
He was remembered as a devoted father and "exceptional" soldier.
Lt Col Robin Lindsay, the soldiers' commanding officer, described Cpl Savage as an "exceptional soldier" and praised "his composed and professional approach (which) had a calming influence on his platoon".
"Sgt. Stifter was an exceptional soldier and leader in our battalion," said Col. Miles Brown, commander of the 2nd ABCT, in the statement.
The New Yorker, September 13 , 1952P. 82 REPORTER AT LARGE about Joseph P. Reeves, the 24-year-old infantryman who was regarded by officers and men who fought alongside him as an exceptional fine soldier.
COMMENT Samuel de Champlain had exceptional qualities: skilled soldier, master navigator, explorer, cartographer, lobbyist and community organizer.
In an obituary after his death in 2006, the Times described him as "a soldier of exceptional courage, daring and imagination".
While soldiers are subjected to many exceptional types of stress and risk, they enjoy more economic security and a stronger social safety net than civilians do.
