The Burial of Bubba Bunting Arlington National Cemetery 03 16 09

Army Captain Brian M. Bunting was a star athlete from the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, a West Point graduate, a man who could be serious and disciplined when he had to be. But the first thing that hits you when looking through his pictures, searching for the story of a life that ended in Afghanistan this week, is the smile: a huge, toothy, goofy grin that radiates an unrestrained happiness, most of all as he holds his 1-year-old son or the hand of his wife.

Perhaps that's to be expected from someone known to his friends and family as "Bubba," a nickname that has stuck through the trial of the past few days. Bunting, 29, a member of the Individual Ready Reserve assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Syracuse, New York, was killed in Kandahar on Tuesday when a bomb exploded near his vehicle. Three other soldiers died in the attack:

It was Bunting's first combat tour. He had been mobilized after entering the ready reserve, a pool of soldiers who have completed their service but who remain available for call-up when needed. He had been in Afghanistan since June and became commander of a 15-person team responsible for training and advising the Afghan National Civil Order Police, a task that is the heart of the U.S. strategy for stopping the Taliban.

Buntings wife Nicki is expecting their second child later this year.

Excerpts from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bmbunting.htm

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[beacyclone28]

thanks for sharing. God Bless Bubba and his family

[wackymacky01]

You are welcome. Please share with others.

[wackymacky01]

Thanks, Dad, this is beautiful...

[DanielR305]

I think the dignity that our military forces on both sides of the Atlantic to our fallen solders is brilliant but what awful cult westbro baptist church do is a disgrace they say they preach the word of the lord they don't at all I just hope too god the disrapect this cult doses to fallen gay solders to officers whom speck out for them get insulted by this cult I hope when fred phelps dies I hope a few solders or family members whom have lost loved give back the hate this cult has given

[aldoreshgaramok]

What a waste of life.

[cheiism]

From a Bullis Graduate.... Sorry. There are no words for a loss so great.

[dukieboy007]

I didn´t know him. Did any of you ?

[sylvan47070]

I was honored to serve with bubba in Kandahar. He was professional, brave and dedicated to the mission. He was often the only force outside the wire in the arghandab valley checking on his police. A good man who could be a challenge to work with because of his constant demands for the needs for his men (I was serving as his higher HQ supply officer) It was a tough mission he had and he was unquestionably the best at it in all of Kandahar. It can be said, "Well Done! Be thou at peace."

[tomyyboyy]

It's not easy laying a loved one to rest, at the least our nation respects and dignifies those that have served and those that have and whose families paid the highest price to protect our way of life. Those peoples and country's that enjoy the seed of freedom that was planted by the sacrifices of our nations best, our nations most honorable may never know the costs of such freedoms. But to the family of Captain Bunting, and all those that knew him, the cost will never be forgotten.

[marinesarelife1]

Welcome Home Soldier

Job Well Done

[MrPelhambay]

may he never be forgotten