Foley Airman killed in Afghanistan

An Air Force officer with Houston ties who led a reconstruction team in Afghanistan was killed this week in an explosion, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, 39, was assigned to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon in Washington as an executive assistant for the deputy director for politico-military affairs for Asia.

Stratton died Tuesday near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds he sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated, according to Pentagon officials.
Also killed in the incident was Senior Airman Ashton L.M. Goodman, 21, of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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[hethalondon]

I worked with Lt Col Stratton when he was a Captain and I was just an A1C. He treated me well and I had a lot of respect for him. I was very sad to hear of his passing.

[MrPragmatism]

Respect to his family and loved ones but he should never of been there fighting an offensive war.