eye opening

I just happened to watch this yesterday, I was getting off the treadmill and thought I'd stop and watch "coaches corner". I was stunned that I didn't know more about the war in Afghanistan. Over 100 men and women have died, so many of them in their early 20's.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/coachscorner/

Watch this video and look at their ages and their faces. I'm at home running on my treadmill and going about my day and these Canadian families are losing fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters. The final photo is heart wrenching.

1.	Sergeant	Marc D. Léger	Lancaster, Ontario	29	wife	-	3 PPCLI	18 April 2002	Main article: Tarnak Farm incident Four soldiers are killed and eight wounded in a friendly fire incident when an American F-16 fighter jet dropped a laser-guided 225-kilogram bomb on the Canadians who were on an exercise at Tarnak Farm, near Kandahar.	[1]
2.	Corporal	Ainsworth Dyer	Montreal, Quebec	24	fiancee	-
3.	Private	Richard Green	Mill Cove, Nova Scotia	21	-	-
4.	Private	Nathan Smith	Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia	24	-	-
5.	Sergeant	Robert Alan Short	Fredericton, New Brunswick	42	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	3 RCR	2 October 2003	Landmine incident along a road regularly used by Canadian patrols leaving Camp Julien. The mines are believed to have been placed along the road two hours before the patrol.	[2]
6.	Corporal	Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger	Ottawa, Ontario	29	wife	1 daughter, 2 sons
7.	Corporal	Jamie Brendan Murphy	Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador	26	common-law wife	-	RCR	27 January 2004	Victim of a suicide bombing while on patrol in a Iltis jeep.	[3]
8.	Private	Braun Scott Woodfield	Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia	24	-	-	2 RCR	24 November 2005	Died in a LAV III rollover on the main highway between Camp Julien and Kandahar.	[4]
9.	Master Corporal	Timothy Wilson	Grande Prairie, Alberta	30	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	2 PPCLI	March 2, 2006	Vehicular accident involving a LAV III and a local taxi. Five others also injured.	[5]
10.	Corporal	Paul Davis	Bridgewater, Nova Scotia	28	wife	2 daughters
11.	Private	Robert Costall	Gibsons, British Columbia	22	wife	1 son	1 PPCLI	29 March 2006	Killed by friendly fire from American Special Forces while defending a coalition outpost outside Kandahar from Taliban insurgents.	[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
12.	Corporal	Matthew Dinning	Richmond Hill, Ontario	23	-	-	2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron	22 April 2006	All four died when their G-wagon struck an IED north of Kandahar.	[11] [12] [13]
13.	Lieutenant	William Turner	Toronto, Ontario	45	-	-	Land Force Western Area HQ
14.	Bombardier	Myles Mansell	Victoria, British Columbia	25	-	-	5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment
15.	Corporal	Randy Payne	Gananoque, Ontario	32	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	Wainwright MP Platoon
16.	Captain	Nichola Goddard	Calgary, Alberta	26	husband	-	1 RCHA	17 May 2006	Killed during operations against insurgents.	[14] [15]
17.	Corporal	Anthony Boneca	Thunder Bay, Ontario	21	-	-	LSSR	9 July 2006	Killed during combat operations against Taliban insurgents.	[16]
18.	Corporal	Francisco Gomez	Edmonton, Alberta	44	-	-	2 PPCLI	22 July 2006	Two soldiers are killed, and eight wounded when their Bison armoured vehicle is attacked by a suicide bomber.	[17]
19.	Corporal	Jason Patrick Warren	Quebec City, Quebec	29	-	-	Black Watch
20.	Corporal	Christopher Jonathan Reid	Truro, Nova Scotia	34	-	-	1 PPCLI	3 August 2006	Killed by a roadside bomb while in a LAV III.	[18]
21.	Sergeant	Vaughn Ingram	Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador	35	wife	2 daughters			All three soldiers killed, and nine wounded, during a RPG attack by insurgents.
22.	Corporal	Bryce Jeffrey Keller	Regina, Saskatchewan	27	-	-
23.	Private	Kevin Dallaire	Calgary, Alberta	22	-	-
24.	Master Corporal	Raymond Arndt	Edson, Alberta	31	-	-	Loyal Edmonton Regiment	5 August 2006	Killed in vehicular accident when a G-wagon collided head-on with a local civilian truck. 3 others were also injured.	[19] [20]
25.	Master Corporal	Jeffrey Scott Walsh	Regina, Saskatchewan	33	wife	2 daughters, 1 son	2 PPCLI	9 August 2006	Killed by the accidental discharge of a comrade's rifle while on patrol west of Kandahar. He had been in theater for less than a week.	[21] [22]
26.	Corporal	Andrew James Eykelenboom	Comox, British Columbia	23	-	-	1 Fd Amb	11 August 2006	Killed by a suicide bomber while on a NATO patrol in a G-wagon light utility vehicle.	[23] [24]
27.	Corporal	David Braun	Raymore, Saskatchewan	27	-	-	2 PPCLI	22 August 2006	Killed by a suicide bomber in Southern Afghanistan	[25]
28.	Warrant Officer	Frank Robert Mellish	Truro, Nova Scotia	38	wife	2 sons	1 RCR	3 September 2006	Killed during Operation Medusa while fighting with Taliban insurgents in Panjwai district west of Kandahar.	[26]
29.	Warrant Officer	Richard Francis Nolan	Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador	39	common-law wife	3 sons, 1 stepdaughter
30.	Private	William Jonathon James Cushley	Port Lambton, Ontario	21	-	-
31.	Sergeant	Shane Stachnik	Waskatenau, Alberta	30	common-law wife	2 stepchildren	2 Combat Engineer Regiment
32.	Private	Mark Anthony Graham	Hamilton, Ontario	33	-	1 daughter	1 RCR	4 September 2006	Killed by U.S. A-10 attack aircraft in a friendly fire incident.	[27]
33.	Private	David Byers	Espanola, Ontario	22	-	-	2 PPCLI	18 September 2006	All four soldiers killed, and several others wounded, during an attack on their foot patrol by a suicide bomber riding a bicycle in Panjwai district, west of Kandahar.	[28]
34.	Corporal	Shane Keating	Dalmeny, Saskatchewan	30	-	-
35.	Corporal	Keith Morley	Winnipeg, Manitoba	30	-	-
36.	Corporal	Glen Arnold	McKerrow, Ontario	32	wife	3 daughters, 1 son	2 Field Ambulance
37.	Private	Josh Klukie	Thunder Bay, Ontario	23	-	-	1 RCR	29 September 2006	Killed by an IED blast while serving with 1 RCR on a foot patrol in Panjwai District.	[29]
38.	Sergeant	Craig Paul Gillam	South Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador	40	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	Royal Canadian Dragoons	3 October 2006	Killed, when attacked while working on road construction project west of Kandahar.	[30][31]
39.	Corporal	Robert Thomas James Mitchell	Owen Sound, Ontario	32	wife	3 children
40.	Trooper (Private)	Mark Andrew Wilson	London, Ontario	39	wife	2 sons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	7 October 2006	Killed by an IED blast while riding in a Nyala armoured patrol vehicle west of Kandahar	[32][33][34]
41.	Sergeant	Darcy Tedford	Calgary, Alberta	32	wife	2 daughters	1 RCR	14 October 2006	Killed in an ambush in southern Kandahar	[35]
42.	Private	Blake Williamson	Ottawa, Ontario	23	-	-
43.	Chief Warrant Officer	Robert Girouard	Bouctouche, New Brunswick	46	wife	1 daughter, 2 sons	1 RCR	27 November 2006	Killed by a suicide bomber while riding in a Bison armoured vehicle	[36]
44.	Corporal	Albert Storm	Niagara Falls, Ontario	36	-	1 daughter, 1 son
45.	Corporal	Kevin Megeney	Stellarton, Nova Scotia	25	-	-	Nova Scotia Highlanders	6 March 2007	Killed by accidental shooting while on base in Kandahar.	[37]
46.	Sergeant	Donald Lucas	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	31	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	2 RCR	8 April 2007	All six killed by a roadside bomb while riding in a LAV III 75 km west of Kandahar City near the border between Kandahar and Helmand provinces. One other soldier was seriously wounded, another lightly wounded, and two others escaped injury. They were conducting a convoy security operation in support of Operation Achilles. It was the single worst attack on NATO troops since June 2005 and the single costliest day of combat for Canadian troops since 26 members of the RCR were killed in Korea in 1953.	[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]
47.	Corporal	Aaron E. Williams	Lincoln, New Brunswick	23	-	1 daughter
48.	Corporal	Brent Poland	Camlachie, Ontario	37	-	-
49.	Private	David Robert Greenslade	Saint John, New Brunswick	20	-	-
50.	Private	Kevin Vincent Kennedy	St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador	20	-	-
51.	Corporal	Christopher Paul Stannix	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia	24	-	-	Princess Louise Fusiliers
52.	Master Corporal	Allan Stewart	Newcastle, New Brunswick	31	wife	2 daughters	Royal Canadian Dragoons	11 April 2007	Killed by a roadside bomb 38 km west of Kandahar city.	[44]
53.	Trooper	Patrick James Pentland	Geary, New Brunswick	23	-	-
54.	Master Corporal	Anthony Klumpenhouwer	Listowel, Ontario	25	-	-	Signaller assigned to Canadian Special Operations Forces Command	18 April 2007	Fell from a communications tower	[45][46]
55.	Corporal	Matthew McCully	Orangeville, Ontario	25	-	-	2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron	25 May 2007	Killed by an IED during a foot patrol.	[47]
56.	Master Corporal	Darryl Jason Priede	Burlington, Ontario	30	-	-	3 Area Support Group	30 May 2007	Killed in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash after it was reporidly hit with rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).	[48] [49]
57.	Trooper	Darryl Caswell	Bowmanville, Ontario	25	-	-	Royal Canadian Dragoons	11 June 2007	Killed by a roadside bomb about 40 kilometres north of Kandahar. Two others wounded in the explosion.	[50]
58.	Sergeant	Christos Karigiannis	Laval, Quebec	31	-	-	3 PPCLI	20 June 2007	Killed by an IED while travelling in an open-top, unarmoured all-terrain vehicle in a supply convoy in Panjwaii district west of Kandahar.	[51]
59.	Corporal	Stephen Frederick Bouzane	Scarborough, Ontario	26	-	-
60.	Private	Joel Vincent Wiebe	Edmonton, Alberta	22	-	-
61.	Captain	Matthew Johnathan Dawe	Kingston, Ontario	27	wife	1 son	3 PPCLI	4 July 2007	All six killed, along with a translator, by a roadside bomb while riding in an RG-31 Nyala armoured vehicle. The attack occurred in Panjwai district.	[52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
62.	Corporal	Jordan Anderson	Iqaluit, Nunavut	25	-	-
63.	Corporal	Cole Bartsch	Whitecourt, Alberta	23	-	-
64.	Private	Lane Watkins	Clearwater, Manitoba	20	-	-
65.	Captain	Jefferson Clifford Francis	Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia	37	wife	1 son	1 RCHA
66.	Master Corporal	Colin Bason	Abbotsford, British Columbia	28	common-law wife	1 daughter	Royal Westminster Regiment
67.	Private	Simon Longtin	Longueuil, Quebec	23	-	-	3 R22eR	19 August 2007	Killed when the LAVIII he was riding in struck a roadside bomb five kilometres east of the village of Masum Ghar	[57]
68.	Master Warrant Officer	Mario Mercier	Estrie, Quebec	43	wife	2 daughters, 1 son	2 R22eR	22 August 2007	Killed by a roadside bomb planted by retreating insurgents after an hour-long battle in the Zhari district, about 50 kilometres West of Kandahar.	[58][59]
69.	Master Corporal	Christian Duchesne	Montreal, Quebec	34	wife	3 daughters	5 Field Ambulance
70.	Major	Raymond Ruckpaul	Hamilton, Ontario	42	-	-	NATO Allied Land Component Command Headquarters/Royal Canadian Dragoons	29 August 2007	Found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his room at ISAF headquarters in Kabul. The death was ruled a suicide by both the CFNIS and the Ontario Officer of the Chief Coroner.	[60][61] [62] [63][64]
71.	Corporal	Nathan Hornburg	Calgary, Alberta	24	-	-	King's Own Calgary Regiment	24 September 2007	Killed by mortar attack attempting to repair a Leopard tank.	[65]
72.	Corporal	Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec	28	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	5 Field Ambulance	17 November 2007	Killed by an IED while travelling in a Light Armoured Vehicle north of Bazar-e Panjwaii.	[66]
73.	Private	Michel Levesque	Rivière-Rouge, Quebec	25	fiancee	pregnant fiancee	3 R22eR
74.	Gunner	Jonathan Dion	Val-d'Or, Quebec	27	-	-	5 RALC	30 December 2007	Killed when TLAV struck an IED.	[67]
75.	Warrant Officer	Hani Massouh	Alexandria, Egypt	41	wife	1 daughter	2 R22eR	6 January 2008	Killed when their LAV III rolled over in Zhari district of southern Afghanistan.	[68] [69]
76.	Corporal	Eric Labbé	Rimouski, Quebec	31	-	-	2 R22eR
77.	Trooper	Richard Renaud	Alma, Quebec	26	wife	1 stepson, pregnant wife	12e Régiment blindé du Canada	15 January 2008	Killed when Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle struck an IED.	[70]
78.	Corporal	Etienne Gonthier	Quebec City, Quebec	21	-	-	5 Combat Engineer Regiment	23 January 2008	Killed in Panjwaii district by roadside bomb during road clearance.	[71] [72]
79.	Trooper	Michael Yuki Hayakaze	Edmonton, Alberta	25	-	-	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	2 March 2008	Killed in Panjwaii district, 45 kilometres west of Kandahar when his Armoured vehicle, part of a supply convoy hit a roadside bomb	[73] [74]
80.	Bombardier	Jérémie Ouellet	Matane, Quebec	22	-	-	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	11 March 2008	Canadian soldier was found dead in an accommodation room. Cause under investigation by Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. Determined to be non-combat related.	[75] [76]
81.	Sergeant	Jason Boyes	Napanee, Ontario	32	wife	1 daughter	2 PPCLI	16 March 2008	A newly arrived Canadian soldier died of his wounds after being injured by an explosive device while on foot patrol in the Panjwai district.	[77] [78] [79] [80] [81]
82.	Private	Terry John Street	Gatineau, Quebec	24	-	-	2 PPCLI	4 April 2008	Killed when his vehicle was struck by an IED	[82] [83]
83.	Corporal	Michael Starker	Calgary, Alberta	36	-	-	15 Field Ambulance	6 May 2008	Killed in an ambush on a foot patrol in Pashmul region, another Canadian soldier was wounded in the fire fight.	[84]
84.	Captain	Richard Leary	Brantford, Ontario	32	wife	-	2 PPCLI	3 June 2008	Killed in a firefight while on a foot patrol in Panjwaii district	[85]
85.	Captain	Jonathan Snyder	Penticton, British Columbia	26	fiancee	-	1 PPCLI	7 June 2008	Died when he fell into a 20-meter deep well while on night patrol in Zhari district, west of Kandahar City.	[86]
86.	Corporal	Brendan Anthony Downey	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	37	wife	1 son, pregnant wife	17 Wing Detachment Dundurn Military Police	4 July 2008	Died in an unspecified non-combat related incident at Camp Mirage in the United Arab Emirates supporting operations in Afghanistan.	[87][88]
87.	Private	Colin William Wilmot	Fredericton, New Brunswick	24	-	-	1 Field Ambulance, Edmonton	5 July 2008	Killed by an IED while on foot-patrol in support of troops from PPCLI in Panjwaii district.	[89][90]
88.	Corporal	James (Jim) Hayward Arnal	Winnipeg, Manitoba	25	-	-	2 PPCLI	18 July 2008	Killed by an Improvised Explosive Device while on a foot patrol in Panjwayi District	[91][92]
89.	Master Corporal	Joshua (Josh) Brian Roberts	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	NA	fiancee	pregnant fiancee	2 PPCLI	9 August 2008	Died of injuries following firefight involving coalition forces, insurgents and security personnel from a civilian convoy in Zhari District - military investigation found injures caused by enemy fire, not fire from private security personnel	[93] [94][95][96] [97]
90.	Master Corporal	Erin Doyle	Kamloops, British Columbia	32	wife	1 daughter	3 PPCLI	11 August 2008	Killed (with one soldier injured) in the Panjwayi District when insurgents attacked their combat outpost with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire	[98] [99] [100] [101]
91.	Sergeant	Shawn Allan Eades	Hamilton, Ontario	33	wife	2 daughters	1 CER	21 August 2008	Killed by an IED on Highway 1 in Zhari District while conducting a survey of a route to be used in future operations	[102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107]
92.	Corporal	Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden	Spiritwood, Saskatchewan	25	wife	1 daughter
93.	Sapper	Stephan John Stock	Campbell River, British Columbia	25	-	-
94.	Corporal	Andrew Paul Grenon	Windsor, Ontario	23	-	-	2 PPCLI	3 September 2008	Killed when armoured fighting vehicle was fired upon "while they were conducting a security patrol in Zharey district". 5 other soldiers were wounded	[108] [109] [110] [111]
95.	Corporal	Michael James Alexander Seggie	Winnipeg, Manitoba (unconfirmed)	21	-	-
96.	Private	Chadwick James Horn	Calgary, Alberta	21	-	-
97.	Sergeant	Prescott (Scott) Shipway	Esterhazy, Saskatchewan	36	wife	1 daughter, 1 son	2 PPCLI	7 September 2008	Killed in roadside bomb blast in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province - seven other Canadians wounded	[112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117]

Canada's role in the invasion of Afghanistan,

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/coachscorner/