A letter from a soldier to his Congressman
 

"This is my third combat tour to Afghanistan so I have seen the transition in Rules of Engagement and Overall Tactics over the past 6 years. I am only writing this email because I feel myself and my soldiers are being put into unnessesary positions where harm and danger are imminent."

"As a Brigade, we are averaging at a minimum an amputee a day from our soliders, because we are walking around aimlessly through grape rows and compounds that are littered with explosives."

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/201...2/0750_001.pdf

Sgt Matthew Sitton died on August 2, 2012, blown up by and IED.