Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I am praying for you and your loved ones. My family is praying for your family. You are a true public servant. You gave everything thank you

Patrol officer Nicholas Rueve
Lenexa Police / Military Police

December 25, 2015

Thank you. Rest in peace. Never forgotten.

Renee
Louisville, Kentucky

December 25, 2015

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

December 25, 2015

RIP...may peace be with your family and your family in blue...in Memory of Suzanne Kays...Dallas Sheriff's Department

Civilian Mary Lawson

December 24, 2015

Rest easy, we have the watch from here.

Sgt. Lance Beardsley
Wyoming, MN Police department

December 24, 2015

My friend. You are missed. Thank you.

Capt J H
AFOSI

December 24, 2015

GOD BLESS and GOD SPEED.

Sheriff (Ret) / Deputy Ray Caudill
Fayette Co. Sheriff Dept. Lexington, Kentucky

December 24, 2015

Rest in peace and thank you for your service

Staff sergeant/ patrolman Nicholas Czech
OH ARNG/ Toledo Police Department

December 24, 2015

Rest in peace Special Agent Vorderbruggen

Officer Joseph Bresette
Galesville Police Department (WI)

December 24, 2015

You and your teammates will remain in the thoughts and prayers of your Brothers and Sisters over at Army CID. Rest in Peace, Sister! God be with your family.

Special Agent Sean McEntee
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command

December 24, 2015

A Prayer for Special Agent Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations:

We come here today to reverence and remember our fallen comrades who have given their lives in Afghanistan. As we recall the situation there, we are flooded, overwhelmed with a myriad of mixed emotions: anger, outrage,
frustration, bitterness, revenge, confusion and sorrow. Our initial reaction was probably a numbness of shock, a sense of disbelief. We are torn by the inner tensions of an Old Testament "eye for an eye" and a New Testament
"love your enemies." Jesus says: “Greater love than this no person has, but that life is given for others." We are a nation that believes in human rights, a nation which accepts the responsibility of being its brother's keeper, a
nation that cares enough to risk an Afghanistan. Based on these beliefs, we are a nation whose men and women respond at times with the ultimate sacrifice of laying down human life. We mourn their loss and the sorrow their loved ones now feel. We are fiercely proud of them, that in strange lands, befriended by few, assaulted by many, motivated by that sense of "greater love" they gave their lives in a cause of justice and freedom. Yes, we do reverence and remember them. Ones such as they make real the words that we are a "nation under God" striving for liberty and justice for all. May their names be boldly inscribed in the Book of Life and may their loved ones be comforted by the knowledge that they will not be forgotten and that they have not died in vain. Amen.

Pastor Steven R. Closs, MNACM
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054
Chartered by the National Association of Christian Ministers

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department

December 23, 2015

RIP

Stephen Bruet, PPO II Stephen Bruet
NC Department of Public Safety

December 23, 2015

“Heroes Now and Then”

Some thought you did it for the paycheck,
Some thought you just had weekend fun,
There were those who didn’t take you serious,
But you trained for a job to be done.

Some of you are in the Military Reserves,
And some in the National Guard,
We never thought you’d ever leave us,
But you did when duty called.

You were heading for a possible battle,
We prayed you wouldn’t have to fight,
“Dear God, watch over our friends and loved ones”,
And help them make it through the night.

History was made in that desert sand,
It’s been awhile- a war we won,
You fought with your soul and all your heart,
It was without doubt a job well done.

Over 500,000 troops in “Desert Shield”,
But you were a few of our own,
You’ll never know how proud we were,
And so glad you made it home.

Some forty years ago there was another war,
And like now the troops returned,
But they didn’t get a heroes welcome,
They were cursed and flags were burned.




But you made us all proud to be “Americans”,
The yellow ribbons and the American flags,
From coast to coast the people cheered,
You got the welcome they never had.

So our friends be proud of what you did,
You showed the world we’re second to none,
The Iraq’s might not agree,
But to America –you are number one.

Then you were sent to Somalia Land,
A place of war, hunger and death,
You were sent to give a helping hand,
So as Americans you did your best.

Most were glad you came,
The world watched- America stood still,
It was only a peace keeping mission,
So why were Americans killed.

So let us thank the ones not coming home,
The ones who gave their lives for this land,
They died in Nam, Iraq- all over the world,
And they were proud to be “Americans”.

Written © David Bell 1990

Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1990 BMI- All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 23, 2015

RIP Sister. May God be with your Family.

Patrolman Steven Austin
Trenton PD (NJ)

December 23, 2015

Your fellow Minnesotans will long remember and never forget your sacrifice. Your service to country will be eternally appreciated.
God bless you and your family.
Rest in peace sister.

Sgt. Paul Schanno- Honor Guard Member
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

December 23, 2015

Rest In Peace.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-108pct

December 23, 2015

Rest in peace Brothers and Sisters.

Lieutenant Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff'sOffice Va.

December 23, 2015

Rest in peace Special Agent Vorderbruggen. My sincere condolences to your family and to your department. Godspeed as you now have your angel wings to patrol the streets of gold.

OFC TERRY F. ZECH (RET)
VETERAN AFFAIRS POLICE DEPT, DETROIT MICHIGAN

December 23, 2015

RIP my sister. Thank you for your bravery and sacrifice to our nation.

Special Agent (AFOSI) Charles Ashe
Air Force Office of Special Investigations Academy

December 23, 2015

My condolences to Agent Vorderbruggen's family, friends, and colleagues. God provides some words of comfort at John 5:28, 29 " do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out." I pray God's promise concerning our loved ones who have fallen asleep in death bring comfort to all who knew Agent Vorderbruggen.

ECS II L Toatley
Orlando Police Department

December 23, 2015

Thanks for your service and sacrifice. I send my condolences and best wishes to the family and friends. I served alongside AFOSI agents in 2005-6 in Iraq (NCIS SCID-Baghdad) when they suffered a loss of one of their agents and I am so very sorry for this loss too.

Special Agent John Baker
USFWS, Office of Law Enforcement

December 23, 2015

Thank you for your service to our country. God Bless and Godspeed.

Lisa B.
GEORGIA CIVILIAN SUPPORTER

December 23, 2015

Thank you for your service. Prayers for your family during this difficult time.

Detective Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

December 23, 2015

So saddened to hear the news.

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers and friends.

Reserve Police Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

December 23, 2015

SA Vorderbruggen,
Thank you for your leadership, sacrifice and selfless acts of service. Your legacy will continue with those who continue to carry the baton in this endless race against evil. May we never forget...

SA Christopher Spangler
Superintendent, AFOSI Det 211

December 23, 2015