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A Crawford County man is one of two members of the Pennsylvania National Guard killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan Friday. Sgt. 1st Class Robert Fike of Conneautville and Staff Sgt. Bryan Hoover, of West Elizabeth in Allegheny County, were on a foot patrol in the Bullard Bazaar in Zabul province of southeastern Afghanistan when they were killed, according to guard spokesman Major Cory Angell. PFC Anthony Spangler of Howard in Centre County was wounded but has returned to duty after the blast. The three were with the guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, based in Connellsville, and were providing security with a provincial reconstruction team in the province. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13603

Thanks so much to Capt. Cory Angell! Members of Co. C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, patrol a main road in the town of Zorba, Iraq, before returning to their Joint Security Station in Hor Al Bosh. Staff Sgt. Thomas Bleem, Bradford Pa., takes a knee to pull security during a vehicle stop while on patrol in the farming town of Zorba, Iraq, with Co. C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Staff Sgt. Steven Jones, Bradford Pa., leads a patrol in the Taji Market with Co. C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Sgt. Mike Gallo, Pittsburgh, talks with the Soldiers mounted in the Stryker vehicles by radio as they conduct a patrol in Taji Market. The Soldiers are members of Co. C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – B...