A Heartwrenching Call
In October 2012, TJ and two other soldiers who were deployed as part of the 514th Military Police Company were killed in action. A suicide vest detonated by an insurgent while they were conducting a dismounted patrol is what claimed their lives.
At the time, TJ had only been in Afghanistan for a little over two weeks when he sadly had his life cut short. The devastating news reached TJ’s family, and it wasn’t a call anyone ever expected to hear. She didn’t know what to do next, especially now that she had to care for their son alone.