Below is some very interesting data referencing deaths in the military.  You will not read this in your local newspaper nor will you see it on the daily news broadcast.  I pray this will encourage you to enlighten folks around you as to the brave and courageous young people serving in our military.  These are facts and don't make the evening news.
 
Deaths in the Military 
 1980 .......... 2,392
 1981 .......... 2,380
 1982 .......... 2,318
 1983 .......... 2,465
 1984 .......... 1,999
 1985 .......... 2,252
 1986 .......... 1,984
 1987 .......... 1,983
 1988 .......... 1,819
 1989 .......... 1,636
 1990 .......... 1,508
 1991 .......... 1,787
 1992 .......... 1,293
 1993 .......... 1,213
 1994 .......... 1,075
 1995 .......... 1,040
 1996 ...........   974
 1997 ...........   817
 1998 ...........   826
 1999 ...........   795

 2000 ...........   774
 2001 ...........   890
 2002 .......... 1,007
 2003 .......... 1,410 [534*]
 2004 .......... 1,887 [900*]
 2005 ..........  [919*]
 2006 ..........  [920*]
 
Figures so noted with an asterisk (*) indicates deaths as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.  You may initially feel confused when you look at these figures--especially when you see that in 1980, during the term of President Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities.   What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose and tend to present only those facts that support their agenda driven reporting.
 
Another fact our left media and politicians like to slant is that these brave men and women losing their lives are minorities. 

Wrong again - The latest census shows the following:
 
European descent (white) ... 69.12%
Hispanic ................................ 12.5%
African American .................. 12.3%
Asian ......................................  3.7%
Native American ..................... 1.0%
Other ....................................... 2.6%
 
The fatalities over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom are:
European descent (white) ....74.31%
Hispanic.................................10.74%
African American ................... 9.67%
Asian ...................................... 1.81%
Native American .....................1.09%
Other ...................................... 2.33%
 
These statistics are published by DOD and may be viewed at:  http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf