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Scott Air Force Base

4:44 pm

Mon April 29, 2013

Scott AFB Pilot Among 4 Killed In Afghanistan

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28-year-old Capt. Brandon Cyr of Woodbridge, Va. Cyr had been stationed at Scott Air Force Base and died in a weekend plane crash in Afghanistan.

By The Associated Press, Rachel Lippmann and Kelsey Proud

The U.S. Department of Defense says one of four Air Force members killed in a weekend plane crash in Afghanistan was a pilot who had been stationed at Scott Air Force Base in southwestern Illinois.

The department says 28-year-old Capt. Brandon Cyr of Woodbridge, Va., died in Saturday's crash of an Air Force MC-12 aircraft.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. The Pentagon says there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash.

St. Louis on the Air

10:21 am

Wed February 20, 2013

Covering Conflict: Journalists Share Stories Of Mo. National Guard Soldiers

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jesse Bogan and chief photographer J.B. Forbes

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company (2013)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company (2013)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company (2013)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company (2013)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri National Guard's 1138th Engineer Company (2013)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the devastation caused by a tornado in Joplin, Missouri (2011)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the devastation caused by an earthquake in Haiti (2010)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the devastation caused by an earthquake in Haiti (2010)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the devastation caused by an earthquake in Haiti (2010)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of Iraq, photo taken in Baghdad, Iraq (2004)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of Kosovo, photo taken in Kosovo (1999)

By Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh

Military men and women who serve overseas encounter dangerous situations and often struggle with separation from family and friends.

The same is true of journalists who embed themselves with soldiers.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch chief photographer J.B. Forbes, who has worked at the newspaper since 1975, and reporter Jesse Bogan recently returned from Afghanistan. They were embedded with about 100 members of the Missouri National Guard’s 1138th Engineer Company, covering and sharing the stories of soldiers who have temporarily left their civilian jobs.

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