Reality Bites

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Stacey Blackburn-Hoelscher, of Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan's Female Engagement Team, gives a beverage to an elderly Afghan man during a patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Nov. 18, 2009. (DoD photo by Sgt. Evan Barragan, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) 


As of Saturday, at least 4367 members of the US military have died since the start of the Iraq war and at least 852 have died as a result of the Afghan war and related operations, according to the Associated Press.