Petty Officer Second Class Craig Blake, 37, serving with the Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic, based in Halifax, had recently arrived in Afghanistan to serve as part of a team that defuses IEDs, the Taliban’s weapon of choice against foreign soldiers.He will be remembered.
He had successfully completed his mission near the village of Pay-e-Moluk on Monday when he was struck by the IED. He was walking on foot.
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RELATED: Meanwhile, Iggy & the MSM...
...continue their relentless campaign to free Omar Khadr...
That's funny... poor Omar sure wasn't crying in that video where he was assembling "improvised explosive devices."