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  Tragedy reminds us of our own mortality. Loss
  makes us call to mind  those we wish we had more time to get to know, but
  somehow there was always something more important to do. Death reminds us
  that you only get one chance at life, so be sure that each day has purpose
  and you are at peace with each other and your spiritual strength.
 
  If we are not risking, we are not living. So we have lived and continue to
  grow by challenging ourselves to be something beyond our limits, for
  something bigger than ourselves. Because they lived, because they didn't
  take for granted the mission they were called to do, these nine men are
  bigger than they'd ever dreamed they could be.
 
  Our hearts pour out to the families who lost fathers, husbands, sons and
  brothers. It is our FAMILIES who make the truly gallant sacrifice through
  unconditional support of us to pursue our calling to service. It is YOUR
  courage as Parents, husbands, wives and children, which makes us brilliant
  and strong, independent and brave. Let me offer our humble gratitude for
  your tremendous love and sacrifice, which gives us purpose.
 
  It's difficult, but not impossible, to find peace during this time. A father of one of our unit members was compelled to share with us a scripture passage to give us hope in our time of grief. I'd be honored to share with you his offering:
 
  1 Thessalonians 4 13-18
  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those
  who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
  14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through
  Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare
  to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until
  the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For
  the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel s call and with
  the sound of God s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in
  Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
  caught up in the clouds together with them to meet  the Lord in the air; and
  so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with
  these words. 
 
  We are privileged to have served with these men, and our sense of loss and
  pride burns deep into the abyss of our souls. To close, I want to read a
  poem that was written for TSgt Glenn Lastes, or Rocco, as we knew him. It
  is called A Life Shuttered Down , composed by Master Sergeant Mark Adams,
  and we feel it may apply to all who lost their lives in this tragedy.
 
  A life shuttered down,
  Like a secret untold,
  Like sunlight not beaming,
 
  Like breezes not blown,
  Stopped in its stride,
  The last moment stands still,
  We float off in its wake,
  Left to ponder God's will,
 
  Only the daring,
  And those with truly brave souls,
  Submit themselves to the thunder,
  That infrequently rolls,
 
  When it does visit,
  Bringing its terrible might,
  It dashes the gallant,
  And stains us all with its blight,
 
  Peace now brother carry,
  The end of turbulence nigh,
  We see you perfectly laughing,
  In our teary mind's eye,
 
  We will never forget,
  For you are never too far,
  We see you like a light in the dark sky,
  You are God's shooting star.
  Fly safe now.