among the soldiers that were serving with this that night was ian weichel and mark pain. n was part of the reon troop on two forms that were targeted. makr pain coroneted information for a battle captain. little did these two soldiers know that when they were roommates at west point that that would both be a part of the forces that made history that night. returning to iraq with the same brigade about 50 months later but now each of them in command of their own companies,ian was killed in action leading his troops in april of 2006. those of us that serve with him pay their respects as he was laid to rest in arlington national cemetery. six months later, after suffering a concussion and ignoring those injuries, mark pain led his troops and a combat operation where he was also killed by enemy fire in october of 2006. i made another trip to the arlington national cemetery to pay my respects to yet another friend. at the burial, if you have been to the cemetery, they lay casualties in the order they are received. we noticed that when we bear mark that he was laid at the feet i