A traditional Irish saying claims “The tree remains, but not the hand that planted it.” Soldiers who live by the creed of De Oppresso Liber, or “to liberate the oppressed,” know that truth all too well.
Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group remembered one of their own Feb. 8 during a memorial for Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Wise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Wise died in Germany from injuries he suffered during clearing operations in Afghanistan, Jan. 9. It was his fourth deployment.