This is a rather sad story

Every death is a tragic loss, whether the soldier is an average Joe or a NFL football player. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to his family.

He died fighting the real "War on Terror".

I think his brother should be allowed to return home from Afghanastan. The family has already lost one son, they certainly shouldn't be asked to possibly lose a second.

As much as I love my son and would hate to send him off to war, I would be extremely proud of him if he, instead of taking the money, chose to fight in Afghanastan. Some things in life are more important than money...and avenging 9/11 and those who were responsible for it is one of them.

May he rest in peace.

Yeah, I heard that on the news this PM. Sad. As career moves go, it was an unfortunate choice. At least it was in Afghanistan, where we should be.

"I'm growing weary of the whole muddled situation." me too.

I've been weary of it since before it began.

I just happened to be watching CNN when this happened. I must admit, I'm a little appalled at this. Not that he died, but that they made such a big deal about it.

Not that his death is trivial, but the fact that so many others have perished, doing as he did, and they get little if any national recognition for it. I grieve for him has I would any other soldier lost in the war. The fact he used to play professional football is moot.

Few in my generation really joined the service out of some sort of patriotic imperative. There was education in the service, GI benefits after discharge. For some of us, it was the only job out there. Heck, for some of us, it was the service or jail. For us, it really was a career move. Not so, for Tillman.

I'm not at all sure what my point is, or if I even have one, but no, he was not the average recruit.

"Few in my generation really joined the service out of some sort of patriotic imperative. There was education in the service, GI benefits after discharge. For some of us, it was the only job out there"
Some things haven't changed, Roger.