Political Quotes

“I wish to pay tribute to a true American hero, Army SPC Francisco Briseno-Alvarez who died on September 25, 2011 serving our Nation in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Specialist Briseno-Alvarez was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard. SPC Briseno-Alvarez died of injuries sustained when the vehicle in which he was riding was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Laghman Province while conducting combat operations. He was 27 years old. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in his family he left behind: his father Javier Briseno, mother Lurdes Alvarez, and siblings Adrian and Diana Briseno. Francisco graduated from U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City in 2003. He enlisted in the Oklahoma National Guard on September 11, 2010 and served as a motor transport operator in the 700th Brigade Support Battalion and then with the 1-279th Infantry Regiment. As evident from reading through quotes from friends and family, Francisco touched people's lives in remarkable ways: Brenda Fetzko, a neighbor said, ``I know he loved his mother very much so'' and was a good man and had a strong connection to his family. ``He was a very good person and was just getting his life going.'' Ruben Gonzalez, a friend said, ``Paco was a very nice man, and I am proud to say that he was my friend from high school and after. . . .…”