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Memphis man killed in Ukraine War

Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:10 am
Posted by DingLeeBerry
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Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:10 am
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tributes are pouring in for a Mid-South man killed in Ukraine this past week. Multiple sources have identified the man killed as Joshua Jones. His friends told WREG he lived in Memphis, and many said he died doing what he loved.


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Jones spent the last several months as a mercenary in Ukraine. While there he joined a volunteer unit called the Norman-Brigade (Brigade Normande) but then moved on to another unit. In a post on social media, they acknowledged his death and paid tribute to him, saying in part:

We…we’re heartbroken when we received the news of one of brothers and former member, Joshua Jones. He was the kind of guy you want to have in your unit. His playful attitude got us through grey skies and there is no way we can forget him.”




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In the months leading up to Jones going to Ukraine, he spent time training at local gym In the Memphis area, where he met Tyler Rose and formed a lifelong friendship. “He was the kind of guy that held my head up for me when I didn’t really want to myself,” Rose said. “He really changed my life for the better the short time that I knew him he positively affected my life.”
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
27982 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:11 am to
Well, I am sure his family thinks it was worth it...
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
30128 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:25 am to
Reddit Brigade loses another one.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
266001 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:26 am to
People desperately want to be a part of something big because their lives have absolutely no meaning.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
37934 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:27 am to
Looks exactly as you'd expect:

Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
61925 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:30 am to
Did this guy have any prior no military experience? Weren't they refusing people that had absolutely no experience?
Posted by EarnYourStripes
Member since Aug 2014
555 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 10:32 am to
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formed a lifelong friendship


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short time that I knew him


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months


I guess every friendship he made in the last few months of his life was technically a life-long friendship.
Posted by Chingon Ag
Member since Nov 2018
3045 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 11:11 am to
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In the months leading up to Jones going to Ukraine, he spent time training at local gym In the Memphis area, where he met Tyler Rose and formed a lifelong friendship.


"You mind if I work in on the squat rack between sets? Say, brother? You ever thought about traveling to Ukraine to fight Russians?"
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 11:51 am to
So when does Kilmeade go over?
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
101090 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 11:54 am to
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In the months leading up to Jones going to Ukraine, he spent time training at local gym In the Memphis area, where he met Tyler Rose and formed a lifelong friendship.


Yep, lifelong, as in a few months.
Posted by burger bearcat
Member since Oct 2020
9280 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 1:43 pm to
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
9838 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 1:47 pm to
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and many said he died doing what he loved.


Virtue signaling???

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He was the kind of guy you want to have in your unit


Obviously not he clearly sucks at playing war

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