On May 5, U.S. Navy Seal Kyle Milliken, age 38, was killed in a raid on a suspected terrorist facility in Somalia, the first U.S. military death in that country since the famed 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident.

Reports of service personnel killed in action remain all too common, owing to the widespread deployments of United States forces in hotspots around the world. So common, in fact, that many people may be tempted to simply note the sad news and move on.