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Flag Honors GWOT (Global War on Terror) Fallen: Utah Ute Alum
This Interactive American Flag is dedicated to this inspirational, patriotic Utah Ute:
Utah Army National Guard
Major Brent Taylor of North Ogden, UT
[University of Utah - Masters in Public Administration, 2012]
Major Brent Taylor, 39, served as part of Operation Freedom Sentinel (OFS)
a Military Intel Officer in the Utah Army National Guard deployed with Special Operations Joint Task Force in Afghanistan
Taylor died, November 3, 2018, from gunshot wounds sustained during an insider attack in Kabul Afghanistan
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We honor and thank Major Brent Taylor for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
​Inspirational Quote by Major Taylor:
... to one of his Afghan Army teammates - Major Abdul Rahman Rahmani ...
"Family is not something.  It is everything."
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"You fight for not only the safety [and freedom] of Afghans, but the safety of my family back in Utah. It is your fight that keeps us out of fear and out of the reach of global terrorism. We [Americans] don't want another 9/11 to happen in the US."  - Major Brent Taylor​

Inspirational Quote about Brent:
... from one of his Afghan Army teammates, Major Abdul Rahman Rahmani, to Taylor's wife ...
"Your husband taught me to love my wife, Hamida, as an equal and treat my children as treasured gifts, to be a better father, to be a better husband, and to be a better man."
Born July 6, 1979 in Ogden, UT
Grew up in Utah, California, and Arizona
Passionate about business and politics
Eagle Scout and Student Body President
1997 Chandler HS grad 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionary in Brazil from 1998-2000
June 2003 enlisted in UT Army National Guard (1 of 5 brothers who entered military service)
Married college sweetheart, Jennie Kristin Ashworth, Sep 18, 2003
Joined ROTC at BYU and commissioned as Army Officer in 2006
Graduated from BYU in 2006 with BA in Political Science
Received Master's of Public Administration from Univ of Utah in 2012
Posthumously awarded Ph.D in International Relations from Univ of Utah in 2019
Utah Utes Fight Song:
(chorus)
Who am I, sir,
A Utah Man/Fan am I!
A Utah Man/Fan, sir,
Will be 'til I die.
Ki-yi!
We're up to snuff, we never bluff, we're game for any fuss.
No rival band of college fans dare meet us in The Muss.
So fill your lungs and sing it out and shout it to the sky,
We'll fight for dear old crimson for a Utah Man/Fan am I!
Ki-yi!
Military Intelligence Officer with 3 prior deployments Mosul, Iraq (2007); Baghdad, Iraq (2008); Kunduz, Afghanistan (2012)
Bestowed with  Purple Heart Medal and a Bronze Star Medal during Operation Iraqi Freedom
​Elected to North Ogden City Council in 2009
Elected Mayor of North Ogden in 2013 and 2017
Valued God, Family and Country
Survived by wife, Jennie, and 7 children - Megan, 13; Lincoln, 11; Alex, 9; Jacob 7; Ellie, 5; Jonathan, 2; and Caroline, 11 months

[ courtesy of Standard Examiner obituary ]
​​CLICK HERE to review Major Taylor's tribute at the Military Time's Honor the Fallen site

GO HERE to read about Afghan soldier's letter to Taylor's wife (widow)

CLICK HERE to examine the Forbes article about Major Taylor
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