I lost my dear brother August 14th 2011; he was deployed to Afghanistan and was killed by an IED. He died less then a month before his 31st birthday, I am the baby of my family and losing my brother is the hardest thing I have ever had to go through. He is my hero, all of my life I followed in his footsteps, I joined the Army because he did, played soccer like him, listened to the same music he did and the whole 9. I was desperate to be just like him and now he is gone, we were extremely close and I am utterly lost.