By Shawn Hogendorf Correspondent   Most 9-year-old children spend their summer vacations playing with their friends. Logan Loerzel, 9, of Prior Lake hasn’t had very much time for his friends ...

Balad, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2008: An American flag sits in the cockpit of an Apache that Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sean Merrill checks on in Balad, Iraq, before he leaves on a mission. Pilots bring the ...