GL, great post. I was saving this for a moneyshot, but I didn't know the information about not listing fiancees as next-of-kin.

She's must be the next-of-kin: she doesn't say that she was notified in person, but she says she got "a letter." We know they weren't secretly married, because she told us they had set July 4, 2005 as their wedding day. How could she be his next of kin as his fiancee?

I only noticed "Mike's" appearance here after my post. Take a look at this, folks.

That's Mike. Five days before his untimely demise in Fallujah, he somehow commandeered a laptop and an IP phone (in the middle of the day, Iraqi time - an off-day, it would appear). He didn't just post on a message board, but took the time to register.

Find out who registered, and you'll know the truth. I am willing to bet folding money it didn't come from a miitary IP block.

Oh, he also posted an image of himself as his avatar (mis-sized, just like Nicole's). Where did that come from? Personnel don't run around with laptops in Iraq. Online time to check Yahoo accounts and email loved ones are precious there. He clearly wasn't a tech: he was a Marine killed in Fallujah. You'd think he'd add something like that in his post... like "Hey guys! This is Mike in Iraq!" Unless "Mike" still hadn't figured out that he was in Iraq yet.

Instead he farted around online for awhile, waiting for Nicole to reply back to his posts here, while searching through his online storage accounts for a dreamy picture of himself to post.