After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, military members from Monroe County served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those from the county who were killed in action were Paul J. Johnson, a Staff Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Ranger, on October 20, 2003; Joseph D. Hunt, a Sergeant with the TNARG, on August 22, 2005; Ryan E. Haupt, a Staff Sergeant and U.S. Army sniper, on October 17, 2006; Robert K. Repkie, a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, on June 24, 2010; and Frankie Watson, a Lance Corporal in the U.S.M.C., on September 24, 2011.