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OGDEN, Utah – A mayor of Utah killed while he serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan "loved the Afghan people" and was a man of conviction, trust and compassion, declared their families and military leaders at a public burial Saturday. Brent Taylor39, was killed on November 3 in the attack of one of the Afghan commandos that he was training, military officials said.
Taylor was a deeply patriotic man who had pledged to train commandos as part of an effort to build the capacity of the Afghan National Army, said Major-General Jefferson Burton, guard National Army of Utah, at a ceremony held in the center of the city of Utah in the north of the country. d & # 39; Ogden.
"He was totally committed to doing this job," Burton said. "He really loved the Afghan people and wanted to help him so that he could strengthen himself and allow his country to defend itself."
Taylor's coffin was draped with an American flag and was sitting in front of a scene where his father, a local leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was leading the offices.
The Utah National Guard Guard of Honor is carrying a coffin containing the body of Major Brent R. Taylor at the National Guard Base on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in Salt Lake City.
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Taylor had taken a yearlong leave as mayor of North Ogden for his second tour of Afghanistan. Taylor, a military intelligence officer at Joint Force Headquarters, also carried out two missions to Iraq.
His younger brother, Derek Taylor, said that Brent had the gift of filling gaps and finding solutions to divergent opinions – a talent he's developed at home, where disputes and disagreements are common. He added that his brother was still putting off their phone conversations with "Love you, Derek".
He said that his brother had the blessing of "three Cs" – commitment, trust and compassion – and that these were the driving force behind everything he had accomplished.
"As a brother, Brent has been as good as they come," said Derek Taylor. "He was the best of us all."
Toby Mileski, a friend and former mayor of Pleasant View, a nearby town in North Ogden, has remembered Taylor for his love of the meal, his penchant for lateness and his sense of humor.
"We always laugh – always – and that's something I will really miss," Mileski said, adding later: "Jennie, children, your father was a warrior, a patriot and a great person. honored and blessed could have called him my best friend. "
