Flags Ordered at Half-Staff for Michael Brodsky, Bruce MacFarlane

Gov. Rick Scott ordered state and national flags lowered outside the Capitol in Tallahassee to half-staff on Saturday for both Petty Officer Second Class Michael J. Brodsky, of Tamarac, and Captain Bruce A. MacFarlane, of Oviedo.

Scotts order also calls for flags to be lowered outside the Seminole County Courthouse and Oviedo City Hall for MacFarlane.

MacFarlane died on July 6 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He had been assigned to the 1186th Transportation Company, 831st Transportation Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Jacksonville, Fla.

Brodsky died on July 21 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained in Kandahar Province. Brodsky was assigned to Navy Region Southwest Security Detachment, San Diego, Calif.