The army has identified four soldiers who were A helicopter killed in an accident Last Wednesday near Washington State Base.
The deceased military chief warrant officers are Andrew Coolie, 35, and Andrew Cruce, 39, and Sergeant Donwon Scott, 24, and Jadlin Good, 23, are the Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Said in a releaseThe death of four to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborn) died of his MH -60 Black Hawk Helicopter after Thucer County, Wash. The joint base crashed near Lewis-Maccord.
In release, Commander of the 160th Regiment Colonel Stephen Smith called four soldiers “extraordinary warriors”, who “felicitated” unwavering dedication, selflessness and excellence, which define the spirit of special operations of the army and army. “
From Sparta, Mo., Mo., joined the army in 2013. Cruis, a native of Sunibel, Fla, served in Marine from 2008 to 2013 and joined the army in 2017. The original year of Scott, Tacoma, native of wash, were not noted. Mount Vernon, better than wash, joined the army in 2021.
According to the USASOC, an accident occurred during a regular flight training at PDT at around 9 pm. The reason is still under investigation. As National weather serviceThe sky in Tharton County was mostly clear at the time of accidents, with slight winds from the south and south -west.
Tharston County Sheriff Derek Sanders Posted a video on Facebook on Monday Out of a procession, he and his fellow duties were provided for soldiers who fell last week. Sanders said the personnel of Sheriff’s office “took the military personnel to a nearby area, where the 160th fellow soldiers blown their colleagues back to JBLM last time.”
In November 2023, five members 160th Regiment Fort Campbell is based in Kentaki When he died The UH-60 helicopter crashed during an aerial fuel training mission in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In March 2024, two SOAR Units soldiers Was injured Lewis-Maccords on a joint basis when their Apache helicopter crashed.
The mission of the 160th Regiment is “contingent missions and fighter commanders in support of the army’s special operations, equipped, trained, trained, and employment,” according to ” Army websiteRegiment, known as a night stocker, has been in operation since October 2001.
The USASOC release added four deceased. “These heroes were not only elite professional, but also nurtured team companions, friends and family members whose absence leaves an irreversible zero.”
