“We have accelerated change, and now must turn this momentum into outcomes,” he said Nov. 17. Added firepower, better troop protection and robotic escorts add punch to ground combat. The accident, which remains under investigation, is the deadliest Air Force mishap since 2018, and the fourth fatal Osprey crash in two years. “Good writing, good thinking, doesn’t really have a rank.” The U.S. military said it was continuing to look for the seven missing service members who were aboard the aircraft. Staff Sgt. Jake Galliher, 24, is survived by his wife Ivy and two sons, ages 2 and 7 weeks. Staff Sgt. Todd Darter helped rescue Sgt. Mark Garcia and his son from a car crash in September. Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone was one of five Army special operations aviators killed when their helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 10. Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received the medals Nov. 9. In all, 19 men were executed and 110 convicted in a series of flawed, racist courts-martial. Load More