{"id":112823,"date":"2021-04-21T20:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112823"},"modified":"2021-04-21T20:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:06:38","slug":"82nd-abn-trooper-dies-in-training-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=112823","title":{"rendered":"82nd Abn trooper dies in training accident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spc. Abigail Jenks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeff LPH 3 sends in the word that Specialist Abigail Jenks, aged 21, has died as the result of a training incident. A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, Jenks was conducting a static-line jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the time of her death. An investigation is underway.<\/p>\n

Army Times reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A paratrooper who died Monday during training was performing a static-line parachute jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when she suffered a fatal injury, 82nd Airborne Division officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Spc. Abigail Jenks, 21, was assigned to the division\u2019s 3rd Brigade Combat Team when she died during the training operation at Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Division spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Burns declined to comment further about the incident, citing an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

A team from the Army Combat Readiness Center was dispatched to Bragg Tuesday from its home post of Fort Rucker, Alabama, to lead the investigation.<\/p>\n

Jenks, a native of Gansevoort, New York, was a fire support specialist serving as a forward observer in 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpc. Abigail Jenks was a creative, hardworking, and confident Paratrooper. Her love for art, animals, and her friends reverberated wherever she worked,\u201d said Capt. Brian Norman, Jenks\u2019 battery commander, in a statement. \u201cHer compassion for fellow Paratroopers will be truly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenks enlisted in October 2018 and was assigned to Fort Bragg in June 2019 after completing training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpc. Jenks was a dedicated Paratrooper, gifted forward observer, loyal friend, and talented artist who consistently made a tremendous impact on all around her,\u201d said Lt. Col. Christopher Walsh, the deceased soldier\u2019s regiment commander, in his statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe will be dearly missed. We are ensuring every resource is available to her family and peers to help them during this difficult time,\u201d Walsh\u2019s statement added.<\/p>\n

Jenks is survived by her parents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Godspeed, Trooper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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