Fort Bragg officials have not officially identified the 18th Airborne Corps soldier killed. His identity is expected to be formally released today.<\/p>\n
“He was an inspirational officer with contagious enthusiasm, motivation and energy,” Col. John Norris, commander at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, wrote on Facebook. “Great soldier, leader, mentor, husband, father and very dear friend.”<\/p>\n
Before taking command in Germany last year, Norris was commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.<\/p>\n
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Although Fort Bragg officials have not said whether the parachute was a factor in the soldier’s death, the 18th Airborne Corps is transitioning to a new parachute.<\/p>\n
Soldiers have to jump during the day without equipment, jump during the day with equipment and jump at night with equipment to be qualified to jump with the T-11, a square parachute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
By all accounts that I’ve read over the past few days, COL Wright was one of the good ones. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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