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"This is a time of great sadness for the 101st Airborne Division. The loss of these Soldiers will reverberate through our formations for years to come."

The military says the service members who died in a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states.

Nine soldiers died during a training exercise near Fort Campbell on Wednesday. Their identities have been released.

"This is a time of great sadness for the 101st Airborne Division. The loss of these Soldiers will reverberate through our formations for years to come."

The identities of nine soldiers killed in late March in a helicopter crash out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, have been identified.

Rusten, how long have you known you have wanted to marry this person and spend the rest of your life together? >> thats a good question. you know, going to high school and stuff you normally dont think high school sweethearts get married and stuff like that. but its quite the deal when we started of doing long distance relationships and stuff like that. it started punkerring in this might be the person. >> good call. i married my high school girlfriend and never regretted it. moss sell to have t...

Here is a wedding proposal that will mow you away. a texas farmer proposed to his girlfriend of six years in a very fitting way. he mowed marry me into the field where he works. >> joining us now is the newly engaged couple. rusten smith and tony sleva good morning congratulations on engagement. >> thank you. >> where did you get the idea to do this and carry it out. >> honestly the way i got it was i had a couple of good ideas. i had some better ones and some awful ones and stuff. but i kind of...