By Nikki Courtney
Jan 31, 2021
A native Houstonian who was killed in combat is the recipient of a posthumous Silver Star medal.
The family of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty accepted the medal in a ceremony in Memorial Park this past Wednesday, which was Moriarty s birthday.
Moriarty was killed in action in 2016 in Jordan, while participating in a Special Forces operation.
He attended Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston and graduated from UT Austin in 2011.
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21 Northern Strike’s winter iteration exercise, known as Winter Strike, was held for the second time. After attending Northern Strike 20-2 last year, The Wisconsin National Guard’s 120th Field Artillery Regiment wanted more cold-weather, joint fires training this year at Northern Strike 21-1.
For the duration of their training, the Soldiers ate, slept and worked in the field at the Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Center. They overcame wind, snow, and single digit temperatures, which are common conditions at northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center in January.
“We typically don’t shoot in the winter, so Winter Strike gives us a better understanding of how to operate in the winter environment” said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Graham McFarland, 120th FA Regt., section chief. “Learning how to operate in a cold weather environment includes living, dressing, and working with our equipment in the cold.”
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A U.S. soldier was found unresponsive at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait on Wednesday, just nine days after another soldier at the base died during routine troop movement.
The Army Central Command shared news of the soldier s death but did not identify the soldier, as they are waiting until 24 hours after the next-of-kin is notified. We send our heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased, they said in a statement, the Army Times reports.
The unidentified soldier is the second stationed at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait to die in the year
The Army shared that the incident will be investigated.