Idaho National Guard Identifies 3 Soldiers Killed in Black Hawk Crash
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jesse Anderson, 43 (left); Chief Warrant Officer 3 George “Geoff” Laubhan, 39 (center); and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Peltzer, 43 (right). (Images courtesy of U.S. Army)
4 Feb 2021
The Idaho National Guard on Thursday released the names of three soldiers killed Tuesday night when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in bad weather over mountainous terrain.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jesse Anderson and CW3 George Geoff Laubhan and Matthew Peltzer died during a routine training mission, according to an Idaho Guard news release.
There were no other personnel aboard the aircraft.
All of the soldiers were pilots with experience in flying missions in adverse weather conditions, but the cause of the crash is unknown and remains under investigation, Idaho Guard officials said.
This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community, Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard, said in the release. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.
The Idaho Guard s last contact with the Black Hawk occurred at 7:45 p.m., Col. Christopher Burt, the Idaho Guard s state aviation officer, said in the release.
The aircraft s Emergency Transmitter Locator device was activated shortly after 8 p.m., and Burt s team immediately initiated emergency aircraft recovery procedures, which included air and ground search and rescue crews, according to the release.
Funeral services held for Guardsman killed in military chopper crash
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 30, 2021, 4:51pm EST
Funeral services were held Saturday for a New York
Guardsman from Orange County who was killed in a military chopper crash.
Family and friends of Officer Daniel Prial gathered
for the Mass at St. Stephen s Church on Sandfordville Road in Warwick.
Officer Prial, who grew up in Warwick and graduated from
West Point, was one of three soldiers killed in a training exercise last
Wednesday near Rochester.
He was to be buried at West Point Cemetery.
Anticipating demonstrations and disturbances, DC Guard deployment to continue through end of March January 26 Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard ride a Metro train that will get them to the station they will guard for the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (Sgt. Abraham Morlu/Army National Guard) The entire D.C. National Guard will remain activated through March 31 due to worries of renewed civil disturbances, and thousands more troops will remain on duty in the nation’s capital until at least mid-March, according to documents obtained by Military Times and statements from National Guard officials. Military Times obtained a Jan. 25 orders memorandum by Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the D.C. Guard, stating that the D.C. Guard’s troops will remain “encamped” through March 31 due to “anticipated First Amendment demonstrations and Civil Disturbance response in the District of Columbia.” Politico first obtained the me
Duty Calls: Honor Guard funerals far fewer in 2020
Terry Brown
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New York Army National Guard Sgt. Joshua Sanzo a member of the northern district Honor Guard, salutes the casket of Victor Frager during a military funeral in 2018 at the Gerald B. Solomon National Cemetery, Schuylerville.Spc. Andrew Valenza / New York Army National Guard
Scores of New York National Guard Honor Guard soldiers and airmen had far less military funerals to perform last year and the elite soldiers and airmen had to adjust the way they performed their duties.
Pandemic restrictions on funeral services have resulted in New York Army and Air National Guard Honor Guard teams providing more than 2,000 fewer military funeral services in 2020 than in 2019, according to Eric Durr, state Division of Military and Naval Affairs spokesman.