Staff Sgt. Micah E. Walker, of Peyton, Colo. (U.S. Army)
30 Jul 2021
Investigators have ruled out drowning as the cause of death for a Green Beret who died while training Tuesday at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, Florida, contradicting the Army s first reports on the death.
Staff Sgt. Micah Walker, 31, of 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, at Fort Carson, Colorado, was taking part in dive training when he died at Naval Air Station Key West, the 1st Special Forces Command said in a release Thursday.
The Army Combat Readiness Center, which sent a team to investigate Walker s death, initially described the accident as a drowning mishap in a release Wednesday.
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