Medal Navy Service
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:19:46 +0100

Staff report
Posted : Monday Jul 26, 2010 18:58:57 EDT
Two Marine helicopter pilots were killed last Thursday during combat operations in Afghanistans Helmand province, the Defense Department announced Monday.
Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo, 41, of Springfield, Ohio, and Maj. James M. Weis, 37, of Toms River, N.J., were AH-1W Super Cobra pilots assigned to Marine Light-Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, said Maj. Jay Delarosa, a wing spokesman at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego. The squadron is part of Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and is based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Military officials have not released details about the incident or said what brought down the helicopter. The incident occurred as they were engaging in combat, Delarosa said.
NATO officials that day reported that two service members were killed in a helicopter crash near Lashkar Gah, Helmands provincial capital, and the crash was under investigation.
Carazo, who was commissioned in 1991, deployed to Iraq in 2006 and 2008, Delarosa said. His military awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation.
Weis was commissioned in 1996 and deployed to Iraq from 2005-06. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Air Medal (Individual Action), Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Air Medal (Strike/Flight), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation and Presidential Unit Citation-Navy.
Source: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news...lties_072610w/
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - The Navy has identified the SEAL killed in a Suffolk BASE jumping accident Friday.
According to a Navy news release, Special Warfare Operator First Class (SEAL) Tyler S. Stimson, 30, died from injuries he suffered in the accident.
Stimson, a U.S. Navy SEAL and native of Wakefield, New Hampshire, was assigned to an East Coast based SEAL team. Initial reports indicate the incident occurred just before 5 a.m. Friday when police and paramedics were called to the scene at the base of a cell phone tower on Godwin Boulevard near Harrell Drive.
According to the news release, Stimson joined the Navy in June 2002 as a Navy SEAL candidate. Following Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, he went on to graduate the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL course in 2003, in Coronado, Ca.
Upon graduation from BUD/S, Stimson went on to complete the Navy’s advanced SEAL Qualification Training to earn his trident at the Naval Special Warfare Advance Training Command. Stimson was subsequently assigned to a series of East Coast based SEAL teams where he made multiple combat deployments in support of Overseas Contingency Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, for which he received several combat awards and decorations.
“Tyler was an exceptional SEAL, teammate, husband, son and brother,” said a senior officer in Stimson’s unit. “His loss will be felt throughout the unit. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Stimson family.”
Stimson’s awards and decorations included the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat “V” distinguishing device; two Combat Action Ribbons; the National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Navy Unit Commendation Medal; NATO Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Marksmanship medals for both rifle and pistol, and a multitude of personal, unit and campaign decorations.
Stimson is survived by his wife, Chelsey Stimson, of Virginia Beach, his parents Linda and C. Thomas Stimson of Wakefield, N.H., and his sister, Jessica, of Denver, Colo.
His friend, also a Navy SEAL, was base jumping with him and has been charged with trespassing, police said. Jason James Tompsett of School Road in Virginia Beach was able to give emergency responders directions to the incident. Tompsett was released on a signature; no bond was required.
A parachute was found on the scene as well.
BASE jumping is the act of jumping from a fixed object with a parachute, such as a building, antennae, bridge or cliff.
Suffolk Spokeswoman Debbie George told WAVY.com base jumping incidents happen occasionally in the city. However, she said they are difficult to prevent.
"The individuals, anytime they go on this property, they're trespassing," George said. "It's illegal, it's very dangerous. But it's very hard to catch these individuals. They go when it's still very dark... and they leave the scene."
A similar incident occurred in September of 2009 when three parachutists jumped from a TV tower near Nansemond Parkway and hit a power line on the way down. No word if they were ever hurt, but they did manage to knock out power to hundreds of Suffolk residents.
The incident is currently under investigation by the Suffolk City Police Department.
Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.


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