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Dedication
Dedication

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Brigade. Weathers deployed twice
( USASOC News Service, Oct. 2, with the 101st CAB, first to Iraq in
2014) – A soldier assigned to the 7th 2005 as a crew chief and to Afghani-
Special Forces Group (Airborne) died stan in 2008 as a Flight Engineer.
Sept. 30, 2014, as a result of a gun-
SFC Andrew Tarrant Weathers CC Anddrew Tarrant Wea hthers
shot wound while deployed in sup- SF Weathers volunteered for Special
port of Operation Enduring Freedom. 7th Special Forces Group Forces in 2010, graduating as a Spe-
(Airborne) cial Forces medical sergeant and
SFC Andrew Tarrant Weathers was earning his Green Beret. He was as-
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th SFG (A) when he died signed to the 4th Battalion of the 7th SFG (A) in 2012
as a result of a gunshot wound he sustained while con- and then to the group’s 2nd Battalion in 2014. Weath-
ducting combat operations in Afghanistan. ers’ awards and decorations include the Air Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Medal
“From the beginning of his time with 7th Group, SFC with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Achievement Medal
Weathers was the consummate teammate,” said COL with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Meritorious Unit
Robert Kirila, Deputy Commander for the 7th SFG Award, the Army Good Conduct Medal with two Oak
(A). “As a Special Forces medical sergeant, Weath- Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal, the
ers was critical to the wellbeing of his team and those Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, the
he mentored. The group mourns the loss of such a Iraq Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, the Global
great leader and we will support his family in every War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korean Defense
way possible.” Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Profes-
sional Development Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster, the
Weathers, a native of Crestview, FL, joined the Army in Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon
January 2003 and attended basic training at Fort Knox, with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the NATO Medal.
KY. He then attended advanced individual training at
Fort Eustis, VA, and graduated as a CH-47 Chinook Weathers was also the recipient of the Special Forces
helicopter repairer. He was stationed at Fort Camp- Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Aviator
bell, KY, and assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Badge and the Parachutist Badge.

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