Category: U.S. Army

Army West Point Athletic Association, the legal entity that administers the military academy’s Division I sports programs, has begun turning over the first batch of what could eventually be thousands of pages of financial and contractual records that it has previously refused to make public.

The academy’s intercollegiate sports arm had long snubbed Freedom of Information Act requests, claiming it is not subject to federal disclosure laws.

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WP-ORG West Point Class Eulogy pages (west-point.org)

Youtube link to the graduation ceremony, posted by USMA:

U.S. Army Fort Benning’s Facebook page states: “During a Ranger School weather-induced training held Aug. 9 at Yonah Mountain near Dahlonega, Georgia, five Ranger candidates were struck by a falling tree. Fitzgibbon and Taber were pronounced deceased at the hospital. Three other candidates were injured in the incident. Two were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and one remains stable under medical care.”

2LT Fitzgibbon was assigned to the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course, 199th Infantry “Leader Brigade” at Fort Benning in Georgia.

Eulogy page for 2LT Fitzgibbon

Link: New York Post Article – Two soldiers killed by falling tree on Georgia mountain range identified

Link: Orange Observer article on 2LT Fitzgibbon’s acceptance to West Point

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