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06-04-2019, 15:14
RIP Warrior, Vaya con Dios
My deepest condolences to the family and team mates :mad:
'America lost one of its greatest leaders' — Former Special Forces officer who helped defeat ISIS dies in climbing accident, Paul Szoldra, June 04, 2019 at 03:40 PM
A former Army Special Forces officer who was instrumental in the campaign to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria has died in a climbing accident in Washington.
Retired Lt. Col. Arleigh William "Bill" Dean died Wednesday after he and his climbing group were caught in a rockfall at 10,400 feet while they were camping along the route to the summit of Mount Rainier, according to KIRO 7 News. Two other climbers were injured.
Dean leaves behind a wife and two daughters. He was 45.
"He was just completely devoted to his family," a fellow Army officer who had deployed with Dean told Task & Purpose on condition of anonymity. "The hardest part is coming to terms with not having a father to raise them, because he was such an incredible dad."
An Alaska native, Dean was an experienced rock climber and outdoorsman who had recently founded his own wilderness guiding and experiential learning company, said Jan Rutherford, a fellow former Special Forces officer, friend, and business associate. Along with Rutherford, Dean had previously led groups of business executives and military veterans on expeditions.
https://taskandpurpose.com/bill-dean-special-forces-climbing
My deepest condolences to the family and team mates :mad:
'America lost one of its greatest leaders' — Former Special Forces officer who helped defeat ISIS dies in climbing accident, Paul Szoldra, June 04, 2019 at 03:40 PM
A former Army Special Forces officer who was instrumental in the campaign to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria has died in a climbing accident in Washington.
Retired Lt. Col. Arleigh William "Bill" Dean died Wednesday after he and his climbing group were caught in a rockfall at 10,400 feet while they were camping along the route to the summit of Mount Rainier, according to KIRO 7 News. Two other climbers were injured.
Dean leaves behind a wife and two daughters. He was 45.
"He was just completely devoted to his family," a fellow Army officer who had deployed with Dean told Task & Purpose on condition of anonymity. "The hardest part is coming to terms with not having a father to raise them, because he was such an incredible dad."
An Alaska native, Dean was an experienced rock climber and outdoorsman who had recently founded his own wilderness guiding and experiential learning company, said Jan Rutherford, a fellow former Special Forces officer, friend, and business associate. Along with Rutherford, Dean had previously led groups of business executives and military veterans on expeditions.
https://taskandpurpose.com/bill-dean-special-forces-climbing