Accidental Drowning Victim.
A Memorial Service for A1C Robert Brown will be held at the Heritage Chapel 9431 Luke Ave (Across from the C-17 Simulator) Thursday, 26 May @ 0900.
The doors to the chapel will open at 0830 for members to pay their respects, with services beginning at 0900.
From the Alaska Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska:
A final effort to recover the body of an airman, presumed dead after his kayak overturned at Eklutna Lake last week, has been suspended by Alaska State Troopers.
Robert Brown, 20, originally from Texas, was on active duty with the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson when he was reported missing while kayaking at the lake May 16.
Earlier efforts to recover his body were hampered by equipment limitations and strong currents.
Troopers said Tuesday that they assembled a team of commercial divers and a remotely operated robotic vehicle on Monday after learning they would have a window of about eight hours during which the pumps on the lake serving the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project could be shut down. The pumps create dangerous currents that restrict rescue operations.
"AST was able to coordinate with the Eklutna Hydro Project and a commercial dive team to shut the pump off at (2 p.m.) and send the dive team and a ROV into the water to search for Brown," troopers wrote. "The search did not result in finding Brown or provide any indication that he was in the immediate search area."
Troopers said Brown's family, as well as JBER officials, were told that "search efforts have been suspended pending further leads."
// End of Story //
Administrator Note: As of 26 May 2016, his body has not been found. He is presumed dead.
A Memorial Service for A1C Robert Brown will be held at the Heritage Chapel 9431 Luke Ave (Across from the C-17 Simulator) Thursday, 26 May @ 0900.
The doors to the chapel will open at 0830 for members to pay their respects, with services beginning at 0900.
From the Alaska Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska:
A final effort to recover the body of an airman, presumed dead after his kayak overturned at Eklutna Lake last week, has been suspended by Alaska State Troopers.
Robert Brown, 20, originally from Texas, was on active duty with the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson when he was reported missing while kayaking at the lake May 16.
Earlier efforts to recover his body were hampered by equipment limitations and strong currents.
Troopers said Tuesday that they assembled a team of commercial divers and a remotely operated robotic vehicle on Monday after learning they would have a window of about eight hours during which the pumps on the lake serving the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project could be shut down. The pumps create dangerous currents that restrict rescue operations.
"AST was able to coordinate with the Eklutna Hydro Project and a commercial dive team to shut the pump off at (2 p.m.) and send the dive team and a ROV into the water to search for Brown," troopers wrote. "The search did not result in finding Brown or provide any indication that he was in the immediate search area."
Troopers said Brown's family, as well as JBER officials, were told that "search efforts have been suspended pending further leads."
// End of Story //
Administrator Note: As of 26 May 2016, his body has not been found. He is presumed dead.
Accidental Drowning Victim.
A Memorial Service for A1C Robert Brown will be held at the Heritage Chapel 9431 Luke Ave (Across from the C-17 Simulator) Thursday, 26 May @ 0900.
The doors to the chapel will open at 0830 for members to pay their respects, with services beginning at 0900.
From the Alaska Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska:
A final effort to recover the body of an airman, presumed dead after his kayak overturned at Eklutna Lake last week, has been suspended by Alaska State Troopers.
Robert Brown, 20, originally from Texas, was on active duty with the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson when he was reported missing while kayaking at the lake May 16.
Earlier efforts to recover his body were hampered by equipment limitations and strong currents.
Troopers said Tuesday that they assembled a team of commercial divers and a remotely operated robotic vehicle on Monday after learning they would have a window of about eight hours during which the pumps on the lake serving the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project could be shut down. The pumps create dangerous currents that restrict rescue operations.
"AST was able to coordinate with the Eklutna Hydro Project and a commercial dive team to shut the pump off at (2 p.m.) and send the dive team and a ROV into the water to search for Brown," troopers wrote. "The search did not result in finding Brown or provide any indication that he was in the immediate search area."
Troopers said Brown's family, as well as JBER officials, were told that "search efforts have been suspended pending further leads."
// End of Story //
Administrator Note: As of 26 May 2016, his body has not been found. He is presumed dead.
A Memorial Service for A1C Robert Brown will be held at the Heritage Chapel 9431 Luke Ave (Across from the C-17 Simulator) Thursday, 26 May @ 0900.
The doors to the chapel will open at 0830 for members to pay their respects, with services beginning at 0900.
From the Alaska Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska:
A final effort to recover the body of an airman, presumed dead after his kayak overturned at Eklutna Lake last week, has been suspended by Alaska State Troopers.
Robert Brown, 20, originally from Texas, was on active duty with the Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson when he was reported missing while kayaking at the lake May 16.
Earlier efforts to recover his body were hampered by equipment limitations and strong currents.
Troopers said Tuesday that they assembled a team of commercial divers and a remotely operated robotic vehicle on Monday after learning they would have a window of about eight hours during which the pumps on the lake serving the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project could be shut down. The pumps create dangerous currents that restrict rescue operations.
"AST was able to coordinate with the Eklutna Hydro Project and a commercial dive team to shut the pump off at (2 p.m.) and send the dive team and a ROV into the water to search for Brown," troopers wrote. "The search did not result in finding Brown or provide any indication that he was in the immediate search area."
Troopers said Brown's family, as well as JBER officials, were told that "search efforts have been suspended pending further leads."
// End of Story //
Administrator Note: As of 26 May 2016, his body has not been found. He is presumed dead.
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