Gunfighters,
It is with a very heavy heart I inform you we have lost a valued member of our Gunfighter family. On March 22nd, Staff Sgt. Alexandria "Alex" Mae Morrow sustained a fatal injury while executing her duties as a weapons loader at an expeditionary base in Southwest Asia. Her sudden and tragic death while serving this great nation was unexpected, unwanted and undeserved.
Tonight, I will solemnly join her grieving family and our most senior Air Force leaders in welcoming Alex home. I carry with me in my heart and in my words the full measure of your thoughts and prayers. Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion. Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice.
We will always remember.
Gunfighter 1
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An Air Force member and a 2009 Dansville High School grad, Alexandria Gleason Morrow, was killed in a non-combat operation in Southwest Asia Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was married and a mother of two young children. She describes her daughter as fun-loving, but level-headed.
Her mother says she went off to the military two days after graduating high school. Gleason Morrow told her mother that if she couldn't fly a plane, she'd do everything she could to protect the pilots.
Lt. Kip Sumner of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho said, "She died from injuries sustained from performing maintenance duties down-range, during non-combat operations." Sumner could not provide more details and said Gleason Morrow's death remains under investigation.
Sumner said Morrow worked for the 366th Fighter Wing but was assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.
"Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion," said Col. Jefferson O'Donnell, 366th Fighter Wing commander. "Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice."
The flags at the High School were flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor her memory. She was known at the high school as a hard worker and a compassionate friend, according to Superintendent Alioto. He says she excelled in all subjects and was a member of the National Honors Society, but that the arts were her passion.
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Fallen Airman from Dansville Remembered
The Livingston County Veteran's Service Agency will be laying a wreath at the Veteran's Memorial in Dansville on Saturday at 1 p.m. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in attendance and paying their respects with a ceremony to honor the fallen airman.
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Contributor: SJB (47794520)
It is with a very heavy heart I inform you we have lost a valued member of our Gunfighter family. On March 22nd, Staff Sgt. Alexandria "Alex" Mae Morrow sustained a fatal injury while executing her duties as a weapons loader at an expeditionary base in Southwest Asia. Her sudden and tragic death while serving this great nation was unexpected, unwanted and undeserved.
Tonight, I will solemnly join her grieving family and our most senior Air Force leaders in welcoming Alex home. I carry with me in my heart and in my words the full measure of your thoughts and prayers. Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion. Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice.
We will always remember.
Gunfighter 1
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An Air Force member and a 2009 Dansville High School grad, Alexandria Gleason Morrow, was killed in a non-combat operation in Southwest Asia Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was married and a mother of two young children. She describes her daughter as fun-loving, but level-headed.
Her mother says she went off to the military two days after graduating high school. Gleason Morrow told her mother that if she couldn't fly a plane, she'd do everything she could to protect the pilots.
Lt. Kip Sumner of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho said, "She died from injuries sustained from performing maintenance duties down-range, during non-combat operations." Sumner could not provide more details and said Gleason Morrow's death remains under investigation.
Sumner said Morrow worked for the 366th Fighter Wing but was assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.
"Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion," said Col. Jefferson O'Donnell, 366th Fighter Wing commander. "Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice."
The flags at the High School were flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor her memory. She was known at the high school as a hard worker and a compassionate friend, according to Superintendent Alioto. He says she excelled in all subjects and was a member of the National Honors Society, but that the arts were her passion.
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Fallen Airman from Dansville Remembered
The Livingston County Veteran's Service Agency will be laying a wreath at the Veteran's Memorial in Dansville on Saturday at 1 p.m. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in attendance and paying their respects with a ceremony to honor the fallen airman.
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The Patriot Guard Riders Participation — standing for those who stand for us.
Contributor: SJB (47794520)
Gunfighters,
It is with a very heavy heart I inform you we have lost a valued member of our Gunfighter family. On March 22nd, Staff Sgt. Alexandria "Alex" Mae Morrow sustained a fatal injury while executing her duties as a weapons loader at an expeditionary base in Southwest Asia. Her sudden and tragic death while serving this great nation was unexpected, unwanted and undeserved.
Tonight, I will solemnly join her grieving family and our most senior Air Force leaders in welcoming Alex home. I carry with me in my heart and in my words the full measure of your thoughts and prayers. Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion. Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice.
We will always remember.
Gunfighter 1
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An Air Force member and a 2009 Dansville High School grad, Alexandria Gleason Morrow, was killed in a non-combat operation in Southwest Asia Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was married and a mother of two young children. She describes her daughter as fun-loving, but level-headed.
Her mother says she went off to the military two days after graduating high school. Gleason Morrow told her mother that if she couldn't fly a plane, she'd do everything she could to protect the pilots.
Lt. Kip Sumner of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho said, "She died from injuries sustained from performing maintenance duties down-range, during non-combat operations." Sumner could not provide more details and said Gleason Morrow's death remains under investigation.
Sumner said Morrow worked for the 366th Fighter Wing but was assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.
"Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion," said Col. Jefferson O'Donnell, 366th Fighter Wing commander. "Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice."
The flags at the High School were flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor her memory. She was known at the high school as a hard worker and a compassionate friend, according to Superintendent Alioto. He says she excelled in all subjects and was a member of the National Honors Society, but that the arts were her passion.
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Fallen Airman from Dansville Remembered
The Livingston County Veteran's Service Agency will be laying a wreath at the Veteran's Memorial in Dansville on Saturday at 1 p.m. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in attendance and paying their respects with a ceremony to honor the fallen airman.
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The Patriot Guard Riders Participation — standing for those who stand for us.
Contributor: SJB (47794520)
It is with a very heavy heart I inform you we have lost a valued member of our Gunfighter family. On March 22nd, Staff Sgt. Alexandria "Alex" Mae Morrow sustained a fatal injury while executing her duties as a weapons loader at an expeditionary base in Southwest Asia. Her sudden and tragic death while serving this great nation was unexpected, unwanted and undeserved.
Tonight, I will solemnly join her grieving family and our most senior Air Force leaders in welcoming Alex home. I carry with me in my heart and in my words the full measure of your thoughts and prayers. Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion. Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice.
We will always remember.
Gunfighter 1
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An Air Force member and a 2009 Dansville High School grad, Alexandria Gleason Morrow, was killed in a non-combat operation in Southwest Asia Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was married and a mother of two young children. She describes her daughter as fun-loving, but level-headed.
Her mother says she went off to the military two days after graduating high school. Gleason Morrow told her mother that if she couldn't fly a plane, she'd do everything she could to protect the pilots.
Lt. Kip Sumner of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho said, "She died from injuries sustained from performing maintenance duties down-range, during non-combat operations." Sumner could not provide more details and said Gleason Morrow's death remains under investigation.
Sumner said Morrow worked for the 366th Fighter Wing but was assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.
"Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion," said Col. Jefferson O'Donnell, 366th Fighter Wing commander. "Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We will dutifully continue to perform the mission while we mourn her loss. In doing so, we honor her for making the greatest sacrifice."
The flags at the High School were flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor her memory. She was known at the high school as a hard worker and a compassionate friend, according to Superintendent Alioto. He says she excelled in all subjects and was a member of the National Honors Society, but that the arts were her passion.
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Fallen Airman from Dansville Remembered
The Livingston County Veteran's Service Agency will be laying a wreath at the Veteran's Memorial in Dansville on Saturday at 1 p.m. The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in attendance and paying their respects with a ceremony to honor the fallen airman.
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The Patriot Guard Riders Participation — standing for those who stand for us.
Contributor: SJB (47794520)
