Ranger dies in free-fall accident

Ranger dies in free-fall accident

Staff report
Posted : Friday Aug 15, 2008 12:48:40 EDT

Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Roulund, a reconnaissance specialist assigned to the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, died Wednesday after a training exercise in Arizona.

Roulund, 27, was participating in routine military free-fall proficiency training at the Parachute Testing and Training Facility operated by the U.S. Special Operations Command near Marana, Ariz., according to a news release from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The accident occurred at about 11 a.m., and he died later that day.

A native of Jacksonville, N.C., Roulund entered the Army on Aug. 11, 1999, and completed his training at Fort Benning, Ga., before being assigned to the regiment’s 1st Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., as a gun team leader.
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