Navy diver dies during training off N. Carolina

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Navy diver identified
Updated: Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, 1:39 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, 1:39 PM EST

Dominic Ross
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WAVY) - The Navy has identified a Fort Story-based sailor who died Thursday while diving off the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 2nd Class Petty Officer Taylor Gallant, 22, of Kentucky, died while conducting diving operations off the North Carolina coast, according to Lt Cmdr. John Gay with Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs.
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Navy diver dies during training off N. Carolina
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jan 27, 2012 15:16:31 EST
A U.S. Navy diver working from a Canadian ship off the North Carolina coast died during training operations Thursday, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command announced Friday.

The diver’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The diver, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, was embarked on HMCS Summerside during preparations to take part in Bold Alligator, a major amphibious training exercise slated to begin Jan. 30.
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Veteran receives house for free from Operation Finally Home

Veteran receives house for free from Operation Finally Home
by MARCUS MOORE
WFAA
Posted on January 27, 2012
FORT WORTH - Perfect strangers came together to help make the dream of home ownership come true for a veteran.

On Friday, Air Force Captain Jason Vest and his family moved into a brand-new, two-story house in north Fort Worth. It was donated through the Operation Finally Home program.

"You’ve turned this chapter in my life, something that was really going the wrong direction, now it’s better than I would have ever dreamed," Vest said, from the driveway of his family’s new home.
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West Point amputee gymnast returns to competition

Army's Avelino overcomes amputation

Gymnast injured in 2010 accident

Army's Andrew Avelino raises his arms after competing on the high bar at the 2012 West Poin Gymnastic Open at Christl Arena on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.TOM BUSHEY/Times Herald-Record

By Ken McMillan


Times Herald-Record
Published: 2:00 AM - 01/28/12
WEST POINT — Gymnastics has changed Andrew Avelino in a way no one could have imagined.

A freak accident during a training session in the fall of 2010 damaged his knee in such a way that it cut off blood supply to the lower part of his right leg and eventually required an amputation. Even in the worst days that followed, Avelino was determined to return to West Point and the Army gymnastics team.

In the amputee community, Avelino's procedure is considered "a paper cut,'' he said. That's because he still has five or six inches of his leg remaining below his knee and with a sufficient prosthetic and proper rehabilitation Avelino could resume a normal life.

That wasn't enough for Avelino — he wanted to return to gymnastics, and his doctors and therapists at Walter Reed Hospital were confident that he could.
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Fort Riley Suicidal Soldier Surrenders To Riley County Police

Suicidal Soldier Surrenders To RCPD Officers
Police are not releasing the name of a Fort Riley soldier they say stole a friend's handgun and tried to shoot himself before surrendering to officers.
Posted: 5:53 PM Jan 27, 2012
Reporter: Lindsey Rogers

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Police are not releasing the name of a Fort Riley soldier they say stole a friend's handgun and tried to shoot himself before surrendering to officers.

Lieutenant Josh Kyle, the Riley County Police Department's Public Information Officer, released the following statement Friday:


"On 01-26-2012 at about 1636 hours the RCPD received a report of a past burglary on Crestwood Dr. in Manhattan, KS. Further investigation revealed that a suicidal Fort Riley soldier had taken a handgun from an acquaintance without their knowledge. The RCPD’s investigation quickly transitioned from that of a past crime to a search for an armed suicidal male.
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NCO arrested for murder of Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux

NCO arrested, charged in Carson killing
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 27, 2012 17:37:33 EST
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A combat engineer at Fort Carson has been arrested and charged in the slaying of a food operations specialist in the barracks at the post, officials said Friday.

Sgt. Vincinte L. Jackson, 40, is being held on suspicion of premeditated murder and murder in the death of Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux, 28, of Houston, according to an announcement and documents released by the post. Authorities found Fonteneaux’s body on Jan. 8 in the barracks where she lived.
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