[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO FOUR BRAVE MEN OF U.S. ARMY'S 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS 
                           AVIATION REGIMENT

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to four 
remarkable men, four brave men from the U.S. Army's 106th Special 
Operations Aviation Regiment who gave their lives recently while in 
service to our country.
  On Thursday, January 30, 2003, the four-member crew was participating 
in training operations near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan when their 
MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed. The elite Night Stalker 160 SOAR 
unit, which is stationed at Fort Campbell near my home district in 
Tennessee, honored these four aviators at a memorial service last week. 
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark O'Steen, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thomas 
Gibbons, Staff Sergeant Daniel Leon Kisling, Jr., and Sergeant Gregory 
Michael Frampton were remembered as deeply patriotic and devoted family 
men.
  Their tragic loss will not be forgotten among family members, friends 
or fellow soldiers that they left behind, nor will it fade from the 
memories of those who live and work in Fort Campbell. Each of these men 
made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make, to give his life for 
the cause of preserving our freedom.
  I thank them for serving our country proudly and honorably.

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