[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                TRIBUTE TO ARMY SERGEANT PHILLIP FRELIGH

  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I rise today to extend my sympathies 
to the families and loved ones of those killed during the recent Naval 
training exercise in Kuwait. Of the five U.S. military personnel killed 
in the accident, Sergeant Phillip Freligh, whom I intend to pay tribute 
to today, was from my home state of Arkansas.
  Army Sgt. Phillip Freligh, of Paragould, AR, graduated in 1993 from 
Greene County Tech and enlisted in the Army later that same year. He 
attended jump training and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. 
He then was trained as a bomb specialist and was assigned to the 734th 
Explosive Ordinance Division in White Sands, NM and was on a six month 
deployment in Kuwait when the accident occurred.
  I want to express my deepest regret and sympathies to the family and 
friends of Sgt. Freligh as well as the families of all the servicemen 
who lost their lives in this tragic accident. We owe it to all of our 
brave servicemen and those who serve with them to do our best to 
uncover the cause of this tragedy, and to do our utmost to prevent it 
from happening again. Theirs is a dangerous profession, and this tragic 
accident reminds us of the debt we owe to those who serve. I join the 
President, Secretary Rumsfeld, and my colleagues in saluting the 
courage, commitment and sacrifice of these servicemen.

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