• Featured Posts
  • Military Power & National Security
    • US Military Hardware
  • Democrats & Leftist Liberalism
    • Democratic Party History & Civil Rights
    • Liberal & Leftist Culture
  • Chicago Crime Watch
  • US Politics, History & Culture
    • Media & Popular Culture
    • Politics & Election 2016
    • US Historical Events
    • World History & Events
    • Ronald Reagan
  • About The Author
  • Twitter FeedFacebook PageRSS Feed
You are here: Home / Featured Posts / Golden Knights Parachute Into Funeral of Army Skydiver & Comrade

Golden Knights Parachute Into Funeral of Army Skydiver & Comrade

08/22/2015 by John Mueller

 

UNITED STATES ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM –

The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed and commonly known as the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team of the United States Army. It consists of demonstration and competition Parachutist teams, drawn from all branches of the US military. Members must demonstrate excellence in parachuting.

Read More


A solo Army Golden Knight parachutist honored a comrade’s dream by landing on the high school football field where hundreds of mourners gathered for his funeral Saturday, a week after he was involved in a deadly accident at a Chicago air show.

The military skydiver, joined by a team of professionals, fulfilled the wish of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Corey Hood, who had long wanted to parachute on to the field where he played as a youth, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

“He was highly competitive and didn’t want to lose at anything,” Larry Cox, his high school football coach, told the hundreds of mourners who gathered in the stands at Lakota West High School. “I think it correlated with why he became such a great soldier.”

Hood, 32, died Aug. 16, a day after colliding with another parachutist before during a jump at the Chicago Air and Water Show.

Before joining the Golden Knights, the army’s elite parachute performance team, Hood served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Highly decorated, he was awarded two Bronze Stars for heroism.

“Corey would run toward gunfire, not away from it,” childhood friend Adam Price told mourners.

Hood rose quickly through the ranks and made sergeant first class at a young age. The Army on Monday posthumously promoted him to master sergeant.

Hood was buried during a private ceremony after the funeral.

Source: Skydivers parachute into funeral of Army skydiver | Fox News

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Military Power & National Security Tagged With: ARMY, US Armed Forces

US National Defense

Patton’s Christmas Prayer “Merciful Father, Grant Us Fair Weather for Battle”

December 1944. The Nazis were on the advance, punching through Allied lines in what was to become the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). The Germans' initial attack included … [Read More...]

No One Messes With America’s M1 Abrams Super Tank

The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful … [Read More...]

USAF – Inexpensive, Capable, Ground Attack Aircraft?

May 6, 2017: The U.S. Air Force, faced with tight budgets and overwhelming evidence that smart bombs and UAVs get the job done more effectively and cheaper than manned aircraft are looking at … [Read More...]

Naval Air: Medium vs. Large Carriers

Although the U.S. Navy carrier fleet has shrunk to ten CVN type 100,000 ton carriers, this is being made up somewhat by the construction of ten 41,000 ton LHD/LHA helicopter carriers that are capable … [Read More...]

More Posts from this Category

Tags

A-10 Warthog ARMY Capitalism Crime Democratics & Civil Rights Environment Famous Quotes Founding Fathers Gender & Race Immigration Islam Israel Liberalism & Leftism Mattis National Defense NAVY Obama Parody Reagan Russia Watch Terrorism USAF US Armed Forces USMC US Politics

Archives

  • December 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • June 2014

© 2019 · Apple Patriot