Tag: 71st explosive ordinance disposal group
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Fort Carson soldier who died in training accident remembered as giving, dedicated
When 1st Lt. Zachary Galli chose to apply to be an explosive ordinance disposal officer out of Army ROTC at the University of Virginia, the notoriously high rate of attrition for the program was part of the appeal. “I think he just wanted to be the best and to help,” said his mother Gail Galli.…
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Fort Carson soldier dies in training accident
A 23-year-old soldier assigned to Fort Carson has died in what officials say was a training accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Army 1st Lt. Zachary Galli was an explosive ordinance disposal officer assigned to the 242nd Ordinance Battalion of the 71st Explosive Ordinance Disposal Group. A statement from Fort…