-Caveat Lector- http://www.fayettevillenc.com/foto/news/content/1999/tx99sep/n11sold1.htm Saturday, September 11, 1999 Third soldier dies while training Army officials order safety review By J.S. Newton Staff writer The U.S. Army Special Operations Command has had another fatal training accident involving a Fort Bragg soldier. It is the third training death in as many days for Fort Bragg-based special operations forces. ��It�s all in the hands of God what happens to us every day,�� said Carol Darby, a spokeswoman for USASOC. Following the incidents, the command ordered a thorough worldwide review of all of its safety precautions. Two soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Special Forces Group died Tuesday night when they were swept away during a water training exercise in the Savannah River, Ga. On Friday, officials identified 40-year-old Lt. Col. Timothy A. Boyles as the second victim from the river accident. He was commander of the 1st Battalion. The identity of the first victim, Sgt. Eric Ellingson, was revealed Thursday. The most recent fatality occurred Thursday night when 36-year-old Master Sgt. Gaetano Cutino died on a helicopter insertion exercise near Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg. He apparently died from injuries sustained while ��exiting from an MH-6 ��Little Bird�� helicopter,�� military officials said. Cutino was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. Fran Gull, a Superior Court judge from Fort Wayne, Ind., was Cutino�s sister. She said her brother was a John Wayne fanatic and former high school football player. But what he loved most was his family and his job. ��He loved soldiering,�� she said. ��He was a wonderful father to his three kids, and he was a wonderful husband to his wife.�� Adding to an already tragic week for USASOC, military officials announced Friday that an Army Ranger had accidentally died in Germany from a gunshot wound to the chest. Sgt. Jamey Dimase, who was 26, of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga. was participating in marksmanship training at the time of his death, military officials said. Local military officials said there is no relationship between the rash of accidents. ��It�s just a coincidence,�� said Jimmy Dean, a spokesman for the Special Forces Association in Fayetteville. ��There might not be another (death) in five years.�� Dean said he and a group of retired Green Berets had been discussing the river death Friday morning. He said he and other retired Green Berets all have drawn the same conclusions. ��It�s just one of those things,�� he said. ��When you conduct training, you are going to have accidents.�� He said special operations work requires training that is realistic. ��Safety is a big part,�� he added. ��But it still happens.�� Nevertheless, the commander of the United States Army Special Operations Command, Lt. Gen. William Tangney, ordered a comprehensive safety review ��at all levels�� under his command, Darby said. Darby said Tangney wants to assure all soldiers are reminded of safeguard requirements and that commanders emphasize risk management during planning and execution of their training. Tangney�s jurisdiction stretches across more than 50 areas throughout the world. It is not known how long the review would take, she said. Darby said accidents like these hit the tightly knit Special Operations community hard. ��It�s like losing a member of their family,�� she said. The commander | Boyles began his job as commander of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in June. He was commissioned in the Army in 1983 after completing ROTC at West Virginia State College. He completed the Special Forces Qualification course in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Tina L. Boyles, and daughter, Alexandra, both of Fayetteville. He is also survived by his mother, Johnnye F. Boyles of Charleston, W.Va. Husband and father | Cutino was from North Reading, Maine. The Special Forces senior sergeant entered the Army in August 1980. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in March 1989. Cutino has had several positions in special operations units including: 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Okinawa, Japan; and 1st Special Warfare Training Group, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School here. His awards and decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals and six awards of the Army Good Conduct Medal. Cutino earned the Ranger and Special Forces Tabs as well as the Military Freefall Jumpmaster and Parachutist badges. He was also authorized to wear various parachutists wings from Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Poland and Australia. The military would not say specifically what he did. His sister said he seldom discussed his job because of its clandestine nature. ��He didn�t talk much about his work because of what he did,�� she said. ��But he loved jumping.�� He is survived by his wife, Kathleen M. Cutino and three children -- Vincent, Anthony, and Nicholas -- all of Fort Bragg. Funeral arrangements are being made for Ellingson at the Smith Funeral Chapel, 120 N. 26th St., in Billings, Mont. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Chapel on Fort Bragg. Arrangements for the other soldiers are pending. -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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