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Special tactics Airmen killed in hostile incident
24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
HURBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- is survived by his parents.
Two special tactics Airmen, who were
deployed in support of Operation Free- Sibley was a combat controller at the
dom’s Sentinel, were killed near Camp
Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. 21st STS, Pope Army Airfield, North
Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, and Carolina. He was a four-time Bronze
Staff Sgt. Forrest B. Sibley, 31, were at a
vehicle checkpoint when two individuals Star medal recipient, once with the valor
wearing Afghan National Defense and
Security Forces uniforms opened fire on device, and he deployed four times to
them. NATO service members returned
fire and killed the shooters. sensitive locations around the world in
“The losses of Matt and Forrest are his nearly seven years of service. He is
a terrible blow to everyone who knew
them,” said Col. Wolfe Davidson, the survived by his parents.
24th Special Operations Wing com-
mander. “These two combat control- Due to their extensive special opera-
lers were incredible warriors who not
only volunteered to join our nation’s tions training, both were military quali-
special operations forces, but earned
their way to the tip of the spear in de- fied static line jumpers, free fall jumpers,
fense of our nation.”
combat scuba divers and qualified in Courtesy photo
Roland was a special tactics officer at
the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron here. joint terminal attack control. Staff Sgt. Forrest B. Sibley, 31, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near
He graduated from the U.S. Air Force
Academy in 2010. Upon completing the Special tactics Airmen integrate, syn- Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. Sibley was a combat con-
rigorous STO training program in 2012, chronize, control air and space power to troller at the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C. He
he was a team leader who supervised enable global access, precision strike and was deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
real-world combat preparedness train-
ing of a 35-member team. He deployed personnel recovery for special operations.
three times in his five years of service to
multiple locations around the globe. He “The risks that these men and their
teammates endured in combat and in
training are all too well known to the spe- NEWS
cial tactics community, but it does not
make this great loss any easier to bear,”
Davidson said. “We will honor Matt and
Forrest for the legacy they left behind,
embrace their families as our own, and
thank them eternally for their ultimate
sacrifice for American freedom.”
The 21st and 23rd STS fall under the Courtesy photo
720th Special Tactics Group, 24th SOW, Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near
the only wing solely dedicated to special Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. Roland was a special tac-
tics officer at the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. He
tactics in the Air Force. was deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
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