Condolences
It is with deep
sadness and regret that we must pass on the news relayed to us by Sgt.
Christopher "Phaeden" McIntosh, USMC (CA). that:
Sgt.
Andy Stevens, (Who's online name was LtColWarpig,) of Tomah, Wisconsin, was one
of 10 Marines killed when a roadside bomb made from large artillery shells
exploded (IED) during a night-time foot patrol in Falluja, Iraq, on
Thursday, December 1, 2005. He was a sniper on his 2nd Iraq tour,
due to return home Jan. 06
Like many in the OFP community
we first met Andy on line through the work we were doing on OFP.
Andy expressed an interest in testing some of our work. He came with good
recommendations from others in the field being one of only a handful that
were well respected by development teams, enough that they would trust
their beta test materials to him
When our work became of a more
serious nature Ian finally got to meet Andy in the flesh through work
within NATO and at conferences on the subject area of simulation. "I
remember him as having a ready smile, an inquisitive mind and a quiet
assuredness. He was always a helpful and trusted man that his officers
referred to as their; "Goto man" on anything to do with
simulation."
Totally self taught and with no background in an area of study, that at
least in our team includes: PhDs, serious physicists, luminaries in
computer AI and experts in network architecture, he became an acknowledged
expert in the field of military simulation. The training systems he worked
on regularly received emails of praise and thanks from fellow Marines as
saving their and their buddies lives. We hope his work will continue to be
a legacy for the safety of other marines and fellow NATO and coalition
soldiers.
His knowledge and skill were such that we know he was offered a post working safe at
a desk but he chose instead to take another tour in Iraq in order to be
with his fellow marines.
The Family Friends and
Comrades of Sgt. Andy Stevens,
have our Deepest Sympathy and Condolences.
"They shall not grow old, as we that are left
grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
From Laurence Binyon's Poem "For The Fallen"
On Behalf of all at The Chain
of Command
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