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Steve Dwyer was my classmate and friend. His helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean last week while supporting operations related to the recent Middle East crisis. I believe they are currently trying to recover his body and the aircraft.

Please consider donating to his family. Link below. Thanks.

https://legaciesalive.com/cw3-steve-dwyer/

Dong Fong
My condolences to you and your classmates. I read about this a couple of days ago. A question that I have is this--when I was in RVN a lot of the pilots were warrant officers, some LTs. Since he graduated from WP, why is he a CW3 instead of O2, etc.

westcoastarmyfan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:04 pm Dong Fong
My condolences to you and your classmates. I read about this a couple of days ago. A question that I have is this--when I was in RVN a lot of the pilots were warrant officers, some LTs. Since he graduated from WP, why is he a CW3 instead of O2, etc.

He was field artillery officer for nearly ten years and then resigned his commission and became a pilot.

Dong Fong '09 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:09 pm

westcoastarmyfan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:04 pm Dong Fong
My condolences to you and your classmates. I read about this a couple of days ago. A question that I have is this--when I was in RVN a lot of the pilots were warrant officers, some LTs. Since he graduated from WP, why is he a CW3 instead of O2, etc.

He was field artillery officer for nearly ten years and then resigned his commission and became a pilot.

I had a classmate do the same. He wanted to fly, so when he got to cpt he switched to CW so he could just fly not be in command/staff

Thanks for the answers.