Never Forget - DOL 🇺🇸 CW4 (Ret) Christian McCoy was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, June 24, 2019. He died while working as a contractor for the Wexford Group / CACI attached to the 10th Special Forces Group in Afghanistan. The Wexford Group is a major U.S. defense coordinator. McCoy was part of a JIDO Joint Expeditionary Team (JET) – a program that is designed to counter the effectiveness of Improvised Explosive Devices or IEDs. Joint Expeditionary Team Members provide embedded support to tactical units conducting ground operations. McCoy was born in Berkley, California but raised in Colorado. He graduated from Falcon High School in Peyton, Colorado. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1988; he enlisted as a Czech linguist. He joined Special Forces in 1993. His initial MOS in Special Forces was as a SF Communications Sergeant (18E). He later became a Special Forces Warrant Officer (180A) – retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer Four from the 3rd Special Forces Group. McCoy served with the 3rd, 10th, and 20th Special Forces Groups. He first served as a communicator, then as a ODA and Company Operations Warrant Officer. For a few years he served as a active duty advisor to C/1/20th in Springfield, Massachusetts (NG SF). He served on active duty from 1988 to 1995, then in the Virginia National Guard from 1988 to 1995, and then returned to active duty from 1997 to 2018. Christian McCoy served on five combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, he served several long tours in Africa and the Balkans. McCoy graduated from several demanding military courses to include Airborne School, SERE, Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC), Ranger School, Military Free Fall (MFF), Special Forces Warrant Officer Basic, Advance, and Staff Course, Sniper School (SOTIC), Air Assault Course, and HALO and Static Line Jump Master Courses. #specialoperations #specialforces #ultimatesacrifice #neverforget #liveyourbestlife #afghanistan