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On October 6, 2013, U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer M. Moreno together with the other members of the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment were on patrol doing raids on high-value Taliban bomb making compounds in the Zhari district in the province of Kandahar Afghanistan when the raid they were performing went haywire and took turn for the worst.
Without any sign of warning, an explosive vest was detonated by a suicide bomber and triggered a dozen more improvised explosive devices inside the compound they were raiding. U.S. Army Capt. Moreno, never thinking of herself and safety, instinctively went to the aid of the wounded soldiers. While attending to her wounded comrades, U.S. Army Capt. Moreno accidentally stepped on a landmine.
U.S. Army Capt. Moreno was killed while trying to save the lives of others.
In her eulogy, Moreno’s commander Capt. Amanda King wrote, “None of us would have done what you did, running into hell to save your wounded brothers, knowing full well you probably wouldn’t make it back.”
In her death, Moreno was posthumously promoted to the rank of captain. The Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Purple Heart, Afghanistan Campaign Medal and NATO Medal were also awarded to her.
Moreno’s fellow soldiers, Sgt. Patrick Hawkins, Sgt. Joseph Peters and Pfc. Cody Patterson were also killed that faithful night, and 30 more soldiers were seriously wounded.
However, the deaths of Moreno, Hawkins, Peters, and Patterson did not go in vain. Together with their fellow soldiers that were wounded in the attack, their regiments saved countless of lives because the bombs that exploded on the night of October 6, 2013 was intended to kill not only soldiers but most especially civilians.
Moreno was just 25 years old when she died. She was a member of a special unit attached to the Special Operations Task Force as cultural support team. Their unit was made up mostly of female soldiers whose mission was to engage with the women in Afghanistan.
Just after completing her Army Airborne training in 2009, Moreno volunteered to the U.S. Special Operations Command. She also served as a clinical staff nurse on the medical surgical unit at the Joint Base Lewis McChord before she was deployed in July 2013.
U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer M. Moreno is survived by her mother and two sisters. She also has a brother who serves in the U.S. Army.
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