Chief Warrant Officer 4 Terrance Geer of Casper, Wyoming volunteered for Navy service in February 1989. After serving five years in the U.S. Navy, he was accepted into the Army Warrant Officer Program at Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1994. Upon graduation from the UH-1 Course in 1995, Geer was assigned to the 82nd Air Ambulance Medical Company at Fort Riley, Kansas as an Aero medical Evacuation Pilot and Instructor Pilot. In 1998, after completing the Instrument Flight Examiner Course, Geer was assigned to the Combat Maneuver Training Center at Hohenfels, Germany, as a Standardization Instructor Pilot. After a successful assessment in 2002, Geer was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as an Instructor Pilot and Aviation Safety Officer. He is a combat veteran with 12 deployments, 11 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and one in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His military training includes the Warrant Officer Candidate School, the Aviation Warrant Officer Basic Course, the Aviation Warrant Officer Advanced Course, the Electronics Warfare Officer Course, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape course, the UH-60 Aviator Qualification Course, the UH-1 and UH-60 Instructor Pilot Courses, the Rotary Wing Instructor Flight Examiner course, and the Aviation Safety Officers Course. Geer's awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Medals for valor, seven Air Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, Army Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Valorous Unit Award, Navy Good Conduct Medal, two National Defense Service Medals, three Southwest Asia Service Medals, Afghanistan Campaign Medal-Campaign Star, Iraqi Campaign Medal-Campaign Star, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Government of Saudi Arabia), Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait), Navy Aircrew Insignia Badge, and Senior Aviator Badge. He is survived by his wife, Gina Geer, and two children Braden and Emma; and his mother Barbara Geer. Terry died at age 40 when his MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Leadville, Colo., during a training mission. Four Army Special Operations Aviation Soldiers died in the helicopter crash.