Overview
- Seales died on Oct. 18 from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during unit training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.
- The Army said the incident remains under investigation and has not released details on the cause or whether others were injured.
- Col. Duke Reim praised Seales as an exceptional leader, thanked German partners for their swift response, and said the unit is supporting Seales’ family.
- Seales was a motor transport operator who joined the Army in 2021, arrived at Fort Campbell in 2024 after assignments at Fort Hood and Fort Drum, and previously deployed to Lithuania in 2023.
- The 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team is in Europe on a rotational mission supporting NATO as reporters note several other recent training fatalities in Lithuania, Hungary, and near Berlin.