Additionally, mental health providers will assist units, families and individuals through their grieving process, officials said. Army Community Services will help by coordinating the local and civilian services available to include Army Emergency Relief, which provides interest-free loans to those families in need, officials said. The Army has provided a casualty assistance officer for each family who will work closely with the family on all details throughout the entire process, officials said. They explained that assistance officers will help by assisting with transportation, housing and funeral arrangements. We will come together in this time of great sorrow and work to take care of those who have served so bravely.
Memorial services are pending.
The cause of the incident is under investigation. Army aviation safety experts from the Army Safety Center, Fort Rucker, Ala., will work with the command to conduct a full examination of the circumstances surrounding this accident, officials said.