Hoo Ah, Jeremy Wise!

Feb 20, 1974 - Dec 30, 2009

Killed by a suicide bomber attack on FOB Chapman, Khost, Afghanistan.

Enlisted 2001, reported to BUD/S Training 2002, graduated with Class 244. Served with SEAL Team Four from 2004 to 2009. Left the Navy in 2009 and was working for the government as a contractor when he deployed back to Afghanistan. He and his wife were also new members of our church, although I hadn't met him.

"Jeremy was a solid operator and a brother all could count on. His enthusiasm technology, his motivation to learn something new daily, and his constant dedication to team success made him a valuable asset to everyone. His lightheartedness always put a smile on your face, made the good times better, and the bad times more tolerable." The Navy has advisors who try to ensure that sailors going on deployment have their finances organized; when Jeremy deployed, the advisor called because Jeremy was sending so much to charities that the advisor thought it was a typo.

There were over 600 at the memorial service, including over 100 SEALs. At one point in the service, they all stood, and then called out "Hoo ah, Jeremy Wise!", after which there was silence. 

From the order of service for the memorial:

Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.