{"id":1712,"date":"2025-02-09T17:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T22:57:23","slug":"air-force-capt-mark-weber-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/air-force-capt-mark-weber-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Capt. Mark Weber"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Capt. Mark Weber<\/h1>\n

Fallen Hero\u2019s Hometown and State:\u00a0Bartonville, TX
\nBranch of Service:\u00a0U.S. Air Force
\nRank:\u00a0Captain
\nAge:\u00a029
\nCaptain Mark Weber graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2011 and became
\na Combat Rescue Officer. Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) pilots and crews face extremely
\ndangerous and hazardous missions, risking their lives going into combat zones in an effort to rescue the wounded and downed pilots.
\nHe was assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Base, GA. Capt. Weber was one of seven airmen killed on March 15, 2018, in a helicopter crash in Anbar Province, Iraq while
\nsupporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Capt. Weber was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
\nAt the memorial service, Capt. Weber\u2019s fellow airmen praised him as an exceptional leader.
\n\u201cI would like to thank Mark for all that he has taught me in the past four years,\u201d said Ryan, a
\nclose personal friend of Capt. Weber. \u201cThank you for your hard work and dedication. I\u2019m sorry it was you this time. We will do everything we can to continue with the mission of saving lives, I promise you that.\u201d Pararescuemen from the 347th and 563rd Rescue Groups conducted memorial pushups after the ceremony to pay tribute to Weber.
\nAt the memorial service, Capt. Weber\u2019s fellow airmen praised him as an exceptional leader.
\n\u201cCapt. Weber was forever focused on the men under his command,\u201d said a Pararescueman from the 38th, identified in the release only as Senior Airman Daniel. \u201cIn the pool, he would help the last team member across before surfacing for his own breath. On a ruck, I watched him carry a teammate whose body had quit. When the team screwed up, it was Capt. Weber who shouldered the responsibility.\u201d
\n\u201cI never saw him tired, and I never saw him afraid,\u201d Senior Airman Daniel continued. \u201cNot
\nbecause he didn\u2019t feel pain or experience fear, but he placed his duty before his own personaldesires and comforts.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s apparent to everyone that you cannot replace someone of the caliber of Mark Weber,\u201d Maj. Jason Egger, commander of the 38th, said at the service. \u201cInstead, it is now left to us to carry his memory forward and pay tribute to him and live up to his truly exceptional example Mark\u2019s positive impact on others cannot be quantified. He abounded with gratitude and zest for life, and always looked out for those around him. He will be remembered for his joyous spirit, which sprang from his courageous faith.
\nCapt. Weber lived the rescue community creed, \u201cThese Things We Do That Others May Live.\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capt. Mark Weber Fallen Hero\u2019s Hometown and State:\u00a0Bartonville, TX Branch of Service:\u00a0U.S. Air Force Rank:\u00a0Captain Age:\u00a029 Captain Mark Weber graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2011 and became a Combat Rescue Officer. Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) pilots and crews face extremely dangerous and hazardous missions, risking their lives going into combat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2025honorees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}