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SFC Darren Mikos served in the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and was remembered by many as, "Jumpmaster."
The Buffalo, N.Y. native strived to excel in the Airborne community and wanted to earn his Senior Parachute Badge while serving in the Division. After completing Jumpmaster school, Mikos was diagnosed with Cancer. His hopes of adding a star to his Parachute Badge were put on hold as he went through rounds of treatment.
Mikos was able to fight back and work himself back into shape to conduct one last jump, a jump in which Mikos ended up shattering his hip. But even while lying on a stretcher at the drop zone, Mikos laughed and joked with his wife and battle buddies.
Mikos' leadership pinned on his Senior Parachutist Wings that day. His Airborne family witnessed the courage and drive of a Paratrooper that never quit. To his fellow Paratroopers, Mikos was the epitomy of a Paratrooper.
Unfortunately, the Cancer returned and Mikos passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
| Date Taken: | 02.15.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2019 13:34 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 662452 |
| VIRIN: | 190215-A-NM804-337 |
| Filename: | DOD_106493377 |
| Length: | 00:01:49 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 3 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 3 |
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