“Our family suffered a terrible and very personal loss in 2005.

Jason Edward Obert served in the US Army as a civilian contractor with BLACKWATER. He was a 95B military policeman and served in Korea, Saraevo, Bosnia, Hungary, Ft McClellan and Ft Carson from 1996-1999.

He was riding in a helicopter that was shot down at Baghdad Airport on April 21, 2005. It made world wide news coverage, as the people responsible filmed the whole thing. It killed 3 contractors from the island nation of Fiji, 6 BLACKWATER contractors, and the 3 man aircrew from Bulgaria. One crewman survived the crash and was summarily executed on the spot. All of this was filmed for the terrorists use as propaganda.

He was a very special young man with two adopted children, Ty who is now a sophmore and Cam who is a senior and will be going to college or OCS. Jason worked in the El Paso, Colorado Sheriff’s office. He was a father and a husband to Jess who also served in Bosnia, where they initially met. He has left many friends and family with a huge hole in our hearts and souls! He is our hero.

We are proud, all of us, including my 4 brothers and myself, having been so fortunate to have known Jason. ”
~ Ervy Bernard George

We are very grateful to Ervy for sharing these photos and Jason’s story and invite you to share your family photos of those who served, so we may feature and honor them on Comes A Soldier’s Whisper, where we are all connected.

God Bless all who serve and keep us safe.

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