Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman ID’d As Victim Killed In AZ Training ‘Freefall’ Exercise

ELOY, AZ. (THECOUNT) — Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, has been identified as the victim killed during a training exercise in Southern Arizona.

Goodman, 36, died during a routine military freefall training exercise near Eloy, Arizona.

Master Sgt. Goodman enlisted in the Army in July of 2002, and was promoted to Master Sergeant in July 2019, and became an Operations Team Sergeant. He served four tours to Afghanistan, one tour in Iraq, two tours in Africa, and one tour in Kyrgyzstan, according to military officials.

News of Master Sgt. Goodman’s death emerged on Tuesday, reports Fox46.

Free Falling is when parachutists jump from an aircraft and delay opening their parachutes.

Eloy is about 52 miles (83 km) northwest of Tucson, to the southeast of Casa Grande.

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Geo quick facts: Eloy is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States, about 50 miles northwest of Tucson and about 65 miles southeast of Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census estimates in 2017, the population of the city is 19,168 – Wikipedia.