{"id":49080,"date":"2022-09-12T19:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/12\/101st-airborne-intelligence-official-dies-on-europe-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:49:58","slug":"101st-airborne-intelligence-official-dies-on-europe-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/09\/12\/101st-airborne-intelligence-official-dies-on-europe-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"101st Airborne intelligence official dies on Europe deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A lieutenant colonel serving in the 101st Airborne Division\u2019s intelligence directorate during its current deployment to Eastern Europe died Sept. 6 of \u201cnatural causes,\u201d according to a division press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. Nicholas D. Goshen had recently completed a tour with the Joint Staff at the Pentagon and returned to the Fort Campbell, Kentucky-based division where he began his career as an infantry officer in 2004, according to the release. He deployed to Iraq once with the 101st and deployed to Afghanistan six times during his tours with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 75th Ranger Regiment and 10th Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 4,000 troops from the 101st Airborne are currently deployed to Europe<\/a> as part of the U.S. military\u2019s increased commitments in the region after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February. The division\u2019s headquarters replaced that of the 82nd Airborne Division in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goshen was serving in the division\u2019s intelligence directorate at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base<\/a>, Romania, during the deployment. Division officials did not provide additional details on the circumstances of his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\t