{"id":45158,"date":"2018-02-01T12:29:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/01\/service-member-supporting-inherent-resolve-dies-in-non-combat-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:22:08","slug":"service-member-supporting-inherent-resolve-dies-in-non-combat-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/01\/service-member-supporting-inherent-resolve-dies-in-non-combat-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"British service member supporting Inherent Resolve dies in non-combat incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A British service member supporting Operation Inherent Resolve<\/a> in the fight against ISIS died Wednesday in what appears to be a non-combat incident, U.S. officials said in a statement earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt. Dean Sprouting of the Adjutant General\u2019s Corps at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, died on Jan. 31, the U.K. Ministry of Defence<\/a> announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was serving with Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. The incident is currently under investigation, but Dean\u2019s death was not the result of enemy activity, according to the MoD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials with Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve<\/a> provided no further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. officials did not disclose the soldier\u2019s identity until the appropriate national authorities had been notified. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, relayed the MoD\u2019s announcement through Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is hard to do justice to a man such as Dean Sprouting with simple words,\u201d Sprouting\u2019s commanding officer, Lt Col Rob Hedderwick, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDean was simply one of those people whose infectious humour and enthusiasm drew others to him. His professional knowledge was second to none and his sage advice already something I had come to rely on,\u201d Hedderwick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis loss is keenly felt by us all and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and children whom I know he cherished more than anything else in this world,\u201d he added. \u201cI am hugely proud and thankful to have known him. He was a very good man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.@CJTFOIR<\/a> thoughts and prayers are with Capt. Dean Sprouting's family, friends, and fellow troopers. RIP. https:\/\/t.co\/mUUhLVs9jb<\/a><\/p>— OIR Spokesperson (@OIRSpox) February 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>