Staff Sgt. Garett Swift, 37, of Fort Riley, Kansas, was found dead in his home by local police on Sept. 4, Army officials said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swift, a fire support specialist, was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soldiers of his battalion \u201cmourn the loss of Staff Sgt. Swift,\u201d Lt. Col. Richard J. Ikena Jr., commander of the regiment, said in a press release. \u201cThe battalion will continue to fully support Staff Sgt. Swift\u2019s family and teammates through these challenging times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swift\u2019s death is the third for the 1st<\/sup> Infantry Division in the last several weeks, according to LTC Joey J. Sullinger, a spokesperson for the 1st<\/sup> Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spc. Richard Cox, an indirect fire infantryman with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, died Aug. 16 in a Topeka hospital after suffering a gunshot wound, and on Aug. 19, Pvt. John Martinez, a cavalry scout with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, was \u201cfound unresponsive in his barracks room on Fort Riley and was quickly transported to Irwin Army Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead,\u201d Sullinger told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swift enlisted in the Army in October 2006, and was assigned to Fort Riley in November 2013, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swift had several overseas tours including South Korea in 2007, Afghanistan in 2009, Germany in 2010 and again to Afghanistan in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Junction City Police Department and Fort Riley Criminal Investigation Command are investigating Swift\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Staff Sgt. Garett Swift, 37, was found dead in his home by the Junction City Police Department, according to Army officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3472],"class_list":["post-66152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"6EQGVJFAAJAAHCGQ4LCIHZ446I","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2017\/09\/07\/1st-infantry-division-soldier-found-dead-in-his-home\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n