Forrest B Sibley
Rank: SSgt
Entered Into Eternal Rest
2015-08-26
Staff Sergeant Forrest Brent Sibley, age 31, was killed in action in Afghanistan on August 26, 2015.
Forrest Sibley was born on October 21, 1983, in Louisiana, and grew up in Pensacola, Florida. Forrest graduated from Appalachian High School Oneonta, Alabama.
Forrest enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on November 18, 2008, and completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, in January 2009. He graduated from the Combat Control School in Class 09-005, and Advanced Skills Training Class 35. He was CCA Life Member 1345. After completing Combat Controller training, SSgt Sibley served as a Combat Controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from December 2010 to December 2013. His next assignment was as a Combat Controller with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Field, North Carolina, from December 2013 to January 2015, followed by service as a Combat Controller with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Field from January 2015 until he was killed in action at Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2015.
Forrest was killed at a vehicle checkpoint at a forward operating base when two individuals wearing Afgan National Defense and Security Forces opened fire on him as well as Captain Matthew D. Roland. NATO service members returned fire and killed the shooters at Camp Antonik – Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
He was a four-time Bronze Star recipient, once with the Valor device, and had deployed four times to sensitive locations around the world in his nearly seven years of service.
He is survived by his parents of Pensacola, FL. Memorial Service was held on Monday, September 14 at the Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field. Forrest was laid to rest at Barrancas National Cemetery on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida on Wednesday, September 16 with full Military Honors.
May he Rest in Peace
Age 31 – KIA Afganastan
Staff Sergeant, Forrest Brent “Sib ” Sibley, 31 years, 10 months and 5 days of age, departed this life from wounds he suffered on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 when the vehicle he was traveling in was attacked near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan.
Forrest had lived in Alabama and North Carolina but called Pensacola, Florida for many years. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on Friday, October 21st, 1983, son of Suzi Fernandez and Brent Sibley. He studied at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. Forrest was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron based at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. He was a four-time Bronze Star medal recipient, once with the Valor device, and he had deployed four times to multiple sensitive locations around the world in his nearly seven years of service.
Forrest was survived by his mother, Suzi Fernandez; his father, Brent Sibley; one sister, Jordan Sibley; one brother, Spenser Fernandez; and a host of other family and friends who mourn his passing.
Memorial services were held on Monday, September 1
