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2023-07-30 -Obits-

Two-star general dies in plane crash in Maryland

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Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-30 08:21|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 Tony Potts was a night stalker and friend. He loved to fly both in service and civil. Damn, he will be missed.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-07-30 10:06|| 2023-07-30 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Potts earned a number of award and decorations during his service, including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Valor Device, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Valorous Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Saudi Kuwait Liberation Medal, Senior Aviator Badge, Air Assault Badge and Army Staff Badge.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-30 10:27|| 2023-07-30 10:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, I should have included the short text to the article.

WASHINGTON — A longtime U.S. Army acquisition officer and aviator has died in a plane crash near Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, who until weeks ago led the service’s Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, or PEO C3T, died at the scene near 3600 Old Level Road in Havre de Grace, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and media reports.

Potts was the only person in the single-engine plane when it went down in a field July 25. No one on the ground was hurt. Dozens of first-responders were dispatched to search for the wreckage, according to the Level Volunteer Fire Company. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the matter.

Potts, who grew up in Kentucky, planned to retire soon after nearly four decades of military service. He was commissioned as an Army aviation second lieutenant in 1986 and later served in operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He was also an attack helicopter platoon leader in Germany.

Potts most recently helmed PEO C3T, tasked with developing, deploying and supporting battlefield communications gear. Before that, he led PEO Soldier, which deals in everyday equipment, such as uniforms, body armor, night-vision devices and guns. Both roles were considered critical to protecting troops and modernizing the way the Army fights.

Maj. Gen. Robert Collins, who led PEO C3T prior to Potts, in June 2022 described the Kentuckian as “a truly a strategic and critical thinker, a team builder.”

“He understands the modernization instrument and how it runs,” Collins said at the time, “and he certainly understands that the centerpiece of our modernization is our soldiers.”

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-30 11:01|| 2023-07-30 11:01|| Front Page Top

#4 condolences 49PAN

Posted by 746 2023-07-30 11:15|| 2023-07-30 11:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Amen, Pan

Posted by Frank G 2023-07-30 12:06|| 2023-07-30 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Text added to article box, DooDahMan. Thank you for bringing this to us, sad as it is.

My condolences to all who knew him. 49 Pan, what is your favourite story about General Potts that can be shared?

Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-30 12:25|| 2023-07-30 12:25|| Front Page Top

#7 TW, might not be my favorite, but a note to his character. He brought a young guy to the unit. The guy ended up under my command. He could not fit into the rank structure of the organization, he was a good guy, but would not listen to guys of lower rank and more experience. I eventually had to send him back to the regular Army. Potts had vouched for him, and when I went to Potts to tell him what I was going to do, so he could move him and protect him, he managed the action personally and did not hold it against me. Where I come from that says a lot.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-07-30 18:49|| 2023-07-30 18:49|| Front Page Top

#8 That’s lovely, 49 Pan. Thank you so much for telling it so we can appreciate him properly.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-30 22:06|| 2023-07-30 22:06|| Front Page Top

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