KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – LaFollette native and army icon Normal Carl Stiner died at age 85. Stiner was a four-star common and served because the second Commander in Chief of america Particular Operations Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Power Base in Florida.
Stiner was born in LaFollette on Sept. 7, 1936, in line with the Campbell County Veteran Affairs Workplace. Throughout his time serving, Stiner was concerned within the seize of terrorists within the Achille Lauro hijacking and helped with all particular operations actions throughout Operation Desert Storm, the workplace stated.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann took to Twitter to deal with Stiner’s passing, saying he was heartbroken to listen to the information.
Rep. Tim Burchett additionally launched an announcement, saying “hero simply doesn’t fairly cowl it.”
Stiner additionally helped co-author the 2002 novel Shadow Warriors: Contained in the Special Forces with Tom Clancy. He was additionally a recipient of the Freedom Basis Award and the Distinguished Alumnus award from Tennessee Tech College, his alma mater. The Army ROTC places of work on the college have been renamed in his honor because the Carl W. Stiner Management Heart.
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