SFC Reymund R. Transfiguracion
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Sergeant First Class Reymund "Rey Dawg" Transfiguracion was a highly-decorated Special Forces Green Beret who past away on August 12th 2018 from wounds suffered from an IED blast while conducting a dismounted nighttime raid in Musa Qalah District Center, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Rey was from the big island of Hawaii and originally the Philippines. Rey is survived by his wife, Edelyn, and their twins. Rey was posthumously promoted to Sergeant First Class and awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Please join his Team in providing monetary relief to this American Hero's wife and twins. The funds will assist the family through uncertain times due to Rey’s absence. All donations will be sent directly to Edelyn Transfiguracion to help during this difficult time. Thank you.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38875267/soldier-from-hawaii-killed-in-afghanistan-after-ied-explosion
https://www.stripes.com/news/green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan-dreamed-of-joining-special-forces-1.542671
From Rey's Teammates:
Rey came to our team having already established an outstanding reputation. His vast experience, having held multiple Army specialties, combined with his positive attitude and insatiable work ethic would have made him an asset to any organization. Our team wanted him badly.
Rey's contributions in terms of experience, expertise, and dedication were evident during every mission and training event. When an ATV broke down in the middle of the California desert, Rey was able to fix it. When arrangements for transportation of the team's equipment fell through, Rey was able to find a new contractor to do the job.
Wherever we stayed, whether it was desert, jungle, mountains, or forest, Rey was working tirelessly to make the situation better. On one mission to Southeast Asia, fitness equipment was in short supply. Rey somehow managed to procure a welder and scrap metal and fabricate two squat racks for the team to use.
During one training mission, the team was driving ATVs in the desert. At the end of our long patrol, we stopped in a small canyon to bed down for the night. After rummaging around in the back of an ATV for a time, Rey emerged with a grate, charcoal, and a cooler full of steaks. Those of us who had the good fortune to share that meal agree that those were some of the best steaks we've ever had.
Rey's passion for his work was most evident during the team's demolition training. His easygoing attitude and technical expertise made learning about this dangerous subject safe and fun. Rey was always eager to share his knowledge: in one instance, he allowed an attached support soldier to trigger the detonation of one of the team's most impressive explosive charges. Rey was selfless like that, he'd do anything to make the people around him better, more knowledgeable, or have more fun.
Although Rey was an Engineer Sergeant, his expertise was not confined to construction and demolition. His tactical ability as a Special Operator was unmatched, and his field-craft defied belief. During a mission to train West Point cadets, Rey, more or less single-handedly, taught a thousand soldiers to conduct Battle Drill 1A, "squad attack" over the course of a few weeks. The rest of us heard about Rey's enthusiasm from the cadets: at one point, thunderstorms required that all the cadets seek shelter. To the cadets' amazement, Rey managed to construct an improvised shelter and build a fire during the downpour. Rey was a master of improvisation. In austere conditions, you could have no better friend than him.
These qualities were especially evident in Afghanistan. Somehow, with only twenty-four hours in a day, Rey found time to: manage the team's finances, remodel the camp, maintain overused sewage and electrical systems, manage the camp's cadre of local workers, supervise camp maintenance and chores, acquire essential supplies from both the military system and the local economy, supervise the kitchen, prepare demolition charges for missions, train a company of Afghan commandos, and plan and execute combat operations. Green Berets are often thought of as "jack of all trades - master of none." Rey was a master of a lot of trades, and his day-to-day contribution to the team was enormous.
This massive contribution was easy to overlook, however, because Rey was the embodiment of "quiet professional." He never boasted and never complained. We are all in awe of how extensive his workload was, and we marvel that he was able to accomplish it all with such success. We are so amazed because Rey rarely talked about all the time and effort he put into his myriad of projects. The job was done; it was done quietly, and it was done right. That was Rey.
During the deployment, Rey's fourth combat rotation, he participated in the liberation of 246 people from enemy captivity. It was during one such mission that Commandos Rey was advising were wounded by an IED. It's no surprise to any of us that Rey immediately moved to aid the wounded Commandos. Selflessness was at the center of Rey's character.
Every day that Rey isn't here with the team is reminder of what a great man Rey was and makes us strive to live in a way that honors his memory. And every day, we miss him dearly. He will never be forgotten.
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Please join his Team in providing monetary relief to this American Hero's wife and twins. The funds will assist the family through uncertain times due to Rey’s absence. All donations will be sent directly to Edelyn Transfiguracion to help during this difficult time. Thank you.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38875267/soldier-from-hawaii-killed-in-afghanistan-after-ied-explosion
https://www.stripes.com/news/green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan-dreamed-of-joining-special-forces-1.542671
From Rey's Teammates:
Rey came to our team having already established an outstanding reputation. His vast experience, having held multiple Army specialties, combined with his positive attitude and insatiable work ethic would have made him an asset to any organization. Our team wanted him badly.
Rey's contributions in terms of experience, expertise, and dedication were evident during every mission and training event. When an ATV broke down in the middle of the California desert, Rey was able to fix it. When arrangements for transportation of the team's equipment fell through, Rey was able to find a new contractor to do the job.
Wherever we stayed, whether it was desert, jungle, mountains, or forest, Rey was working tirelessly to make the situation better. On one mission to Southeast Asia, fitness equipment was in short supply. Rey somehow managed to procure a welder and scrap metal and fabricate two squat racks for the team to use.
During one training mission, the team was driving ATVs in the desert. At the end of our long patrol, we stopped in a small canyon to bed down for the night. After rummaging around in the back of an ATV for a time, Rey emerged with a grate, charcoal, and a cooler full of steaks. Those of us who had the good fortune to share that meal agree that those were some of the best steaks we've ever had.
Rey's passion for his work was most evident during the team's demolition training. His easygoing attitude and technical expertise made learning about this dangerous subject safe and fun. Rey was always eager to share his knowledge: in one instance, he allowed an attached support soldier to trigger the detonation of one of the team's most impressive explosive charges. Rey was selfless like that, he'd do anything to make the people around him better, more knowledgeable, or have more fun.
Although Rey was an Engineer Sergeant, his expertise was not confined to construction and demolition. His tactical ability as a Special Operator was unmatched, and his field-craft defied belief. During a mission to train West Point cadets, Rey, more or less single-handedly, taught a thousand soldiers to conduct Battle Drill 1A, "squad attack" over the course of a few weeks. The rest of us heard about Rey's enthusiasm from the cadets: at one point, thunderstorms required that all the cadets seek shelter. To the cadets' amazement, Rey managed to construct an improvised shelter and build a fire during the downpour. Rey was a master of improvisation. In austere conditions, you could have no better friend than him.
These qualities were especially evident in Afghanistan. Somehow, with only twenty-four hours in a day, Rey found time to: manage the team's finances, remodel the camp, maintain overused sewage and electrical systems, manage the camp's cadre of local workers, supervise camp maintenance and chores, acquire essential supplies from both the military system and the local economy, supervise the kitchen, prepare demolition charges for missions, train a company of Afghan commandos, and plan and execute combat operations. Green Berets are often thought of as "jack of all trades - master of none." Rey was a master of a lot of trades, and his day-to-day contribution to the team was enormous.
This massive contribution was easy to overlook, however, because Rey was the embodiment of "quiet professional." He never boasted and never complained. We are all in awe of how extensive his workload was, and we marvel that he was able to accomplish it all with such success. We are so amazed because Rey rarely talked about all the time and effort he put into his myriad of projects. The job was done; it was done quietly, and it was done right. That was Rey.
During the deployment, Rey's fourth combat rotation, he participated in the liberation of 246 people from enemy captivity. It was during one such mission that Commandos Rey was advising were wounded by an IED. It's no surprise to any of us that Rey immediately moved to aid the wounded Commandos. Selflessness was at the center of Rey's character.
Every day that Rey isn't here with the team is reminder of what a great man Rey was and makes us strive to live in a way that honors his memory. And every day, we miss him dearly. He will never be forgotten.
De Oppresso Liber
Organizer and beneficiary
Scott Smith
Organizer
Honalo CDP, HI
Edelyn Transfiguracion
Beneficiary
