2nd Lt. Tobias Alexander
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Capt. Jesse Ozbat
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FORT SILL, Okla.-- Two Fort Sill Soldiers serving in Operation Enduring Freedom were killed May 20.

Dead are Capt. Jesse Ozbat, 28, of Prince George, Va., who was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Fires Brigade; and 2nd Lt. Tobias Alexander, 30, of Lawton, who was assigned to 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, 214th FiB.

They died in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

The Soldiers were assigned to Security Force Advisory Teams responsible to train and mentor Afghanistan's National Security Forces.