Jason Ray Workman was born August 12, 1978, in Montrose, Colorado, and at age 6 his family moved to Blanding, Utah, where he graduated from high school in May 1997.  He lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at San Juan High School.  In August 1997 he accepted a call to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Upon completion of his mission, Workman entered college at Southern Utah University and graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice in 2003.  He next joined the Navy and following recruit training he also completed Seal Qualification training.  On April 25, 2005, he was assigned to Seal Team 2, his first permanent duty station.  On September 17, 2008, he was reassigned to Seal Team 6.  Here he completed numerous deployments around the world in support of the Global War on Terror and worked up to the rank of Special Operations Chief Petty Officer (SOC).

On August 6, 2011, Workman was a with a group of twenty-two Seals aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Wardak Province, Tanji Valley, Afghanistan, which was traveling to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers.  Nearing their objective the helicopter was hit by enemy fire and crashed killing Workman and his companions.  SOC Workman has been described as a man who loved life and was a friend to everyone he met.  He is survived by his wife and young son and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.  The Tunnel to Towers Foundation paid off the mortgage on the Workman family’s home.

Submitted by CDR Roy A. Mosteller, USNR (Ret)