USM Alumnus Among the First Casualties in War Against Iraq
A 36-year-old Marine helicopter pilot who grew up in Skowhegan
and graduated from the University of Southern Maine in 1993
is one of the first casualties in the war against Iraq.
Capt. Jay Thomas Aubin died Thursday, March 20, when the CH-46E
Sea Knight helicopter he was flying crashed in Kuwait as it
lifted off carrying a contingent of four U.S. and 12 British
Marines. Aubin was married. He and his wife, Rhonda, had two
children, Alicia, 10, and Nathan, 7. The family lived in Arizona,
where Aubin was teaching at a "Top Gun" flying school,
family members said.
Aubin was born in Skowhegan and grew up there, the oldest
of Thomas and Nancy Aubin's three sons. Aubin went to Skowhegan
Area High School. He played in the band and was on the wrestling
team. In his senior year he won "student of the month"
honors. At the end of the year, he was named "student
of the year." Aubin enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
right out of high school. He worked as an aircraft mechanic.
After four years in the Marines, Aubin, by then married, left
the service and came home to Maine. He enrolled at Southern
Maine Technical College, in South Portland, in 1989. He earned
an associate's degree in applied science from SMTC and, in
1993, a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from USM's
School of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (ASET).
After graduating, he went back into the Marine Corps, this
time as an officer.
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