Major Hugh Gurney was a U.S. Air Force officer stationed in Kajaki Province, Afghanistan. He was married with one child. During Day 9, Major Gurney's unit, commanded by Major Shepherd, was transporting two British RAF officers back to their unit. When they arrived at their destination just before 12:00pm GMT, Lt. Chris Tanner called Shepherd to warn that somebody had taken control of his surveillance drone and was locking onto their armored vehicle. Seconds later, the drone fired a Hellfire missile, killing Gurney instantly, along with the two British officers and Lieutenant Chris Lawson. ("Day 9: 11:00am-12:00pm")