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Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says
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Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says
By Rachel Nostrant
Aug 17, 01:16 PM
Students rappel off an overhanging cliff face on Yonah Mountain during the Mountain Phase of Army Ranger School. (Patrick A. Albright/Army)
Wind blew a large portion of a tree onto five Ranger School students who were spreading out to take shelter amid a storm warning, killing two and injuring three others on Aug. 9 at Fort Benning, Georgia, according to a preliminary loss report from the Army Combat Readiness Center.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SGT Steve McFarland
Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says
By Rachel Nostrant
Aug 17, 01:16 PM
Students rappel off an overhanging cliff face on Yonah Mountain during the Mountain Phase of Army Ranger School. (Patrick A. Albright/Army)
Wind blew a large portion of a tree onto five Ranger School students who were spreading out to take shelter amid a storm warning, killing two and injuring three others on Aug. 9 at Fort Benning, Georgia, according to a preliminary loss report from the Army Combat Readiness Center.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SGT Steve McFarland
Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Horrendous News! I Heard about the deaths but not the Specifics.
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I remember mountain phase in August 1973...we had a fracking snow & wind storm that shut us down a day. Someone miscalculated where to shelter in place.
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