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chuckman
09-14-17, 14:53
An explosion occurred on a range on which some SF 18Es and echo students were working with improvised explosives. Four died fairly soon thereafter or were DOA; one was a triple amputee and flown to UNC Chapel Hill, where he passed. Several others were injured.

RIP.
26 Inf
09-14-17, 15:34
Prayers out for all involved.
Firefly
09-14-17, 15:41
That is really, really horrible.
Averageman
09-14-17, 15:59
Bad stuff.
I saw the aftermath of training with cratering charges that went wrong. Horrible Stuff
Campbell
09-14-17, 16:10
RIP soldiers
Wake27
09-14-17, 16:56
I heard an earlier report but that mentioned the triple amputee but I don't think he had passed yet. Tragic.
militarymoron
09-14-17, 17:55
Man, that sucks. Keeping their families in my thoughts.
FromMyColdDeadHand
09-14-17, 18:39
That is horrible. Why would you use a full charge- or was this not a full charge of explosives but still enough to cause enough damage?
davidjinks
09-14-17, 19:14
Do you have an official link? Are you sure they weren't 18C and not 18E?


An explosion occurred on a range on which some SF 18Es and echo students were working with improvised explosives. Four died fairly soon thereafter or were DOA; one was a triple amputee and flown to UNC Chapel Hill, where he passed. Several others were injured.

RIP.
davidjinks
09-14-17, 19:17
Well if it was training on IEDs then they were most likely building them and then performing either RSP procedures or BIP procedures. For all we know they were doing an HME course.


That is horrible. Why would you use a full charge- or was this not a full charge of explosives but still enough to cause enough damage?
ABNAK
09-14-17, 19:25
Another sad reminder that the military is a hazardous occupation, even without combat.

RIP guys.
Wake27
09-14-17, 22:56
Well if it was training on IEDs then they were most likely building them and then performing either RSP procedures or BIP procedures. For all we know they were doing an HME course.

It was an HME exercise from the report I read. Even with a reduced charge, my assumption is that everyone was pretty close because it was a learning environment.
user
09-15-17, 06:29
RIP soldiers
pinzgauer
09-15-17, 06:51
Official report now saying only one died, that earlier report was inaccurate
hdrolling
09-15-17, 06:55
An explosion occurred on a range on which some SF 18Es and echo students were working with improvised explosives. Four died fairly soon thereafter or were DOA; one was a triple amputee and flown to UNC Chapel Hill, where he passed. Several others were injured.

RIP.

Where did you get this info? I live here near FT Bragg and what we are hearing is one soldier dead and he was a student training to become an 18C, 7 others wounded.
Watrdawg
09-15-17, 07:05
News is saying 1 dead and 7 injured. Rumors initially were saying that it was 4 though.