Three soldiers injured during Golden Knights training operation
Two members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights drift down while one carries the Arkansas state flag during the Thunder Over the Rock Air and Space Show at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Nov. 27, 2018. The airshow had many attractions for guests such as live music, aerial acts, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Festival and static aircraft displays. (Airman 1st Class Kristine M. Gruwell/U.S. Air Force)
Rose L. Thayer – Stars and Stripes
Three soldiers from the Army’s parachute demonstration team are in a Miami hospital following a nighttime training accident at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla., according to a news release from the Army Recruiting Command. The incident occurred at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.The injured soldiers are all members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, known as the Golden Knights, and were participating in a routine night training operation, the release stated.
The three injured soldiers were taken by air rescue to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, CBS Miami reported.
Kelli Bland, a spokeswoman for the recruiting command, said, as of 5 p.m. EST, all three soldiers remained hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition and one in serious condition.
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Training is just as deadly as real-time activity.
I hope they all recover completely.
Ditto
Prayers for these warriors
Get well soon troops, the show must go on. Here’s a novel thought. Grab up some phony pony airburnsealrangerberetgreensnipers to fill in for the injured ones. Those that are show ’nuff high speed low drag, pack their own ‘chutes and can do a HANO from about 30K AGL. We can have a contest to see how high the phony ponies can bounce.
My guess as to height of bounce is 0, common knowledge here in somewhat cattle country is that BS, no matter how it is contained, splatters on impact with the ground and no bounce.
How about a betting pool on the diameter of the splat?
There are way too many variables to determine this. Major factor is the container, is it from Texas or remef Marine or from elsewhere such as Dakotas or combat soldier as we both know some hold more than others, Then is consistency as some is soupier than others and splatter pattern is broader as to contents.
Sounds like extensive testing is required, using as many samples as possible.
What type container do we start with or do we just choose one and run tests.
“We can have a contest to see how high the phony ponies can bounce.” Bwhaaa
Hey, you posers, it ain’t the fall that matters, it’s the sudden stop.
When the Ranger School desert phase was still at Dugway Proving Ground, we lost acting CSM Donnie Shockee in a night jump training exercise. Word was a photographer in the chopper may have impaired his night vision taking a photo. We named the new $2.M fitness center after this hero. RIP Donnie. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!
Just goes to show bad things can happen to people who jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
I was a skydiver while at Ft. Bragg, and jumped with these guys (and gals), on our off hours. Imagine working in your military duty for 5 days a week, and then doing it on your days off! That’s how much they liked jumping.
I’ve had a few injuries from the sport, all my own fault. Mostly attempting to get to the target when I should have landed elsewhere, or getting out of the aircraft at the wrong spot and landing in a bad place. A low hook turn into the wind and crashing into the ground instead of landing easily will bang you up.
Still the worst landing I ever did in freefall was better than any military static-line jump landing.
Wonder if any of you here that abandoned a perfectly good C-130 via the rear ever did it near Alghero.