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Ground Warrior archives from December 22 2002
Army explosives mishaps: human error during training is most common scenario.
December 22, 2002... The U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosives Safety (USATCES) recently evaluated 285 Army explosives accidents and mishaps that occurred during the 5-year period FY 96-00. Two hundred and thirty-six of those accidents resulted in 274 injured...
What's more dangerous?
December 22, 2002... Four hundred and fifty people died in 12 U.S air-transport accidents from 1996 to 2000. Also, three people who were not passengers died as a result of the accidents. Meanwhile, 209,117 people, including 30,189 pedestrians and bicyclists, died...
Gore-tex over weapons--no go!
December 22, 2002... What started out as a security mission turned into an unfortunate, mishap after a young Marine shot himself. This Sergeant was a battalion ammo tech assigned to secure weapons and ammunition during a field exercise. He was issued security...
Timing and headspacing.
December 22, 2002... Timing and headspacing are everything when it comes to firing your M2 machine gun. If you don't set headspace and time your M2 every time before you fire or after you change the barrel, a round can rupture inside the gun. That could injure you...
Marine crushed by slow-moving steel door.
December 22, 2002... Hindsight after a terrible mishap is always 20:20, but sometimes you look at a mishap scene and just shake your head because it looks like it was always a mishap waiting to happen. All the elements were there, and it seems surprising that it...
How to recognize unexploded ordnance.
December 22, 2002... The hazards of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on the battlefield have an enormous effect on command-and-control decisions for battle planning. During Operation Desert Storm, 21 Army personnel were killed and 53 injured as a direct result of handling...
How do you fall from a tree stand?
December 22, 2002... USCinCEur Finding the answer to that question took me 34 years. Somewhere, it's written that one of every three hunting mishaps involves tree stands, and I'm among that 33 percent. Here's my story. I was back from a short underway period to...