Posted on 06/02/2016 5:01:22 PM PDT by Enchante
6:41 p.m. update: The bodies of three soldiers have been recovered from a swollen creek, and rescuers are searching for six more soldiers, after a troop carrier overturned at a low water crossing nearon Fort Hood Thursday morning.
Three other soldiers are in stable condition after being rescued from the water near the overturned vehicle at the Owl Creek Tactical low-water crossing and East Range Road.
The soldiers were riding in a light medium tactical unit and taking part in training exercises at the time of the incident, said Fort Hood spokeswoman Master Sgt. Mary Mittlesteadt.
....The six missing soldiers are from the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
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People do not understand the awesome power of flowing water.
Prayers up for my fellow Soldiers.
Thanks guys for your service, Sad day.
Very sad.
Not a good day to go training on low water crossing. Part of Ft. Hood are closed because of high water. Somebody screwed up royally.
Somebody screwed up royally.
Agreed.
Active Duty ping.
There’s flooding all over central Texas. “And the big fool says to push on”.
Prayers up for all Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers and Marines who died or were injured!!!
Get swept into underwater trees and its over
We had an M-88 Recovery Vehicle towing an M-60 tank get washed away at Otter Creek at Fort Knox. That’s about 120 tons.
At least 12 soldiers were involved, three drowned, three okay and six unaccounted for.
Somebody is going to be held accountable for crossing that low water crossing even if it
wasn’t that deep. There is a major difference between still water and water with a
fast moving current.
A lot of Texas is having flooding problems of record breaking proportions.
Additional rain is forecast for the upcoming weekend in these areas.
An M88 is big beasty made for recovering tanks.
No light weight
An M88 is big beasty made for recovering tanks.
No light weight
RIP
That is what I was thinking.
You are right. If the flowing water covers your tire and is up to your wheel rim, you are likely in a bad spot. It doesn’t take much flowing water to push a vehicle downstream.
If it’s anything like low water crossings around here, it’s concrete poured over culvert pipe and they have no guardrail. Real easy to drive off one side when you can’t see the edges.
Or, they could have run up on something like a log that they couldn’t see.
I wonder what U.S. “peacetime” losses are, and the losses that occurred during “The Cold War” period. Yesterday certainly seemed like a disastrous day for our military.
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