[spunkets]

A farm house in TX was shelled with live 155mm rounds a few years back. I think they came from Fort Bliss. The farmer and his wife were eating breakfast at the time. Shells hit just outside the house somewhere. No one was hurt during that WTF moment. The arty crew claimed they had a problem with GPS, but obviously the officer was disoriented and had no appreciation for direction. Down range was in the opposite direction...

[ASOC]

Years back Ft RIchardson landed a few “machine gun bullets” off post - some troopers were firing in the fog, got pointed the wrong way.

Killed a couple of TV sets in two houses next to the post.

Homeowners tried to sue for millions.

They got the wall patched and a new TV.

Hint - If, while looing at a new home, you hear machine gun fire (not SoCal, of course), you might just want to ask where the range is in relation to the house.....

[EEDUDE]

“The arty crew claimed they had a problem with GPS”

“ooops! Sorry folks, I never really understood decimal points very well.”

[cva66snipe]

A farm house in TX was shelled with live 155mm rounds a few years back. I think they came from Fort Bliss. The farmer and his wife were eating breakfast at the time. Shells hit just outside the house somewhere. No one was hurt during that WTF moment. The arty crew claimed they had a problem with GPS, but obviously the officer was disoriented and had no appreciation for direction. Down range was in the opposite direction...

Some of the problems too are coming from bases being crowded. They were once in the boonies and now houses are very close to them. In late 1984 my NG unit went to Ft Pickett Va. for training. We had 155 tracks. We had to literally back up on one corner of the base and shoot to another corner. Houses were very close to the base also. Practice Range space is becoming limited especially for heavy artillery. That being said a short round or a round well outside designated impact area does not make for a good day. Had it been inside the base the Battery CO would get a good chewing. The Pentagon needs to review it's requirements for safety buffers as well including wide room for error near ranges.

[Arrowhead1952]

A farm house in TX was shelled with live 155mm rounds a few years back. I think they came from Fort Bliss. The farmer and his wife were eating breakfast at the time. Shells hit just outside the house somewhere. No one was hurt during that WTF moment. The arty crew claimed they had a problem with GPS, but obviously the officer was disoriented and had no appreciation for direction. Down range was in the opposite direction...

That happened at Ft. Hood about 90 miles north of my home. The crew happened to be in its first live fire exercise on the range with the new Paladin howitzer. They set up 180º off and fired SIX rounds off the base. The forward observer called for a ceasefire after he didn't see any impact of the second set of three "Fire for effect" rounds.