Posted on 07/24/2011 4:50:45 PM PDT by chargers fan
May have been a heart problem not directly related to the high temp/humidity/improper hydration. A number of young athletes die every year while practicing or competing. That’s why schools now have defib units (AED) in school and they take them with them on the road. Students are trained to use them in phys ed/health classes.
When you are alone, of course, you are in trouble.
Here’s a brochure and an article:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/students/safety/health/services/cardiac.pdf
http://www.defibrillator.net/Blog/post/2011/03/07/ANOTHER-YOUNG-ATHLETE-DIES.aspx
There seemed to be two types of NCO back then political type, and war type, the war types liked me and the politicals didn’t.
One of the saddest things that I saw in the Army was in late 1973 when they started drumming out the officers as we shifted (instantly) into a peace time Army, it seemed like the best were the first to go, and the weakest got to stay, I didn’t know them or their records well of course, but my street instincts that were highly developed before I went in, were not happy up with the choices I was seeing, some of that peacetime transition really bothered me and the military of the later 1970s showed that I was reading it correctly.
Your talking about The Ribbon Creek incident.
Yup...
Our military training is so much tougher and more focused than almost every single country in the world. China and Russia do not put anywhere near the kind of emphasis on realistic training that we do. We lose lives but win wars.
>>> We lose more fighter pilots in training than in combat.
A few weeks ago I stumbled across the figures for WW2 Air Corps losses in training accidents. Over 12,000 dead. Many thousands more injured.
As for the unfortunate cadet, for all we know he tripped and hit his head. Let’s wait a few days and see what actually happened before assuming negligence by the Academy.
People die for 100,000 differnt reasons. I’m just sorry this one died.
RIP, young man.
long grey line? what year? H-3 ‘91 here
Prayers up. May God welcome this young warrior.
RIP, soldier.
Too many of the good die young.
Haze 3!
Jeez you should visit a chiropractor after all the twisting you pulled to make this relevant. I just lost a good buddy from West Point in Afghanistan. Why don’t you go post on that story too
That still happens today. Some of the worst are making rank, and the ones that instill Army values are sent packing.
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