Posted on 06/03/2021 8:51:20 AM PDT by Rio
The US Military is under fire after a training incident gone awry.
According to a recent report, a group of soldiers were engaged in a training exercise in Bulgaria when a mistake sent them off course. The group was assigned the task of clearing and securing multiple structures on the US airbase in Cheshnigirovo when they inadvertently strayed from the designated area and onto private property.
Task and Purpose said the soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade then accidentally stormed the operating factory next door, seizing and clearing the premises of the company’s bewildered and, no doubt, terrified employees.
Some evidence suggests the factory, which reportedly produces equipment used in olive oil production, was entered by soldiers with weapons drawn, though the Army has stressed that no firearms were discharged in the incident. Either way, the media source Arms Watch has reported that the factory’s owner has since filed a lawsuit.
And Bulgarian President Rumen Radev isn’t too happy either. He is demanding a full investigation, calling it “inadmissable” that Bulgarian citizens lives were put at risk, saying: “The exercises with our allies on the territory of Bulgaria should contribute to building security and trust in collective defense, not breed tension.”
In a statement issued by the US Embassy, the US Military has apologized for the disastrous training incident and says it will investigate the cause. Meanwhile, no soliders have been disciplined in relation to the event.
Never give the compass to someone with Dyslexia
What were they doing? Training to be Chicago police?
>>Some evidence suggests the factory, which reportedly produces equipment used in olive oil production, was entered by soldiers with weapons drawn, though the Army has stressed that no firearms were discharged in the incident.
I’m going to assume that there was no live ammo used in this training exercise.
There’s a 2nd lieutenant who can kiss his promotion goodbye.
What I don’t get is: shouldn’t there be a fence separating the airbase from neighboring civilian areas? How did they not notice they had left base grounds?
All your olive crushers belong to us.
Suppose someone had told George Washington that someday American soldiers would be stationed in Bulgaria. I wonder what he would have said.
Maybe their two mommies told them to do this.
Never give a compass to an officer who’s not at least a captain heh.
The most dangerous thing in the Army is a Lieutenant with a map...
The military is training to be fabulous, not how to read maps or how to use a compass.
After something like that, he should be getting out and pursuing a civilian career.
Woke recruiting is not an easy task.
So they cast a wide net, and costly.
Two minutes of fun, now a real possibility?
I was just impressed they found a factory.
But then I saw it was in Bugaria.
Hey Treasury, start printing some more Benjamins.
5.56mm
How is that even possible? U.S. military installations are fenced around the entire perimeter to keep unwanted people off of the base, for security of both the base personnel and the civilians that live near the bases.
Olive oil factory...? Aspirin factory?
No big deal for our Government...
Fixed it.
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