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The Polish Armed Forces are mourning the loss of Brigadier General Adam Marczak, the Chief of Staff of the EU Althea Operation Command in Mons, who passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The announcement was made via Twitter by the Operational Command of the Armed Forces. In a statement, the term “unexpected death” was used to describe the passing of General Marczak, indicating that his demise occurred due to natural causes during his off-duty hours.

A Marine Corps general has been permanently relieved of duty after the service determined he failed to properly train Marines and sailors, leading to the deaths of nine troops when an amphibious vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California last year.On Wednesday, the Marine Corps confirmed Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, the former Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division had been relieved of his command. “He will not return to that position,” Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Andrew Wood said in a statement Wednesday, reported by Business Insider.Wood added Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger “took adverse administration action...

At least one West Point military cadet was killed on Thursday morning after a multi-vehicle accident near the U.S. Military Academy, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News. Around 6:45 a.m., a 5-ton truck with roughly 20 cadets and some U.S. Army soldiers aboard overturned during summer training near the Camp Natural Bridge facility in upstate New York, officials said. The cadets and two Army soldiers were wounded in the accident, which occurred off Route 293, and were transported to local hospitals. Each summer, thousands of West Point cadets take part in summer military training on the sprawling 16,000-acre...

FULL TITLE: Train-loving toddler, 3, killed by freight train after he and his two-year-old sister sneaked away from home and went to the railroad tracks An Indiana family has been left devastated after their three-year-old son and his two-year-old sister were hit by a freight train after sneaking out of their home. Caleb Wilson was killed on impact when he was struck by the train around 9.30am on Tuesday. His sister Ellie was hospitalized in critical condition. The children's parents have been identified as Kelsey Benson and Jacob Wilson. Family members said Caleb adored trains and that Ellie adored her...

Fort Hood officials released the names of eight of the nine soldiers Saturday who were killed earlier this week in Texas after floodwaters overturned an Army tactical vehicle at a low-water crossing during a training exercise. Officials identified the soldiers as Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Colonvazquez, 38, of Brooklyn, New York; Spc. Christine Faith Armstrong, 27, of Twentynine Palms, California; Pfc. Brandon Austin Banner, 22, of Milton, Florida; Pfc. Zachery Nathaniel Fuller, 23, of Palmetto, Florida; Pvt. Isaac Lee Deleon, 19, of San Angelo, Texas; Pvt. Eddy Raelaurin Gates, 20, of Dunn, North Carolina; Pvt. Tysheena Lynette James, 21, of...

Last Edited: Saturday, 10 Feb 2007, 9:32 PM PST Created: Saturday, 10 Feb 2007, 9:32 PM PST San Diego -- A truck overturned during a training exercise early Saturday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, killing one Marine and injuring 19 others, authorities said. The 7-ton truck was part of a six-vehicle convoy on regularly scheduled training when it went off a dirt road and overturned sometime after 3 a.m., base spokesman Maj. Todd Sudmeyer said. The accident occurred on the east side of the San Diego County base. The injured were taken to local hospitals but their conditions were...

Navy identifies sailors killed in San Diego helicopter crash Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Military officials on Sunday released the identities of a female sailor from Southern California and the three other members of a combat squadron killed when a helicopter crashed in the ocean off the San Diego coast. Lt. j.g. Laura J. Mankey of West Hills, in northern Los Angeles County, died in Friday's crash during a training mission, according to a Navy statement. Also killed were Lt. Adam A. Dyer, 28, of Lafayette, La.; Petty Officer 1st Class Cory J. Helman, 27, of New Richmond, Wis.; and...

Centaurus High Graduate Killed During Training BOULDER, Colo. -- The family of Mario Maestas knew his life as a Navy SEAL was dangerous, but he wasn't overseas and news of his death last week in a training exercise was an unexpected blow. Maestas (pictured, left), a 22-year-old Centaurus High School graduate who grew up in Louisville, died Thursday at Fort Chaffee, Ark. Officials said his platoon was training when a live round of ammunition hit him. "We knew he had some really hard training ... we didn't expect this," said his sister, Monita, 23. Family members described Maestas as...

Military officials are not releasing much information about the shooting. The only say that the victim was male, in his twenties, and that he died en route to a local hospital. The training exercise was being held near the community of booker, on Fort Chaffee land. A spokesman says his unit was on a range, performing an exercise with a lot of maneuvering, with what are called night shoots.

<p>A U.S. Navy SEAL commander died Tuesday when he fell while fast roping down from an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training exercises in southern El Salvador.</p> <p>Cmdr. Peter G. Oswald, head of the navy's Puerto Rico-based Special Warfare Unit Four, was killed during a training exercise outside Comalapa, a city 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the capital, San Salvador, said a spokesman for U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Florida, responsible for U.S. military operations and training in South and Central America and the Caribbean.</p>