{"id":66155,"date":"2016-06-05T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66155"},"modified":"2016-06-05T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T15:16:15","slug":"the-latest-fort-hood-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66155","title":{"rendered":"The latest Fort Hood tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Fort Hood officials were in the process of closing roads throughout the largest military post in the continental United States when the truck loaded with 12 soldiers training on how to operate the 2\u00bd-ton Light Medium Tactical Vehicle overturned in Owl Creek on the northern edge of the training area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a situation where the rain had come, the water was rising quickly and we were in the process, at the moment of the event, of closing the roads,\u201d Haug said.<\/p>\n

Soldiers on training exercises regularly contend with high-water situations following heavy rains, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a tactical vehicle and at the time they were in a proper place for what they were training,\u201d Haug said. \u201cIt\u2019s just an unfortunate accident that occurred quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three soldiers were found dead shortly after the vehicle overturned. The bodies of two others were found late Thursday night. Four others were discovered dead Friday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Army released biographies of the soldiers who were lost on Facebook<\/a>. the man in charge, Staff Sergeant Miguel Angel Colonvazquez, was the veteran of two deployments to Iraq and two more to Afghanistan. One, Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey, was a Military Academy cadet on a summer internship to an active duty unit. The others, 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 Jersey City, New Jersey, were all members of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. A ninth member’s name is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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