{"id":72192,"date":"2017-05-20T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72192"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T16:51:26","slug":"army-fixes-blame-for-soldiers-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72192","title":{"rendered":"Army fixes blame for soldiers’ deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the Army has completed their investigation into the tragic loss of nine soldiers almost a year ago at Fort Hood, Texas when they were swept away by flash food waters while in training. We talked a bit<\/a> about the accident when it happened.<\/p>\n

According to the article, twelve soldiers were training in convoy operations when they encountered the raging waters at Owl Creek. The duece-and-a-half truck entered the stream which had swollen to seven feet deep and the current toppled the truck and the soldiers riding in the back.<\/p>\n

The investigation placed much of the blame for DeLeon’s death on Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Colonvazquez, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and the patrol leader in the transport convoy. He was among the nine who drowned in what ranks among the worst training disasters in the 75-year history of the Central Texas post.<\/p>\n

Three other unit leaders who were not with the transport have also been recommended for reprimands. Their names have been redacted in the report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, Fort Hood command authority had issued a warning six hours earlier (five hours before the National Weather Center issued their warning), declaring all creek crossings off-limits, but that warning hadn’t reached the battalion. They were all members of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division except one West Point cadet who was doing his summer training with the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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