{"id":84603,"date":"2019-01-29T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84603"},"modified":"2019-01-28T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T22:26:19","slug":"took-4-years-to-field-but-4-days-to-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84603","title":{"rendered":"Took 4 Years to Field, but 4 days to Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo from Army WTF moments.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is what the Army hopes to replace the Humvee with. Advertisement articles for this vehicle, in Army related magazines, paraded it as adept in operating in rough environments. None of these advertisement articles involved the JLTV operating under Soldier experience and judgement.<\/p>\n

As with anything that’s built and tested, it must be fielded.<\/p>\n

Four days into training and familiarization on the JLTV, Soldiers successfully rolled one. The Soldier that rolled the JLTV had previous experience driving Humvees and MRAPs. The JLTV handles a little differently though.<\/p>\n

Soldiers that have driven and ridden these vehicles rave on how smooth the ride is. More from Task and Purpose:<\/span><\/p>\n

Even better: the JLTV involved in the rollover doesn’t even belong to the 1st ABCT. According to Bogart, it’s a loaner vehicle from Oshkosh sent to Fort Stewart along with the ABCT’s current fleet of 8-10 JLTVs explicitly for master drivers and senior NCOs to get a feel for it.<\/p>\n

“They handle differently than the Humvee, and they handle differently than the MRAP,” Bogart said. “There’s a level of finding our comfort zones in driving because it’s not something we’ve ever handled before.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above Soldiers were lucky.<\/p>\n

On a more serious note, two Soldiers were killed, and a few others were injured during a training event at Fort Bliss, Texas. As was mentioned on this site numerous times, training for war can also be dangerous and lead to death.<\/p>\n

More from Army Times:<\/span><\/p>\n

A vehicle accident during training at Fort Bliss, Texas, killed two soldiers on Tuesday, the 1st Armored Division confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Some soldiers were also injured during the incident, 1st Armored Division spokeswoman Maj. Allie Payne told Army Times, but the exact number and their conditions were not yet available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An investigation is ongoing. You can read the details on the JLTV incident at\u00a0Task and Purpose<\/a> and get the details on the accident at the\u00a0Army Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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