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Wrench3516
03-15-11, 06:26 PM
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Marines, sailors hurt in Bragg explosion

By Brian Shane - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Mar 15, 2011 15:34:13 EDT
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Eight Marines and two Navy personnel were hospitalized Monday night with shrapnel wounds and lacerations following an explosion during artillery training at Fort Bragg, N.C.

The accident happened about 8 p.m., the result of an apparent explosion of an M777A2 round while inside a howitzer, according to public affairs officer Staff Sgt. Jayson Price at Camp Lejeune, N.C. — where the training Marines are based.

The cause of the incident is under investigation, Price said, and the regiment remains in a “check firing” status, meaning they are not firing until safe training can resume.

The injured service members, all men, are members of Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines. Their names have not been released.

Price said two of the injured were transported via helicopter to UNC-Chapel Hill and the other eight were transported to Womack Army Medical Center. Of the eight, five were transported via helicopter and three were transported via ambulance by emergency services personnel.

Medical Center spokeswoman Shannon Lynch said as of Tuesday morning, eight patients remained under hospital care, though she was unable to say whether those men were in the Corps or the Navy.

The Marines were conducting annual spring artillery training on Fort Bragg, located about 120 miles west of the Camp Lejeune.

Fort Bragg is the closest military training area that can accept the 155mm weapons systems, according to base spokesman Tom McCollum.
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USNAviator
03-15-11, 06:31 PM
Prayers outbound for all those who were injured

hbharrison
03-15-11, 07:52 PM
Prayers sent and may God look over them all.

ggyoung
03-16-11, 11:51 AM
God bless these cannon cocker's

doc h fmf
03-16-11, 12:10 PM
You All Are In My Thoughts And Prayer Godbless And Speedy Recovery

Semper Fi And Fair Winds

Stephen Doc Hansen Hm3 Fmf

Wrench3516
03-16-11, 11:05 PM
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5 remain in hospital following Bragg explosion

Posted : Wednesday Mar 16, 2011 20:37:49 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Five military service members remain in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained in an explosion at Fort Bragg.

Half of the 10 people injured in Monday’s blast have been released from the hospital.

Military officials have refused to release the names of those who were injured or provide detailed descriptions of the injuries. Staff Sgt. Jayson Price of the 2nd Marine Division says there are several ongoing investigations to determine the cause of the incident.

The explosion occurred inside a howitzer during live-fire exercises at Fort Bragg. The service members were all based at Camp Lejeune and included eight Marines and two Navy personnel.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-5-remain-in-hospital-following-b ragg-exlposion-031611/ (http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-5-remain-in-hospital-following-bragg-exlposion-031611/)

ARTYPIG
03-18-11, 07:08 PM
My thoughts and prayers are outbound for those injured. I, as a cannoncocker, have seen that happen and it is never pretty. I can only guess at what happened, but it is very rare that a howitzer fails because of a design flaw. I will be interested to see what happened. I hope those Marines and Corpsman recover quickly.