Explosion at Fort Bragg

JJ_BPK · 03-15-2011, 17:08

I hope all are well??

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Explosion at Fort Bragg injures 10 military, Published March 15, 2011, Associated Press

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – An explosion at Fort Bragg has injured 10 military personnel during an artillery exercise on the Army post in North Carolina.

The explosion Monday night injured eight Marines and two Navy personnel from the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, also in North Carolina.

Division Staff Sgt. Jayson Price said Tuesday the cause of the explosion was under investigation but that it occurred during an artillery live-fire exercise.

Price would not release the names of those injured and did not have details about the extent of the injuries.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/15...#ixzz1GiEaKbHK

Gypsy · 03-15-2011, 17:43

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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

I hope all are well??

Ditto.

Thoughts out to the injured for swift and full recoveries.

**Pete** · 03-16-2011, 07:55

10 wounded by artillery explosion on Fort Bragg

From the FayOb

http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011...078617?sac=Mil

"Eight Marines and two Navy sailors were injured Monday by an exploding artillery round during live fire training on Fort Bragg.

A Marines spokesman said an explosion apparently occurred in the barrel of an M777A2, a lightweight howitzer that fires 155 mm artillery rounds................"