101st Airborne Division Soldier Dies in Training Accident at Fort Polk

I stand corrected. Just saw that this particular SEAL was training exercise. I still stand by my original post though. Training has to be risky and dangerous sometimes. It is the only way to be prepared for the real deal.

Lieutenant Everett, no training death is acceptable. I agree with you that this is a dangerous profession, but composite risk management exists to assure commanders mitigate the risks to the lowest possible level to assure a serious accident doesn't happen. The amount of time, money and energy expended on training individuals to perform our missions at the high level we do is completely lost when training takes a tragic turn. That loss sets back mission readiness FAR more than needless risk in the name of "realistic training." Commanders that don't perform their due diligence to assure risks are managed responsibly and mitigated fully or avoided if mitigation isn't possible are doing a disservice to the military, their Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen/Marines, their families and the nation as a whole.

I agree to a point but "realistic training" saves more lives than it looses.....I wold rather have had a "prepared" fire team than one that was trained by a commander that spent his day "handwringing" over "risk management"!

Dont like it to happen, either way. I'm 101st Vietnam ,thanks for your service.