What a horrendous accident! The weapon probably wasn't properly cleaned...I feel so sorry for the visual information specialist and four Afghan soldiers who died.
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Nearly four years ago, an accident with a mortar tube took the life of an Army photographer in Afghanistan. This month the Army decided to release the images taken by Specialist Hilda Clayton of the explosion that took the life of Clayton and four Afghan soldiers on July 2, 2013, in the eastern Afghan area of Qaraghahi.
Clayton was a visual information specialist attached to the 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division based at Forward Operating Base Gamberi.