Major Concerns in Military Arise
byMatthew Holloway
August 3, 2021
Military training in the United States is becoming subject to more scrutiny following a string of deaths that have occurred in diving and combat swimming training. On Tuesday, July 27th a soldier of the 10th Special Forces Group tragically drowned at Naval Air Station Key West in Florida where the soldier was participating in diving training. The Staff Sergeant, who has yet to be publicly identified pending notification of their family was training with the Army Combat Readiness Center and the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, commonly known as SWCS. This recent tragedy is just the latest in a string of deaths related to waterborne training across the U.S. Army, Airforce, Navy, and Marine Corps leading to increased training concerns.
According to a Press Release given to the Army Times,
“The Staff Sergeant was a student in the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course, and was participating in a conditioning exercise in the pool, which stresses the students’ cardio, respiratory and muscular endurance,”
“During the training event, the Soldier submerged and did not resurface. The cadre immediately entered the pool and found him unresponsive,” read the release. “The Dive Medical Officer attempted to resuscitate him, and he was transported to the Lower Keys Medical Center Emergency Room where he was pronounced dead following full medical intervention.”
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