Patrick Malone tells The Fayetteville Observer (http://bit.ly/1LlhD4i ) that a group of 60 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division was training on a firing range Wednesday night when the strike occurred.
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Eighteen soldiers were examined for injuries while 15 were held overnight at Womack Army Medical Center.
The soldiers in Wednesday’s incident are from 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. One was later taken to UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill for precautionary monitoring.
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The soldiers were injured around 8:10 p.m. after completing a live-fire exercise, Master Sgt. It’s unclear whether they were inside or outside a tent at the time of the strike, a spokesman said. That soldier was in stable condition Thursday, the Army said. The soldier was taken there instead of a local civilian hospital because of a lack of bed space, Malone said. Following the strike, the paratroopers executed a safety drill.
