Has the soldier death of today been reported anywhere?

[lindashaw]

I haven't seen that we lost one except in this piece...but maybe I missed it.

An American soldier died Thursday in a highly unusual accident, the military reported. The soldier was killed and two others were slightly injured when a tire they were changing on a "heavy expanded mobility tactical truck" exploded, the U.S. Central Command said. The incident occurred near Balad, 45 miles north of Baghdad.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=3&u=/ap/20030911/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Drifter]

1. Not in combat ...

Not a death.

The way the state run media twists the casualty numbers around, this does not suprise me.

Cheers
Drifter

[alcuno]

2. An exploding tire?

No comment. May he find peace with God.

[atreides1]

3. It's not common

but it has happened. You see tires for heavy vehicles are held in place by a large metal ring. If you're not careful when airing the tire up the ring can dislodge and take your head, or any other part of your anatamy that it hits. Which was why there was a cage in the motor pool that we used when we aired the tires back up.

Then again CENTCOM could be full of crap!

[BiggJawn]

5. I thought split rims had been outlawed?

DOT doesn't allow them on commercial trucks anymore...

Oh, sorry, I forgot the DoD doesn't follow the rules the rest of us have to...

[XEON]

6. Tires

The next deployment is the STRYKER vehicle. It has 8 tires. There was an article about its defective armour. Too bad. Costs alot.

Did anyone understand that 1 round can blow a tire and a burst can take out the whole side of this dumb idea?



Just a thought. School me if I am wrong.

[Robin Hood]

4. I think that they are not reporting soldier deaths anymore.

I didn't hear one mention about the six dead soldiers the other day, not one mention on national media.

There is an official news blackout.