Monday, July 15, 2013

SAS Training Exercise Goes Horribly Wrong


Soldiers 'Marched To Death': Tragedy Of Two Territorial Army Men Who Collapsed In Searing Heat As They Tried Out For The SAS -- Daily Mail

* They were training during the hottest day of the year
* Third person remains in hospital following the incident
* Ministry of Defence working with police to investigate
* Source: 'It is a case of the people succumbing to being affected by the training that they were doing'
* Soldier also died training at Brecon Beacons earlier this year

Two soldiers were ‘marched to death’ in a gruelling SAS selection exercise on the hottest day of the year.

The Territorial Army pair were among six men to collapse with heat exhaustion in the Brecon Beacons mountain range.

All six were flown to hospital where two were pronounced dead and a third was fighting for his life.

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More News On Two British Servicemen Dying During The Brecon Beacons Training Exercise

Two servicemen die on training exercise in Brecon Beacons -- The Guardian
Dead soldiers in Powys served with Territorial Army -- BBC
Two TA soldiers die training in Brecon Beacons -- The Telegraph
Two servicemen dead after Brecon Beacons training exercise -- The Independent
Two die in MOD training exercise on Brecon Beacons -- London Evening Standard
Two serviceman die, training in heat on Brecon Beacons -- Herald Scotland
Two servicemen die after 'exertion' in Brecon training -- Channel 4 News
'Heat' behind military deaths -- ITV
Marching to their deaths: Two volunteer Territorial Army soldiers died in blistering heat -- Mirror

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