The Geek Forum

  • May 11, 2024, 09:49:26 AM
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Due to the prolific nature of these forums, poster aggression is advised.

*

Recent Forum Posts

Shout Box

Forum Stats

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 129628
  • Total Topics: 7187
  • Online Today: 153
  • Online Ever: 1013
  • (January 12, 2023, 01:18:11 AM)

Author Topic: Ft Hood Soldier found dead  (Read 2568 times)

12AX7

  • Guest
Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« on: June 13, 2007, 07:22:31 AM »
http://www.ktvu.com/news/13493030/detail.html


FORT HOOD, Texas -- Searchers found the body late Tuesday of a sergeant who was missing for four days after he disappeared during a training exercise, bringing to a close an intense ground and aerial search, an Army spokeswoman said.
Sgt. Lawrence G. Sprader, 25, went missing Friday during a solo exercise testing basic map-reading and navigation skills.
Col. Diane Battaglia, III Corps spokeswoman at Fort Hood, said the body was found on the rugged Central Texas Army post. The body had been sent for an autopsy and the cause of death had not been determined, she said.
<snip>
Sprader wasn't the only soldier who got lost during Friday's three-hour exercise, but nine others who were disoriented safely got back to the rally point by following the sound of a siren that blasts when time is up, Battaglia said. Reached on his cell phone two hours after the exercise was over, Sprader told commanders he wanted to finish the drill.
No one had seen or heard from him since. Post officials said no other soldier has ever been lost on the heavily-used range long enough to prompt such a massive search.
Battaglia said it had not been determined when Sprader died. She said she did not have information on whether his body was found within the boundaries of the land-navigation course.



 This is so odd. I could understand a new recruit, or someone injured behaving irrationally; but this was an NCO - (definately NOT a n00b for all you non-military types here. NCO = Non Commissioned Officer).
 PLUS he had his cell phone with him. Even if that battery was dead, and he was actually totally lost; at the minimum all he had to do was sit down and wait. Possibly build a rescue fire. 
Logged

Agent_Tachyon

  • Hacker
  • ****
  • Coolio Points: +195/-45
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 1933
  • Beyond 1337
    • View Profile
    • Screaming Brain
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2007, 08:07:59 AM »
It's a bit weird to me that he had a cell phone at all, during a training drill and all.
Logged
Singularity god is EVIL as
Creation reigns as Opposites.
Educators, and You - ought
to be killed for ignoring the
fact that "Earth is Cubed".
(ignored and suppressed by EVIL educators)

12AX7

  • Guest
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 08:23:03 AM »
Nah. After basic training, it's not like you're in pre-school. You can have whatever the hell you want with you. I used to bring a TV and an air conditioner with me on some training exercises. We even ordered pizza on most of them. If I had been on this particular one, I'd have brought my GPS unit.
« Last Edit: June 13, 2007, 08:27:08 AM by 12AX7 »
Logged

BizB

  • Forum Moderator
  • Hacker
  • *
  • Coolio Points: +439/-15
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 4324
  • Keep making circles
    • View Profile
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 09:27:37 AM »
If he died of exposure... ugh.
Logged
Without me, it's just 'aweso'.

Demosthenes

  • Evil Ex-HN Moderator
  • Administrator
  • Hacker
  • *
  • Coolio Points: +567/-72
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 9904
  • Just try me. See what happens.
    • View Profile
    • Zombo
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2007, 11:44:57 AM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on June 13, 2007, 08:23:03 AM
Nah. After basic training, it's not like you're in pre-school. You can have whatever the hell you want with you. I used to bring a TV and an air conditioner with me on some training exercises. We even ordered pizza on most of them. If I had been on this particular one, I'd have brought my GPS unit.

*nods*

I was an NCO in the Navy.  When I wasn't out to sea, I lived in an apartment, and wore civilian clothes, and drank beer.
Logged

Coolio Points: 89,000,998,776,554,211,222
Detta Puzzle Points: 45

Banning forum idiots since 2001

LuciferSam

  • Wannabe Professional Blogger
  • **
  • Coolio Points: +122/-122
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 592
  • ástellaþ: ("hálette eormengrund!")
    • View Profile
    • ZomboCom
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2007, 01:35:17 AM »
I guess he needed to work on those basic map reading and navigation skills - very sad, though.  :oops:
Logged

  • Q: What is green and homeomorphic to the open unit interval? A: The real lime!

BizB

  • Forum Moderator
  • Hacker
  • *
  • Coolio Points: +439/-15
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 4324
  • Keep making circles
    • View Profile
Re: Ft Hood Soldier found dead
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2007, 08:35:17 AM »
Dehydration and hyperthermia.
Logged
Without me, it's just 'aweso'.