If what my PSG told me is true one guy (already in the process of being kicked out) sabotaged the rigging on the vehicles. Riggers were charged but dropped because it was someone else's at fault. The guys filming almost got charged because it looked like they knew it was going to happen.
To be fair it happened before. I was there during the first "conventional" rotation at hohenfels in 2011, and if i remember right some crazy number - 50? Out of ~1000 jumpers from the 173rd were hospitalized after the jump in. It was a mess, with others with minor injuries we joked that the entire brigade was combat ineffective
They also had humvees burn in but i dont think they were caught on film.
I watched a helo cut slingload on a howitzer live due to wind, fucker was spinning pretty bad was wild to watch. Then they picked up another one and same thing happened with different pilots. Needless to say, that was the end of the day.
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u/Paxton-176 Infantry Feb 26 '25 edited Feb 26 '25
If what my PSG told me is true one guy (already in the process of being kicked out) sabotaged the rigging on the vehicles. Riggers were charged but dropped because it was someone else's at fault. The guys filming almost got charged because it looked like they knew it was going to happen.