Exercise: U.S paratroopers jump out of a military airplane on Wednesday in a massive airborne drop exercise that left dozens injuredDozens Of U.S. Paratroopers Injured After Parachute Jump During Mock Battle Goes Horrifically Wrong -- Daily Mail
* Reports 13 paratroopers suffered head, spine and pelvic injuries during the training exercise
Dozens of U.S. Army paratroopers have been hurt during a massive airborne drop in Germany.
Sixteen of the 47 injured men are still in hospital, two of them in intensive care after the jump involving 1,000 soldiers went terribly wrong. They suffered head, spine and pelvic injuries.
The exercise pitted soldiers from the Vicenza, Italy-based 173rd Airborne Brigade in a mock-battle scenario with Slovakian soldiers and American troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team over the Hohenfels training area in Bavaria, southern Germany.
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My Comment: What caught my eye was the following ....
.... She explained an injury rate of up to 3 per cent is normal in this type of exercise.
In short .... jumping out of airplanes in a military exercise will cause injuries, and it should not surprise us.