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| Did you know the Army no longer calls their field hospitals MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units? They are now called "Cash" - Combat Support Hospitals. The last MASH unit was deactivated in 2006. Army Reserve units from around the country, including the 396th Combat Support Hospital and 325th Combat Support Hospital are at FHL for their annual training during #CSTX 91-18-01, with doctors, nurses and other medical Soldiers responding to various scenarios. |
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| U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, chief, Army Reserve and commanding general for the United States Army Reserve Command, visits Soldiers and assesses how they are doing during the 91st Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise on Fort Hunter Liggett, July 17, 2018. The CSTX 91-18-01 ensures America’s Army Reserve units are trained to deploy bringing capable, combat-ready, and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Derek Cummings) |
US ARMY UPDATE. All Soldiers involved in training incident have been released to their units.
Follow-up press conference at 8am at Mission/Jolon Rd, across from the
tank. No update at this point. Priority right is getting Soldiers
treated and contacting family members. We thank the community and media
for helping us keeping the public informed.
We understand the concern friends and family have for their loved ones
currently training at Fort Hunter Liggett. The Garrison, however, is
not currently authorized to release any personal information regarding
the condition of injured Soldiers. There are 22 confirmed injures and
NO FATALITIES. The majority of injuries are minor and are being treated
on site in the field, or at the Troop Medical Clinic (TMC) on post.
Unit leadership should be contacting families as appropriate. We will
continue to release updates using Facebook as the situation develops and
details are confirmed.
Approx. 9:30 pm, a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter landing’s rotor
wash blew over a tent structure and injured a number Soldiers. There
are NO FATALITES reported at this time. First responders on site report
there are 22 injuries. The majority of injuries are minor and are
being treated on site. Two of the injured were evacuated by air to
Fresno, CA and two were evacuated by ground to Twin Cites Medical Center
in Templeton, CA. This incident occurred during an annual U.S. Army
Reserve exercise, Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) that trains
Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers.
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FRESNO, California (WABC) --
Army officials say 22 soldiers were injured at Fort Hunter Liggett on California's central coast after a large tent collapsed.The Army says that at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, a Blackhawk helicopter landing in a remote training area kicked up wind that caused the tent structure to collapse.
Two of the injured were flown to the trauma center at Community Regional Medical Center in Downtown Fresno, while two others were taken by ambulance to a hospital in Templeton.
The rest of the injured were treated on site. Officials at the base said there were no reported fatalities.
Fort Hunter Liggett is located about an hour northwest of San Luis Obispo and is primarily used as a training facility, where soldiers learn maneuvers and participate in live fire exercises. The sprawling base is the largest U.S. Army Reserve Command post.
A training event was being conducted at the Fort at the time of the incident. Officials say that it is an Army Reserve training exercise called a Combat Support Training Exercise. Thousands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Army National Guard, Army Reserve and Canadian Armed Forces troops are participating in the exercise.