training accident
Drill gone wrong
A training accident is an injury or death that occurs during military exercises, police drills, or other preparedness activities rather than actual combat or operations.
The term appears frequently in official statements and news reports: Three soldiers were killed in a training accident at Fort Bragg.
Training accidents range from vehicle rollovers to live-fire mishaps to parachute failures.
The phrase sometimes carries a note of tragic irony—personnel harmed while preparing for danger rather than facing it.
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- mishapMinor unfortunate occurrence
- drillHole-boring device
- field exerciseOutdoor military training operation
- exerciseActivity for fitness
military · simulation · fatality · soldier · obstacle · course · boot camp · army base · recruit · maneuver · casualty · live fire · live ammunition · parachute · helicopter · equipment failure · safety · safety violation
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
- military investigationscourt martial, dereliction, insubordination, unauthorized absence, tribunal
training accidentcombat action
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