Lawn Darts Update

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Lawn Darts Update

Unread post by Surveyor » May 10th, 2018, 1:10 pm

Some of you may remember the posts we had awhile back on this story...

Army soldier found guilty of cutting straps, sending Humvees plummeting from plane during training exercise...

https://www.stripes.com/news/sergeant-w ... y-1.526073
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Re: Lawn Darts Update

Unread post by rickf » May 11th, 2018, 2:13 pm

I find it interesting that the soldier on the ground made the statement "Called it!". Wouldn't you think he may have known ahead of time that this was going to happen, hence the intense recording? That would make him an accessory. They both got off real easy.
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