The Senior Drill Sergeant escorted him to the bus depot and asked Samuel. Janu READ TIME: 2 Minutes, 44 Seconds Drill Sgt. In April, Jonathan Pentland, a sergeant first class, was suspended of his Army instructor duties after a video showed him shoving the young man, using profanity and saying he was in the wrong. Army Medical Center of Excellence on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. “He was not very far outside the boundaries of the course,” Farrell said. The Army wanted soldiers, but they wanted those soldiers to be able to be. Jessica Mitchell, a dental specialist at the U.S.
Without knowing exactly which points Contreras was trying to reach, it is hard to say exactly how far off course he was, Farrell said. When Contreras didn’t return by 2 p.m., Fort Jackson started a massive search, calling in local and state law-enforcement officers to help, Farrell said.Įventually, searches were able to get a cellphone ping from Contreras, and aircraft and ground crews found his body about 11:30 p.m. The course is supposed to last from 10 a.m. A drill sergeant is a non-commissioned officer (NCO) who trains new soldiers for the U.S. On Monday, more than 90 drill sergeant trainees were sent on individual missions, Army officials said. Land navigation training involves using maps, compasses and other tools to find certain locations in a 2.3-square mile (607 hectare) grid.Ĭontreras had taking a training course with a buddy Friday. “We are providing support to both his family and his teammates and we will continue to do so,” Kelly said. “We do not know the cause of his deviation, if any, on the course or his cause of death,” Kelly said at a Wednesday news conference.Ĭontreras was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and lived in Las Vegas, Kelly said.
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