“Our thoughts are with the soldier and their family during this difficult time.”
A U.S. Army soldier shot another soldier with live ammunition during a recent training event at Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) in Washington state.
The shooting incident took place on April 25 but remained unreported until this week.
“A JBLM soldier was injured during a training incident the night of Thursday, April 25, 2024, on Joint Base Lewis McChord,” Lt. Col. Jennifer Bocanegra, the public affairs officer with the Army’s I Corps told NTD News in an emailed statement on Tuesday, May 7.
Lt. Col. Bocanegra said the soldier who was struck by the live ammunition was admitted to the Madigan Army Medical Center at JBLM and is currently in stable condition.
“Our thoughts are with the soldier and their family during this difficult time,” she added.
The soldier wounded in the training incident was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, a component of I Corps garrisoned at JBLM.
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The exact circumstances of the shooting are unclear and are under an ongoing investigation.
The military routinely uses blank ammunition to approximate some of the effects of live fire. The multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES), for instance, is a training tool that allows