[arista]

[Josh Hoole collapsed at around 9am on Tuesday as he returned to Dering Lines infantry training centre from a Basic Combat Fitness Test - in which he had to walk eight miles in two hours with 25kg on his back.]


http://news.sky.com/story/soldier-wh...named-10506876


Stop the madness
check the Weather first, Fecking Army Leader

[joeysteele]

Very sad news, it is awful when those in the armed forces lose their lives in conflict, however losing any life in training or just exercises should be as near impossible as it can be.

[jaxie]

It seems a bit irresponsible to keep doing these field trips when these tragedies keep happening. Either they aren't training and monitoring them properly or they are asking far too much.

Surely they should be wearing vital signs monitoring so that intervention happens when signs are bad.

[arista]

Originally Posted by jaxie

It seems a bit irresponsible to keep doing these field trips when these tragedies keep happening. Either they aren't training and monitoring them properly or they are asking far too much.

Surely they should be wearing vital signs monitoring so that intervention happens when signs are bad.

Yes I would do that
its easy to set up

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by jaxie

It seems a bit irresponsible to keep doing these field trips when these tragedies keep happening. Either they aren't training and monitoring them properly or they are asking far too much.

Surely they should be wearing vital signs monitoring so that intervention happens when signs are bad.

I agree 100%,that should be the norm.

[bitontheslide]

Sometimes super fit people have issues too. We have seen quite a few cases where super fit footballers have dropped during a game. It happens. Every other game they are fine, but 1 time is all it takes.