US Army Starts Practicing Digging Mass Battlefield Graves
Summary
U.S. Army personnel at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, practiced creating temporary mass burial plots for a conflict with high casualties. The Army said the training would help preserve remains for later identification and repatriation while combat operations continue.Key Facts
- Soldiers from the 3rd Corps Sustainment Command and 20th Engineer Brigade took part in the drills.
- Military chaplains and other religious support personnel also trained in temporary battlefield burial procedures.
- The Army said it has not needed large-scale temporary burials since the Korean War.
- A standard temporary burial plot has five trenches and can hold up to 100 casualties.
- The Army said crews filled one plot in an average of one hour and 15 minutes.
- With eight bulldozers and four military excavators, the Army estimated that crews could temporarily bury up to 2,400 soldiers in 24 hours.
- The Army said the Fort Bragg exercises were the first in more than 20 years to train chaplains and religious affairs personnel in this work.
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