A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division died Monday during airborne training operations at For

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20. Minor incident - there have been much larger training accidents

The Gallant Eagle 82 Airborne Operation resulted in a mass casualty situation that was successfully managed by the military medical system. Of 1780 paratroopers, 158 were injured, for an injury rate of 8.9%.This included 6 deaths. This paper describes the medical preparations before the airborne operation, medical operations responding to the mass casualty, and evacuation of patients to a variety of referral hospitals. Also, this paper provides a summary of the distribution of injuries caused by hard landings and paratroopers being dragged that occurred due to parachute operations in high winds on portions of the drop zones.

https://watermark.silverchair.com/milmed-153-4-198.pdf

It has become rarer to drop large units in training exercises.