437:. Multiple accounts held the leadership climate, both at the command level and at the trainer level, responsible for the multiple errors that led to the training accident and deaths. Among the reasons named for the deaths include the command's lack of a proper risk assessment of the weather conditions surrounding the exercise before it took place and the Ranger trainers' decision to continue with the exercise despite poor training conditions and high water dangers. As a result of the accident, the Ranger School's command changed swamp training to include more food and sleep for trainees and now require trainers to go into potentially high water before their trainees do.
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376:1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
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137:United States Southern Command
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364:United States Missile Command
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650:Distinguished Service Medal
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822:Expert Infantryman Badge
308:Lincoln East High School
198:Master Parachutist Badge
193:Expert Infantryman Badge
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801:Overseas Service Ribbon
711:Army Commendation Medal
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100:Years of service
55:Scottsbluff, Nebraska
1231:Nancy Reagan defense
430:Eglin Air Force Base
160:, Bosnia-Herzegovina
124:Commanding General,
1208:Edith Luckett Davis
1100:Cultural depictions
783:Army Service Ribbon
473:Fort Drum, New York
230:Galen Bruce Jackman
44:Galen Bruce Jackman
1184:Patricia Ann Davis
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1036:1989 trip to Japan
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1148:The Reagans
1143:(2016 film)
1135:(2013 film)
1119:(2003 film)
1116:The Reagans
1111:(2001 film)
1021:Just Say No
749:bronze star
392:during the
322:on an Army
146:(1994–1996)
139:(2001–2003)
132:(2003–2005)
1246:Categories
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1178:presidency
1176:(husband,
1132:The Butler
944:References
893:2008-09-04
837:Ranger Tab
817:NATO Medal
416:; and the
414:California
387:First Lady
336:Fort Bragg
290:Early life
281:First Lady
208:Ranger Tab
62:Allegiance
41:Birth name
496:President
408:(Light),
310:in 1969.
103:1973–2008
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848:See also
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