US soldier dies in bear attack

[rockyfatcat]

I would be willing to bet that the soldiers involved in this exercise were not issued ammo.

Needless to say the military will issue a new protocol for maneuvers involving said bears. Subject to the appropriate public (read PITA) input, and then modified to be politically correct, and non-lethal for the animals.

 

[HERMET]

Seems they never had time to take any kind of defensive actions at all.
BBC News - Seth Michael Plant: US Army identifies paratrooper killed in Alaska bear attack

Seth Michael Plant: US Army identifies paratrooper killed in Alaska bear attack

Staff Sgt Seth Michael Plant, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, was fatally mauled by the animal.

www.bbc.co.uk