An Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet died during training at Fort Knox in Kentucky last week.
Neil Edara, a 22-year-old from Ridgewood, New Jersey, died after becoming unresponsive during a land navigation training, the Army Cadet Command said in a statement Saturday. Edara was at Cadet Summer Training.
He received medical attention on the scene and was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His cause of death is under investigation.
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“Safety of cadets and cadre remains U.S. Army Cadet Command’s top priority as training continues,” the command said in its statement.
Land Navigation training “develop, assess and train Cadets in basic dismounted land navigation skills,” and cadets are additionally taught “advanced land navigation skills and associated tasks, which include
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