Bear spray will get you killed
We received a call last from my son who is LRRP Sgt in Alaska that a soldier in a sister unit had been killed by a bear while his team was on a land nav training mission. The Airborne Arctic Warfare Combat teams are training like crazy right now (Thomas jumped 5 times last week) and a heavy emphasis is being placed on using maps and compass instead of GPS. Wonder why.
Until recently when the teams were in bear country which is most of Alaska one soldier would carry a M14 with heavy ammo for protection. Also, most of the team would have a loaded mag of green tip tucked away in their rucks.
The woke leaders decided that they did not want the bears shot so the M14 was replaced with bear spray.
The predictable thing happened.
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- black bear defense -
bj,
2022-05-05, 11:06
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- Never shot a bear but... - Hoot, 2022-05-05, 14:17
- Not sure about the bear spray .. -
JimT,
2022-05-05, 14:40
- Not sure about the bear spray .. - JT, 2022-05-05, 18:29
- Not sure about the bear spray .. - woody, 2022-05-14, 12:26
- black bear defense - Gunner, 2022-05-07, 09:15
- There was an article that showed up recently -
Paul,
2022-05-07, 09:51
- More on the subject - Paul, 2022-05-07, 09:53
- black bear defense - Jared, 2022-05-09, 10:58
- Bear spray will get you killed -
Byron,
2022-05-12, 13:44
- Bear spray will get you killed - Mike P, 2022-05-19, 11:16