More On Accidents

Two men died and three were injured while replacing a steam pipe in an building at the West Haven VA Medical Center.

AAVs rarely sink and fatal mishaps are uncommon for the 26-ton tracked vehicles.

Charles Holbrook, a retired master sergeant, died Jan. 31, 2017, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

The investigation into the deadly mishap is ongoing.

Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Ouellette, 23, of Merrimack, New Hampshire, died Sept. 14 in a single-vehicle ATV crash.

Two other airmen were injured in the same accident, sustaining non-life threatening injuries.

It was the second mishap on the Nimitz in two weeks.

The incident occurred while soldiers were moving through a shoot-house, clearing rooms and firing live ammunition.

In addition to the punishments, the Army's 1st Cavalry Division has ordered changes to its driver training program.

The Navy lacks the shipbuilding and repair capacity to meet the demands of peacetime, much less war, a Navy official said.