Soldier's Birthday Goes Up in Smoke While Training at Fort McCoy
July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019
FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin, July 31 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news:
By Sgt. David Graves
Spc. Alexandra Vanoverbeke spent her 24th birthday with her hands covered in blood. The smoke of birthday candles was far from her mind as she peered through thick smoke rising from a nearby vehicle explosion.
"Ricky! Ricky, can you hear me!?" she shouted into the dense scene in front of her. Luckily, Ricky wasn't real. He was a life-li . . .
By Sgt. David Graves
Spc. Alexandra Vanoverbeke spent her 24th birthday with her hands covered in blood. The smoke of birthday candles was far from her mind as she peered through thick smoke rising from a nearby vehicle explosion.
"Ricky! Ricky, can you hear me!?" she shouted into the dense scene in front of her. Luckily, Ricky wasn't real. He was a life-li . . .