US Army Practices Digging Temporary Battlefield Graves
Engineers tested how fast they can dig and backfill mass graves while preserving remains for later identification and return to families.
- On October 20 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Army conducted Phase II of Operation Dragon Covenant to test battlefield temporary interment, practicing mass casualty scenarios not seen since the Korean War.
- For twenty years during wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, United States air superiority enabled quick remains evacuation; future Large-Scale Combat Operations, or LSCOs, may lack those capabilities.
- Operators excavated trenches for 20 remains in one hour and 15 minutes, enabling commanders to plan for an engineer company to manage burial trenches for up to 2,400 bodies every 24 hours.
- Lt. Ruska, chaplain for the Corps Sustainment Command, noted teams cannot stop operations for individual religious services; Chaplains consecrate sites beforehand to treat remains with "reverence, dignity and honor."
- The Army will incorporate lessons into future doctrine, including adjusting trench spacing, with Phase III of Operation Dragon Covenant continuing in Spring 2027.
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The US Army has conducted noteworthy training sessions. We are talking about a large-scale development of temporary burials of fallen soldiers directly on the battlefield - for the first time since the Korean War. Activities to dig mass graves in the field were carried out during the exercises
The US military is learning how to quickly arrange temporary burials in case of large-scale military operations, Defense News reports
The US military is learning how to quickly arrange temporary burials in case of large-scale military operations, Defense News reports.Military engineers, medics, and specialists who used, among other things, bulldozers were involved in the training.It...
The U.S. Army is working on creating temporary graves in the event of major military conflicts, reporting the Defense News portal with reference to their press release.
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Defense NewsUS Army practices digging temporary battlefield graves
The Army is preparing for the grim possibility of burying fallen soldiers on the battlefield, testing how fast it can dig temporary graves while preserving remains for eventual identification and return to families after the end of a conflict.
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