Two U.S. Army Soldiers were injured when a brown bear attacked them during a training drill in Alaska. The troops from the 11th Airborne Division were hurt Thursday while participating in a “land navigation training event” at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Arctic Valley training area in Anchorage, Lt. Col. Jo Nederhoed, a spokesperson for the division, told the Anchorage Daily News. Nederhoed said that “the safety and well-being” of our personnel was our top priority. “The incident is being investigated, and we are working with local wildlife authorities to make sure that all personnel in the region are safe.” Nederhoed said that the soldiers, whose names were withheld until their next of kin were notified, were receiving “appropriate medical care” on Friday morning. TEACHERS CALLED HEROES AFTER REPELLING GRIZZLY BEAR THAT ATTACKED SCHOOL GROUP AND INJURED 11FoxNews Digital has reached out the 11th Airborne Division to get more information. Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife officials told the Anchorage daily news that the incident was a defensive attack, as the bear had just emerged from its den. Both soldiers carried bear spray and used them. AIR FORCE academie’s ‘CULEX,’ puts thousands of Cadets through realistic 24-hour combat simulation”We hope that both individuals will recover quickly and fully and our thoughts are with the them during this period,” Fish and Game regional supervisor Cyndi Wardlow said to the newspaper. She said that in this case, the bear spray they had with them on the field could have saved their life. The 11th Airborne Division has been nicknamed “Arctic Angels.” CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOX NEWS APP “The 11th Airborne Division executes Expeditionary Operations worldwide, conducts Multi-Domain Operations on the Indo-Pacific Theater and the Arctic and on orders decisively defeats any enemy in extreme cold weather and mountainous and high-latitude environment through large-scale combat operations,” the website states.
