willie-pete Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 WTH ? Army: 11 Fort Bliss soldiers ill after ingesting substance The U.S. Army says eleven soldiers were sickened after ingesting an unauthorized substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss in Texas abcnews.go.com " Eleven soldiers were sickened — including two who were in critical condition — after ingesting an unauthorized substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss in Texas, U.S. Army officials said Friday.All 11 soldiers are being treated at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in the border city of El Paso, where they have been since Thursday afternoon, Fort Bliss said in a statement. Those sickened include one warrant officer, two noncommissioned officers and eight enlisted members, the statement said.The soldiers “fell ill after consuming a substance acquired outside of authorized food supply distribution channels," according to the statement.It's unclear what the substance was. " 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Gonna be interesting to see what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Unauthorized food truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 23 minutes ago, aomagrat said: Unauthorized food truck? Taco bell. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTracker Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 30 minutes ago, Historian said: Taco bell. They didn't mention diarrhea cha-cha-cha, so probably not a run to the border. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, EdTracker said: They didn't mention diarrhea cha-cha-cha, so probably not a run to the border. Technically, i think it's a run FROM the border. Code brown!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 I can see some soldiers getting into something, but a WO and some non-comm's along with them. It should be an interesting story. I hope they all recover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I hope to hear the rest of this story. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hot sauce slices is my bet. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/politics/fort-bliss-soldiers-injured/index.html Ethylene glycol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 The soldiers drank a substance during a field training exercise "thinking they were drinking an alcoholic beverage," if this happened in Korea, I wouldn’t be surprised . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, willie-pete said: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/politics/fort-bliss-soldiers-injured/index.html Ethylene glycol They'll get an ethanol (booze) drip in the IV at the hospital. I'm sure some asses are gonna get chewed, and demotions handed out, in the near future... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramjet38 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Sounds like they may have gotten some bootleg liquor that was doctored with anti-freeze. Sound like attempted murder to me. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 4 hours ago, tadbart said: They'll get an ethanol (booze) drip in the IV at the hospital. I'm sure some asses are gonna get chewed, and demotions handed out, in the near future... Definitely some stripes will be lost. Maybe even some kidneys. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 3 hours ago, willie-pete said: Maybe even some kidneys. Yep. I've heard of country folks putting out a bowl of antifreeze to kill stray cats and dogs. This sounds malicious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Sounds like some crap that would happen in a shithole like Venezuela. Not looking forward to our future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4494 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Well... Once worked on a facility where the HVAC coolant back flush valve malfunstioned. Took almost a month before people realized the "Normal" navy coffee didn't quite taste right and they had the water tested. No one ever drank the water from the system but thats another story. It seems the buildings water system was contaminated from glycol. After a couple of months of steady checkups for anyone who might have ingested the contaminated water they finally gave the "all clear" and no one had any bad side effects or long term issues. Moral is you have no way of knowing how they came to drink it and for that matter how much was drunk. It does however change the taste of everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 5:01 PM, Historian said: Taco bell. I'm not eating in public in uniform anymore. F that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 minute ago, MO Fugga said: I'm not eating in public in uniform anymore. F that. Dude i stopped doing that a long time ago. Unless i know the people who own the place, and the staff, ain't eating there in uniform. Heck, we don't eat out much anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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holyjohnson Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 next time probably use Feed Corn to make your Hooch. or you know, just go to the Liquor Store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 There was always legitimate alcohol in the field if you knew where to look. No need to ever drink anything sketchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnfalman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Whatever happened to the days when you snuck your own booze out to the FTXes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 14 hours ago, Dric902 said: The soldiers drank a substance during a field training exercise "thinking they were drinking an alcoholic beverage," if this happened in Korea, I wouldn’t be surprised . Happens in The Bush all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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