Condolences to the family, friends, and peers of these magnificent soldiers.
The USGS records are invaluable in understanding what the land HAS looked like when assessments were initially carried out. Those records need to updated to facilitate our military and our allies.
We are seeing drastic changes in the landscape and any water systems such as lakes and streams in the past decade, but, more so in the past year.
USGS and the U.S. Army Corps need to be placed in a higher status in carrying out assessments where soldiers are training and/or deployed. The assessments conducted in the past were absolutely accurate for decades if not a century. Today, we are seeing catastrophic changes in the landscape especially where water in the form of rain and snow are being seen in record breaking amounts.
So, with that is the new reality that no matter the readiness of the troops to be trained or deployed, they may find themselves with
new challenges that can kill these very valuable soldiers.
The Climate Crisis is real. This is still another example of tragedy due to the USA lack of recognition of the warming of Earth.
So sorry to hear this has happened to rather magnificent soldiers.
