Deaths during military parachute training are unusual, but they do happen. In April, Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Reconnaissance Marine assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, died in a parachuting accident during the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Composite Unit Training Exercise.

Pfc. Matthew Perez died as a result of injuries sustained while training at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Rajouri: An army paratrooper was killed and five commandos were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the Rajouri

The Army said that the soldiers were performing counterinsurgency operations when their vehicle was involved in the accident in the Mankote area of the border district later in the evening.

A Fort Liberty paratrooper died from injuries sustained in training last week, the 82nd Airborne Division announced Monday. Pfc. Matthew Perez was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, according to a statement issued by Lt.

A paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division was fatally injured during recent training at a combined arms instruction facility in Louisiana, the Army said.