It is the first time soldiers travelling in a Mastiff have died, the Ministry of Defence said.
But even with all these facilities, is it really possible to train part-time soldiers for front-line duties?
Philippa Tuckman, a military injury specialist lawyer, said more care would need to be taken of the part-time soldiers.
Mr Smith said the closure programme comes just as the Army is attempting to transform its make-up, laying off 20, 000 full-time soldiers, but engaging in an unprecedented recruitment campaign for the Army reserve, which they intend to double in size, to 30, 000, by 2020.
Each time the soldiers at Fort Stewart are deployed, the residents of Hinesville, Ga.
It's a far cry from the time when soldiers were instructed to say "slide fastener" in order to avoid using "zipper, " a trademark.
While technically a supply sergeant, he spent most of his time training soldiers in Arabic culture and even starred in a video series produced by the Special Forces school.
No matter what time the soldiers' flights are arriving or departing -- many take place in the middle of the night -- Peters is there to shake their hands and give them a token of support: a small American flag.
At the time, two soldiers stationed there had committed suicide in 2009 -- a rate well below those of other posts.
Andrew Pagani has left the service now, but he volunteers in his spare time to help soldiers who are still at Fort Carson.
Britain has had a reserve of part-time or retired soldiers - often known as yeomanry - since the Middle Ages but the system was only regularised in 1907 with the passing of legislation creating a Territorial Force.
This time, though, soldiers manning the checkpoints opened fire, hitting Mr Speight's car several times.
That may change this time, especially if soldiers face a real threat of biological or chemical weapons.
The Army should have been teaching this to soldiers a long time ago, Zellmer said.
Since the first war against Iraq in 1991, many thousands of British soldiers have spent time in the Middle East.
The American military, which has used video games to train soldiers for some time, is now investigating their therapeutic uses as well.
And certainly any time that any of these soldiers pays the ultimate sacrifice, our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to their families.
Conservative MP for Salisbury, John Glen is concerned the jobs are going at the same time as 4, 000 soldiers are relocating to the county from Germany.
Philip Nuber, director of the Defense Mapping Agency, says that using this virtual technology in flight simulation can help soldiers in peace time as well as war.
It is clear -- it has been for a long time -- that Danish soldiers are serving alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan, and I used the opportunity today to thank you and the American people for the great effort you have put in Afghanistan.
And because they did, eight grieving families were at least able to welcome their soldiers home one last time.
It allows soldiers to spend whatever time they'd like learning those tasks and practicing to get better in those particular skills.
American soldiers had a devilish time coping with improvised explosive devices and other relatively simple tactics employed by a poorly-equipped and under-resourced adversary.
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"We depended on the U.S. soldiers for a long time and now they are going to leave, it leaves an empty space, " he said.
An effective anachronistic touch comes with the chorus, who are dressed as soldiers from wars at any time in the past millennium.
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The three American soldiers on the cover of Time magazine's Person of the Year issue attended as guests of House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Conservative frontbencher James Gray instead argued voters would be puzzled why so much time was being wasted on hunting when soldiers were dying in Iraq and the NHS was in "crisis".
For the first time, on-the-ground soldiers will be able to fire at a hidden opponent without having to go up the chain of command to ask for a precision air strike and waste precious time doing so.
Meanwhile, at the same time, I saw a convoy of Afghan soldiers on trucks rolling into the area.
Police, soldiers and villagers had a hard time reaching the wreckage of the bus which broke into several pieces.
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