Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Death may change Air Force training
Air Force officials are changing training in the wake of the weekend death of a trainee from St. Bernard who died at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Air Force officials Tuesday would not address the newspaper report, but said “precautionary measures” are being taken in light of the death of Airman Basic Micah Schindler, 18, after a 5.8-mile march.
Col. Stef Eisen, commander of the 737th Training Group, said Tuesday in a news release he “has not signed out any written memo (or) e-mail ... implementing any new procedures.”
Airman Schindler died Sunday from complications of heat stroke, two days after he collapsed. He was in the fifth week of a six-week basic training program.
The Express-News said the new rules require instructors to provide immediate medical care for recruits who show signs of becoming ill during physical training.
But Col. Eisen said the trainee showed no outward signs of illness and didn't call for help before collapsing.
Airman Schindler's family has said he showed signs of illness — including the vomiting — after lunch.
“We sent them a beautiful, healthy, strong, smart young man and we're taking home a dead body,” said his mother, Julie Schindler of St. Bernard. “And that's not right.”
Col. Eisen said investigators will study ways of making training safer, but that the Air Force will not suspend a tougher basic training regimen, the paper reported.
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