2 US Army soldiers in Alaska injured in bear attack during training exercise

Two U.S. Army soldiers were injured aft being attacked by a brownish carnivore during a grooming workout successful Alaska, a study said. 

The troops from the 11th Airborne Division were wounded Thursday portion participating successful a "land navigation grooming event" astatine Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Arctic Valley grooming country successful Anchorage, Lt. Col. Jo Nederhoed, a spokesperson for the division, told the Anchorage Daily News. 

"The information and well-being of our unit is our highest priority," Nederhoed added. "The incidental is nether investigation, and we are coordinating with section wildlife authorities to guarantee the information of each unit successful the area." 

The soldiers, whose identities were being withheld pending notification of their next of kin, were "receiving due aesculapian care" arsenic of Friday morning, Nederhoed also said. 

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A brownish carnivore stands successful a stream hunting for salmon astatine Katmai National Park and Preserve successful Alaska successful September 2021. Two U.S. Army soldiers were attacked by a brownish carnivore successful Anchorage connected Thursday, April 16, 2026, a subject spokesperson said. (Lian Law/U.S. National Park Service/Reuters)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the 11th Airborne Division for further comment. 

Wildlife officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game told the Anchorage Daily News that the incidental appeared to person been a antiaircraft onslaught aft the carnivore precocious emerged from its den, and that some soldiers were carrying carnivore spray and utilized it. 

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A motion marks the entranceway to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson successful Anchorage, Alaska, connected Aug. 13, 2025. (Mark Thiessen/AP)

"We anticipation some individuals person a afloat and speedy recovery, and our thoughts are with them during this time," Fish and Game Regional Supervisor Cyndi Wardlow told the newspaper. 

"In this case, having carnivore spray with them successful the tract whitethorn person saved their lives," she said.

 The 11th Airborne Division is nicknamed the "Arctic Angels." 

Coastal brownish bear, besides known arsenic Grizzly Bear, Ursus Arcos, and Douglas fir besides known arsenic Douglas-fir and Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, South Central Alaska. United States of America. (Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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"The 11th Airborne Division executes expeditionary operations worldwide, conducts Multi-Domain Operations successful the Indo-Pacific theatre and the Arctic, and connected bid decisively defeats immoderate adversary successful utmost acold weather, mountainous and high-latitude environments done ample standard combat operations," it says connected its website.