A Staff Sergeant assigned to the United States Army National Guard, Chattanooga, Tennessee, activated under Title 10 orders for training, died in an on-duty physical training mishap 10 March 2021 in Fort Bliss, Texas, at 2100 local. The Soldier was conducting physical training in the vicinity of the unit area, he began vomiting and requested medical assistance. Later, while exiting the latrine, he fell, striking his head on a metal crossbeam. Unit medics and physician assistant administered role 1 care on scene until emergency medical services arrived. The Soldier died en route to the hospital.
Since FY16, the Army has lost an average of one Soldier a year to on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishaps. This tragedy was the first fatal on-duty sports, recreation and physical training mishap of FY21 and above the number of fatalities from this time last year.