{"id":83740,"date":"2026-04-20T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/20\/two-soldiers-injured-in-bear-encounter-in-alaska\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:09:48","slug":"two-soldiers-injured-in-bear-encounter-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2026\/04\/20\/two-soldiers-injured-in-bear-encounter-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Two soldiers injured in bear encounter in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two soldiers were injured after encountering a bear last week during a training event in Alaska, state wildlife officials said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alaska Department of Fish and Game in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfg.alaska.gov\/static\/applications\/publicnotification\/2026\/releases\/R2-AA-26-3459.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">statement<\/a> said it is investigating what appeared to be \u201ca defense attack by a bear recently emerged from a den,\u201d that occurred in a remote area of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during a land navigation exercise. The area has since been closed to recreational activity until the inquiry is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldiers sustained injuries but lived, the agency reported, attributing their survival to bear spray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency \u201cwill continue investigating the circumstances that led to the attack and try to learn everything we can about what happened to increase public safety around wildlife in Alaska\u201d the department\u2019s regional supervisor, Cyndi Wardlow, said in the statement, adding, \u201cin this case, having bear spray with them in the field may have saved their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army in a Monday statement said that the soldiers were treated for serious injuries and had since been discharged from an Anchorage hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though initial reports suggested that the animal was a brown bear, the department is collecting and analyzing samples collected at the scene to determine the species and gender of the animal and see if it matches other samples on file. 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