Lightning Kills One Soldier and Injures 9 Others at Georgia Army Base – iNow

Fort Gordon’s Department of Emergency Services and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene immediately, Ms. Bowman said. The soldiers were taken to Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center, which is on the base, she added.

The base, which is about 10 miles southwest of Augusta, Ga., is home to a wing of the Army’s cyber operations and a training program in information and communication technology, among other departments.

Ms. Bowman said that the Army would not release the names of the soldiers until their families had been notified.