Brown Bear Attacks and Injures Two US Soldiers During Training in Alaska

Apex predator versus training army soldiers.

A training session in a mountainous area in Anchorage, Alaska, almost turned into a tragedy on Thursday.

Two US Army soldiers were injured after an attack by an aggressive brown bear.

ARCTIC ENCOUNTER: 2 US Army soldiers injured by brown bear during Alaska training exercise — bear spray credited with saving their lives, officials sayhttps://t.co/DHx7e4XyoK

— Fox News US (@FoxUSNews)April 18, 2026

“The incident happened Thursday as the soldiers were participating in a ‘land navigation training event’ in Arctic Valley, part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s training area.

The soldiers were receiving medical care as of Friday, a military official told the Anchorage Daily News. Messages sent to base spokespersons were not immediately returned.”

Two U.S. Army soldiers injured in bear attackhttps://t.co/TaBsrCd6bH

— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports)April 18, 2026

The Army hasn’t released the soldiers’ conditions.

Source: The Gateway Pundit