A U.S. Army ROTC cadet died this past week while training at Fort Knox, the Army announced. Cadet Neil Edara, 22, died on Thursday, July 24 after becoming unresponsive during land navigation training.
FORT KNOX, Ky. — Today, Cadet Summer Training is renowned as the Army’s largest annual training event, bringing over 10,000 ROTC cadets to Fort Knox each summer as part of their commissioning journey.
The Army ROTC confirmed in a social media post that a cadet died during summer training at Fort Knox. Cadet Neil Edara joined the ROTC at Rutgers University in 2021 and was at Fort Knox as part of the ...
This story has been updated to include the cadet's age. A cadet has died during summer training at Fort Knox. Cadet Neil Edara, 22, became unresponsive while conducting Land Navigation Training on ...