 In news, a soldier had to be airlifted Thursday out of Camp Ripley after suffering an injury to the hand in a training event. Happened around 11 o'clock Thursday night. Camp Ripley Range Control dispatched Camp Ripley Fire and Rescue. The Army soldier, they say, was injured when he was attempting to clear and change the barrel of an M240 automatic rifle when a blank round was ejected, injuring the hand. Trained medics were located at the training site but decided that the injury needed further attention