 Camp Ripley on Friday mentioned that one of their soldiers had to be airlifted to the hospital after a training incident on Thursday night. About 11 o'clock, the commander at Camp Ripley's post commander of the training center, Colonel Troy Fink, stated that a soldier was attempting to clear and change the barrel on an M240 automatic rifle. The blank round was ejected and caused injury to the hand. The soldier was airlifted to St. Cloud Hospital, had surgery, and is in stable condition.