Since 2001, two dozen people have lost their lives

Since 2001, two dozen people have lost their lives — including a Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall-based Soldier — to the dangers of the Potomac River in the Great Falls/Potomac River Gorge area in Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and Maryland. Although there were no deaths in 2014 attributed to Great Falls’ waters, at least one person died this year. JBM-HH officials are reminding service members that aquatic activities in certain portions of the Great Falls area are not only off limits under a Military District of Washington directive, but are also illegal. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO graphic by Helen Klein)