Fair Winds and Following Seas

[WinoBlues]

7 MARSOC Marines and 4 Guardsmen lost.

""The guardsmen were combat-seasoned, he said. The unit, 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, conducted two year-long deployments to Iraq in 2004 and 2008.""

""A spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Capt. Barry Morris, said Corps officials were in the process of notifying the next-of-kin of the seven MARSOC troops who were aboard the helo and expected that process to be complete by this evening.""

Combat Vets and MARSOC Marines, These were all American warriors. Their families knew they could go down in War. An accident just seems to be worse somehow. Sad.

2-star: Rescue efforts continue in helo crash

 

[goillini52]

7 MARSOC Marines and 4 Guardsmen lost.

""The guardsmen were combat-seasoned, he said. The unit, 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, conducted two year-long deployments to Iraq in 2004 and 2008.""

""A spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Capt. Barry Morris, said Corps officials were in the process of notifying the next-of-kin of the seven MARSOC troops who were aboard the helo and expected that process to be complete by this evening.""

Combat Vets and MARSOC Marines, These were all American warriors. Their families knew they could go down in War. An accident just seems to be worse somehow. Sad.

2-star: Rescue efforts continue in helo crash

That sucks! Is it just me, or does it seem like there's an awful lot of helicopters crashing?

 

[WinoBlues]

That sucks! Is it just me, or does it seem like there's an awful lot of helicopters crashing?

I think there have always been Helo crashes. Just dangerous work. And yeah it does suck.

People forget we are still at War.