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Missing Marine Corps helicopter carrying 5 troops from Nevada to California has been located
ABC15 ^
| Feb 07, 2024
Posted on 02/07/2024 12:25:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Marines are not troops. They gave their lives for this country, maybe a damn reporter could take the brief time to learn the proper name of what to call them. Idiots.
There were five Marines on that aircraft.
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:30:09 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:30:27 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:41:55 PM PST
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: nickcarraway
The article NEVER says they crashed. For all I know the chopper landed safely and the crew was have capuccino in the mountains. Horrible journalism.
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:45:26 PM PST
by
oil_dude
To: nickcarraway
Maybe I’ve read too many Tom Clancy books, but don’t these things have beacons on them when they crash?
In any event, my prayers are up for the crew. I never liked those aircraft.
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:48:21 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
To: nickcarraway
If one takes a straight line from the Nevada base to Miramar they were 20 miles off course. Pine Hills which is maybe seven miles south southwest of Julian would make more sense, assuming gps was working and they did not detour to miss a storm cell.
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posted on
02/07/2024 12:49:54 PM PST
by
ga1948
To: Vermont Lt
Maybe I’ve read too many Tom Clancy books, but don’t these things have beacons on them when they crash?
I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but I do know that ELTs have a pretty significant failure rate.
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:02:35 PM PST
by
verum ago
(I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: nickcarraway
They're not saying "recovery"...
Now what would 5 Marines do...you would think....build a fire...
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:04:51 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: ga1948
I used to live near Jacumba. Tons of military helicopter traffic used to approach and depart Miramar using the I-8 corridor through the mountains. Pine Valley is right on that corridor.
FWIW the winds through there can be treacherous particularly during storms.
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:04:55 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: DesertRhino
Army soldiers. Air Force airmen. Navy sailors. Marine marines. Coast Guard coasties. Generically, we were all troops.
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:05:46 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: nickcarraway
What about the missing F-35?
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:13:45 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: ought-six
Sailors are not troops. Marines are not troops. That is a term for soldiers.
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:19:21 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
To: ought-six
I thank each and every one of them.
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:25:27 PM PST
by
Shady
(The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
To: DesertRhino
Sorry, but it is the generic term. I was USAF, and generically we were “troops.”
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posted on
02/07/2024 1:26:12 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: DesertRhino
They were Marines until they screwed up. Then they were jarheads.
To: nickcarraway
So the military helicopter they were using is not good for all weather conditions???
I’ll have to speak to a relative of mine who works for the company that makes the Blackhawk helicopter, and see what he makes of the downed Marine copter that couldn’t navigate in the rain storm. I guess it is not so much the rain as the air turbulence you can have in a heavy rain storm. Maybe.
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posted on
02/07/2024 2:53:47 PM PST
by
Wuli
To: oil_dude
“Horrible journalism.”
Most journalism is. I don’t think any of them are the brightest candles in the cave. Their primary agenda is propaganda, not writing fact filled stories. I rate lower than politicians.
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posted on
02/07/2024 2:55:19 PM PST
by
redfreedom
(Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
To: ga1948
I want to know why they were flying in that weather and who authorized the flight.
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posted on
02/07/2024 2:55:29 PM PST
by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: Sacajaweau
Now what would 5 Marines do...you would think....build a fire...With a couple thousand pounds of jet fuel....they could spell SEMPER FI on the side of the mountain with flames 10 feet high.
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posted on
02/07/2024 2:55:32 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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