Posted on 05/12/2015 1:03:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Military officials are searching for a marine light attack helicopter that went missing Tuesday near Charikot, Nepal, Pentagon officials said, at around 10 p.m. Japan Standard Time. The aircraft was assisting with disaster relief as earthquake have struck the south Asian nation, which killed thousands late last month. Another earthquake there on Tuesday killed at least 68 more.
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Active Duty ping.
God be with all aboard.
The road used to end in Charikot, in 1982.
Have heard nothing about another one, is Is it on here?
Prayers out to the eight brave ones.
Another earthquake, I mean, sorry
I haven’t seen an FR post, but the online news services have the news. Another one, over 7. Nepal really is getting hit hard.
The Himalayas are unimaginably huge and vast in extent; let’s hope these guys will be found in a healthy condition.
Thank you, had no idea. Prayers for the people,and are Military helping.
PRC is no doubt heavily investigating this.... /snide
What are US Marines doing running rescue missions in Nepal anyway?
US Marines aren’t Red Cross or UN Emergency Relief.
We Marines have always done rescue and humanitarian efforts. When we were in Somalia, we were conducting food supply and water filtration efforts. After the Corps left, the Army took over and Blackhawk down happened.
The Marines do, and have always done, far more with far less that you could ever imagine.
We also helped in Pakistan after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Marines are always out on sea deployments to be close to anywhere that disaster strikes or if some enemy needs a quick harsh whipping. Look up on google or whatever: Marine Expeditionary Unit.
A quick look at EARTHQUAKE 3D shows that Nepal continues to ring like a bell.
I hate this. Our Marines are too precious to put them into scenarios like this. As much as my heart hurts for the poor Nepalese, figure out a way to help them w/o jeopardizing the finest war fighting organization in the world.
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