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5 MISSING MARINES FOUND DEAD AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH IN CALIFORNIA, OFFICIALS SAY
newson6.com/story ^ | February 8th 2024 | CBS News

Posted on 02/08/2024 5:19:47 AM PST by V_TWIN

The five Marines who went missing while traveling aboard a helicopter from Nevada to California have been found dead, officials said Thursday morning.

The helicopter was found crashed in a mountainous area in Southern California, the Marine Corps confirmed on Thursday.

This is a developing story.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: crash; helicopter; marines; usmc
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1 posted on 02/08/2024 5:19:47 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: freepersup

Ping


2 posted on 02/08/2024 5:21:39 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Sounds like the Houthi’s have upgraded their weapons again.


3 posted on 02/08/2024 5:22:09 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: V_TWIN
Very sad. I was so hopeful.

My best buddy was part of a helicopter team. He passed away last year. I miss my buddy.

4 posted on 02/08/2024 5:22:17 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: V_TWIN

Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.

(Marine Corps verse, The Navy Hymn)


5 posted on 02/08/2024 5:23:40 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: V_TWIN

RIP


6 posted on 02/08/2024 5:24:11 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Sacajaweau

Sad indeed! The son of my best friend is a Marine in San Diego. I always get anxious for him when I read these headlines.


7 posted on 02/08/2024 5:24:53 AM PST by ne1410s (2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.)
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To: V_TWIN

What was so important that a helicopter had to be flying in the worse storm to hit southern California in decades?


8 posted on 02/08/2024 5:25:37 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: V_TWIN

Something doesn’t smell right with all these people dying like this.

They are covering up something.


9 posted on 02/08/2024 5:26:45 AM PST by dforest
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To: V_TWIN

RIP. As this was a training mission, I think it is fair to ask why they were flying in and into a major storm, the largest of the season?


10 posted on 02/08/2024 5:28:39 AM PST by Reno89519 (Biden, Democrats, and Some Republicans may have surrendered, but I have not. Defend America!)
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To: paterfamilias

Amen


11 posted on 02/08/2024 5:33:20 AM PST by pfflier
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To: V_TWIN

What is going on in our military. Sounds like 5 more victims of DEI (DIE).


12 posted on 02/08/2024 5:36:26 AM PST by Baldwin77 (DJ & JD 2024 (Trump-Vance))
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To: V_TWIN

Just a guess, but I think they hit a microburst that caused a sudden loss of lift and they flew into the side of the mountain................


13 posted on 02/08/2024 5:40:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: V_TWIN

Returning from a night training mission near Vegas during a storm in mountainous terrain and 5 US Marines dead flying a CH53 Super Stallion.

There’s something missing from this equation, like the JA who failed to check the weather & scrub the return flight to Miramar...


14 posted on 02/08/2024 5:58:18 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Baldwin77

Biden will say that Beau also died in a helicopter crash.


15 posted on 02/08/2024 5:59:16 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: V_TWIN
Yikes! So it went down in a big storm? Don't the Marines have access to top notch weather forecasting?
16 posted on 02/08/2024 5:59:59 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: V_TWIN

We may find that there was a malfunction...but Dems will insist it was due to climate change....like Marines have never flown their helicopters in bad weather before.


17 posted on 02/08/2024 6:07:21 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Red Badger

Definitely the weather.

As others have asked, why were they even flying in that mess?


18 posted on 02/08/2024 6:08:13 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Red Badger

Definitely the weather.

As others have asked, why were they even flying in that mess?


19 posted on 02/08/2024 6:08:17 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

For the families sake, I am glad they were found so we can have proper burials for these heroes.


20 posted on 02/08/2024 6:08:28 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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