Posted on 03/21/2022 10:40:04 AM PDT by conservative98
The four US Marines who were killed in a helicopter crash during a NATO training exercise off the coast Norway on Friday have been identified.
The Marine Corps, in a Sunday statement, identified the dead as Cpl. Jacob M. Moore, 24, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky; Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy, 30, of Cambridge, Ohio; Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Capt. Ross A. Reynolds, 27, of Leominster, Massachusetts.
All four men were assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing stationed at Marine Corps Air Station in New River, North Carolina.
The victims’ MV-22B Osprey was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. local time Friday after failing to report back from a training mission in Nordland County in northern Norway, the Norwegian armed forces said in a statement.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation. Officials reported inclement weather in the area at the time.
The bodies of the four Marines were recovered from the crash site in the Arctic Ocean on Sunday and are being returned to the US.
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The dead Marines were among the 30,000 NATO troops taking part in annual military exercises 200 miles from Russia’s border with Norway, according to the US military news outlet Stars and Stripes.
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I don’t know why they wouldn’t have mentioned that.
Amen!
they all wore inflateable life vests but most likely not cold weather flight suits. If they found them, they got out of the bird, but most likely froze before getting in a raft if one was deployed after the crash
Could be.
I just wonder what kind of crash it was.
If they coasted into the ocean, they could maybe all get out.
A frontal crash into the ocean?
I’m not so sure.
NYP got it wrong. The crash happened in the mountains.
“I only know what I read.”
Turd.... you turd. Joking about dead Marines. Pure trash.
Yes you are, this exercise is an annual event and training accidents are a fact of military life.
I was at Hill AFB, circa 1980 or 81 when a T-38 with the Thunderbirds crashed during a performance at an open house for the base. My brother broke his arm during basic training. I’m sure my brother, nephews, or cousins who served were involved in and/or knew of multiple accidents during their careers.
When I was stationed in Germany, an M1A1 Abrams had engine failure on a tank trail in the Grafenwoehr training area. A crew member of the M88 recovery vehicle sent to drag the Abrams back to the motor pool was killed when the brakes failed on the 88 and crushed him between the two vehicles.
Also had a local national pancake his BMW 7 Series at high speed into the back of another M88.
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