Blackhawk lost on training mission
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Blackhawk lost on training mission
Official: 11 service members missing in crash presumed dead | Miami Herald Miami Herald
Read more here: Official: 11 service members missing in crash presumed dead | Miami Herald Miami HeraldReminds me of a lot of mishap reports I read while in the Navy
"While on a routine training mission ..."
RIP, gents.
Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were presumed dead Wednesday, and crews found human remains despite heavy fog hampering search efforts, military officials said
Read more here: Official: 11 service members missing in crash presumed dead | Miami Herald Miami Herald
"While on a routine training mission ..."
RIP, gents.
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The price of freedom is often paid in training incidents, family difficulties most often involving finance, depression resulting from the realization the nation is ungrateful for sacrifice, hopelessness at finding employment after the commitment is fulfilled.
The soldiers of today deserve more than they're getting. They are enduring endless deployments and dangerous assignments. Please adopt a local VFW or American Legion chapter and find out how to do something to help today's soldiers and their families who need your help.
At the very least, when you're strolling through an airport, butt in whenever you have the opportunity to pick up the tab for a GI in uniform as he's handing over payment to the cashier. You'll feel good about it, and he'll appreciate it. Just say, "I've got this one." That means more than, "Thank you for your service."
The soldiers of today deserve more than they're getting. They are enduring endless deployments and dangerous assignments. Please adopt a local VFW or American Legion chapter and find out how to do something to help today's soldiers and their families who need your help.
At the very least, when you're strolling through an airport, butt in whenever you have the opportunity to pick up the tab for a GI in uniform as he's handing over payment to the cashier. You'll feel good about it, and he'll appreciate it. Just say, "I've got this one." That means more than, "Thank you for your service."
Yes, recollect thinking: 'You don't have to be in actual combat to get yourself killed!'
Never forgotten looking out of my bedroom window one morning to see the black car parked outside a colleague's house.
Never forgotten looking out of my bedroom window one morning to see the black car parked outside a colleague's house.
