Helicopter crash kills six Marines

[rightwinger]

Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: Marines Reportedly Killed


WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

The helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.

The defense official who said all six were Marines spoke on condition of anonymity because the U.S. command in Afghanistan had not yet publicly released details, including the nationalities of the dead.
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The official says there is no indication that the helicopter was hit by

 

[Truthmatters]

Im so sick of these guys dying

 

[California Girl]

My prayers are with their families at this horrific time for them.

 

[L.K.Eder]

may their bodies be recovered before the terrorists have time to piss on them, tape it and post it to their webpage.

 

[Truthmatters]

yeap we know that will happen to every body now.

 

[Swagger]

may their bodies be recovered before the terrorists have time to piss on them, tape it and post it to their webpage.

Don't be a ****. These were the good guys.

 

[Sunni Man]

It's a sad day when any American soldier loses their life

 

[Sallow]

I absolutely hate these stories.

They are terribly sad. Such a tragedy for the country and the families of these fine people.

 

[Sallow]

may their bodies be recovered before the terrorists have time to piss on them, tape it and post it to their webpage.

Normally..I dig your humor.

But this isn't one of those times.

 

[L.K.Eder]

may their bodies be recovered before the terrorists have time to piss on them, tape it and post it to their webpage.

Normally..I dig your humor.

But this isn't one of those times.

it was not humor.

 

[High_Gravity]

Wow so sad.

 

[L.K.Eder]

i apologize to rightwinger for my first post in this thread.

 

[Valerie]

Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: Marines Reportedly Killed


WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

The helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.

The defense official who said all six were Marines spoke on condition of anonymity because the U.S. command in Afghanistan had not yet publicly released details, including the nationalities of the dead.
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The official says there is no indication that the helicopter was hit by enemy fire.






Sadly, one of the Marines was the brother of my sons fiancé. Cpl Kevin Reinhard was a fine marine and was extremely proud of the job he was doing. The last time I spoke with him he had nothing but good to speak of his job as a helicopter mechanic and what he was doing in Afghanistan. Kevin was a fine young man and will be soully missed

so sorry.....

 

[old navy]

RIP leathernecks.

 

[editec]

GOD, I hate helocopters.

Every time I had to climb into one of those slow moving TARGETS that perioically fall out of the sky and kill Marines (and the NAV corpsman assigned to their units) I sweated every moment until the damned thing touched down.

They stink, they're loud and they're not safe.

 

[rightwinger]

GOD, I hate helocopters.

Every time I had to climb into one of those slow moving TARGETS that perioically fall out of the sky and kill Marines (and the NAV corpsman assigned to their units) I sweated every moment until the damned thing touched down.

They stink, they're loud and they're not safe.

In this case the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion which is a Vietnam era helicopter.

 

[old navy]

GOD, I hate helocopters.

Every time I had to climb into one of those slow moving TARGETS that perioically fall out of the sky and kill Marines (and the NAV corpsman assigned to their units) I sweated every moment until the damned thing touched down.

They stink, they're loud and they're not safe.

In this case the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion which is a Vietnam era helicopter. Kevin was a maintainer and used to complain how they were being held together with duct tape and baling wire.

The CH-46 is old as well. The Osprey is supposed to replace them at some point.

 

[High_Gravity]

GOD, I hate helocopters.

Every time I had to climb into one of those slow moving TARGETS that perioically fall out of the sky and kill Marines (and the NAV corpsman assigned to their units) I sweated every moment until the damned thing touched down.

They stink, they're loud and they're not safe.

In this case the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion which is a Vietnam era helicopter. Kevin was a maintainer and used to complain how they were being held together with duct tape and baling wire.

Let me get this straight, we spend more money on our Military than any other country in the world, and we are still using Vietnam era choppers?

 

[The Gadfly]

Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: Marines Reportedly Killed


WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

The helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand.

The defense official who said all six were Marines spoke on condition of anonymity because the U.S. command in Afghanistan had not yet publicly released details, including the nationalities of the dead.
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The official says there is no indication that the helicopter was hit by enemy fire.






Sadly, one of the Marines was the brother of my sons fiancé. Cpl Kevin Reinhard was a fine marine and was extremely proud of the job he was doing. The last time I spoke with him he had nothing but good to speak of his job as a helicopter mechanic and what he was doing in Afghanistan. Kevin was a fine young man and will be soully missed

It is always sad to hear of the death of any of our military personnel, whatever the circumstances; incidents like this are a grim reminder that military service can be hazardous, whether one is in direct combat, or not. My prayers and heartfelt condolences go out to the families of all who were lost, and especially, RW, to your family and the family of your son's fiancee', on the loss of her brother, CPL Reinhard.