Posted on 11/13/2023 5:31:00 AM PST by Red Badger
"My prayers are with the patriots we have lost," the defense secretary said.
Five American service members were killed in a crash late Friday after their helicopter had a "mishap" during a training exercise and went into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the military said Sunday.
Two officials confirmed that the five were Army special operations soldiers, as first reported by The New York Times and Washington Post. Search and rescue efforts went into Saturday before being called off, according to the officials.
Department of Defense officials on Monday identified the service members as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38 of Clarksville, Tennessee; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, 34, of Sacramento, California; Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire; Sgt. Andrew P. Southard, 27, of Apache Junction, Arizona; and Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe, 24, of Mankato, Minnesota.
“We mourn the loss of these five incredible soldiers, each of them a national treasure," Lt. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga said in a statement. "They hail from rare patriotic families with deep military service ties that span multiple generations and formations."
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Very bad day at the 106TH SOAR -The Night Stalkers. Rest in peace, you are welcome in Valhalla.
I wonder what the real story is? If what happened came from the current regime, I doubt that it is truthful.
Probably died several days ago in gaza
Helicopter Mechanical failure most likely...................
Yeah, that explains the 'refueling' & 'training' BS.
We may never know the truth, though they may have actually been training for a SOCOM op in the region (I seriously doubt it).
“mishap” ?
People are DEAD! NOT a “mishap”!
I don’t believe them.
Now that you mention it...
Fired at by our great ally Turkey?
OpSec folks on Twitter need to get ON this shit ASAP. This stinks to high heaven.
160th
IT SMELLS OF COVER-UP. i BET THEY WERE LOST IN FIGHTING AND DIDN’T WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WE HAVE SPECIAL FORCES FIGHTING WITH iSRAEL, MY BET.
A mechanical failure is survivable, to a point.
A missile strike is not.....................
If this was a shoot down, imagine what it would do to Biden’s strategy of “DON’T. Especially after there have been forty-eight unanswered attacks on military bases. We will NEVER know the truth, Biden can continue to cower in Delaware.
They are fighting in Syria and Lebanon also. Not too much is said about it because our government and this regime are liars.
That would be a ‘Act of War’ but they never would admit it to be a missile, because that would require a Declaration of War from Congress, that would blow the Dem party apart like a H-Bomb...........................
In this case, the risk of lying far outweighs the truth.
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