Thoughts?

[Ball N' Chain]

Wasn't sure if this went under Fallen Special Operators, so sorry if this is the wrong spot.

Just looking for thoughts on this training exercise that led to the death of 7 Marines when two helicopters collided.

Marines Killed In Ariz. Helicopter Collision Identified

 

[Scubadew]

What thoughts? Deaths during training fucking suck.

RIP, Devils.

 

[Ball N' Chain]

Agreed.
It is sad to see. I'm unfamiliar with helicopters, how is it that with our advanced technology that two could come so close together to crash?

 

[Gunz]

Bloody tragedy, my only thoughts. Training accidents are unfortunately inevitable; training for war involves many risks. RIP and Semper Fi.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Ihe spirit of accuracy, the event described within that story is from February 25 of 2012, not 2017.

Just putting it out there so that people are not doing Google searches thinking this is a recent tragedy.

 

[Red Flag 1]

Ihe spirit of accuracy, the event described within that story is from February 25 of 2012, not 2016.

Just putting it out there so that people are not doing Google searches thinking this is a recent tragedy.

I appreciate that @Ooh-Rah has put this in proper context. I have to wonder if the OP knew that this was history-v-recent event.

Were it a recent event, say the last few days, it would be quite impolite to be pushing for a response from active duty service members. That is what it seemed like was happening in the op.

Agreed.
It is sad to see. I'm unfamiliar with helicopters, how is it that with our advanced technology that two could come so close together to crash?

Of course, you have to agree that this happens with the commercial/general aviation world as well. Even fixed winged aircraft collide in mid-air too. There is an entire industry out there devoted to avoiding any aircraft collisions. There are volumes of books, studies, and articles about this subject, dig around some and you may find some answers on your own. We don't really like spoon feeding very much. If you are in college, you should have plenty of resources open to you.

Recommendation: Read more, and post less.

As for the fallen Marines: Rest In God's Own Peace, Marines.

 

[AWP]

This is one of the strangest, most callous threads I've seen on here since Day One. As such, it is no more.

 

[TLDR20]

I don't know how this thread made it as far as it did.

A title of "thoughts" relating to the deaths of Marines?