25th Infantry unit stationed at Schofield Hawaii loses 10 in one day when the helo went down
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Fri Aug-24-07 08:44 PM
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25th Infantry unit stationed at Schofield Hawaii loses 10 in one day when the helo went down
the other day....14 total perished.... Now I read some will get promotions posthumously.... I guess they cannot do anything else so the Generals promote the dead so the families might feel better/get more death bennies? I wish I knew...
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Fri Aug-24-07 08:53 PM
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1. The promotions are actually kind of standard
and have been since at least WW II But that brigade, god I know some folks in that brigade
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Fri Aug-24-07 08:57 PM
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2. Them poor boys never had a chance.....Blackhawks rotor went out
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Fri Aug-24-07 09:00 PM
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3. I know, and unfortunatelyy
that tells you some of the maintainance problems we are now having. Equipment is that stressed
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Fri Aug-24-07 09:02 PM
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5. For the want of a ROTOR...the Helo was........
This crap in Iraq sucks....them GOP guys gonna pay for this shit...
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Fri Aug-24-07 09:02 PM
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4. One family lost their second son to this war. nt
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Fri Aug-24-07 09:04 PM
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6. The GOP cannot describe one really good thing about their tenure these past 7 years
Edited on Fri Aug-24-07 09:05 PM by opihimoimoi
Its been ALL BAD.... To lose one is bad.. to lose 2 is NUTS...I feel so sorry for that family.....what a waste....
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