4 Killed In Marine Helicopter Crash

(AP)  Four crewmembers aboard a U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter were killed when the aircraft crashed during a training mission in southwestern Arizona, but one crewman survived, the military said Friday.

The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles north of Yuma near the Colorado River on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene, said 1st Lt. Rob Dolan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma.

An injured Marine was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center by another search-and-rescue helicopter from the base and is listed in stable condition.

The names of the dead and injured will not be released for 24 hours under standard military policy, Dolan said.

The chopper assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma was last heard from at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Marine Sgt. Ryan O'Hare said.

The aircraft was flying on a routine training mission near the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, a sprawling 1,300-square-mile military reservation along the Arizona-California border used to test combat systems and as a helicopter test center.

The missing aircraft was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron at the Marine Corps Air Station. The Yuma facility is the home base for several air squadrons and is the world's busiest Marine Corps air station.

In 2005, a Marine Corps Harrier jet crashed into a neighborhood near the air base but the pilot had only minor injuries and no one on the ground was hurt.

Hueys, first produced in 1956, are Vietnam War-era workhorses. New aircraft are scheduled to replace them beginning in 2008.

[lars008-2009]

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry

USA''s PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961

One ought never to turn one''s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[lars008-2009]

it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid...

non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...

I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''''''''''''''''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770

Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

[sgtrds]

Posted by jarheadcwo3 at 11:34 AM : Aug 18, 2007

Hey bro, seven pesos and lars are trolls. They just come here to post Thieu *** and they don''t care who likes it or even who reads it. Talking to them or trying to make sense of them is a waste of time and effort. Neither one of them cares about anyone else opinions and only post here to draw attention to themselves. They''re kids who shouldn''t be allowed to play with their parents computer and you can''t believe a word either of them says.

[seven-pesos]

southerners are looking at rush limbaugh as a possible presidential candidate.

he has all the qualifications.

fat, bigoted, republican, christian, drug user, demogogue...

yep, those southerners are taking a good look at rush.

ha,ha,ha.

that''s the south for you, folks!

[jarheadcwo3]

7 pesos:

You claim that no good thing or good person comes from the Southern US.

Here is a list of some Marine Corps generals, some of whom were Commandant, some of whom were awarded the Medal of Honor and all of whom were born in the Southern US. There are more, these are just the more notable ones:

Chesty Puller
Raymond Davis
John Lejeune
Robert Barrow
Roy Geiger
William McIlhenny
Charles Krulak
Lemuel Shepherd
Holland Smith
Oliver Smith
Archie Vandegrift
Louis Wilson

In boot camp you are taught the institutional and battle history of the Marine Corps. Were you asleep during this class??

Semper Fi.

Charles H.

[zjs0482]

I have a son in Iraq at this moment. He tells me of people so frightened that they would die before telling who is tormenting and killing their familes and children. Seven pesos has no clue, my son is fighting for his right to be a condesending idiot, because if he had not had the grace to be born in this country his attitude would either change or he would be suffering the fate of the terrorized people because he difinitely does not have the guts to support his mouth or he would do more than take avantage of such a tragedy to vent his studidity. The families of these four men deserve our thanks and aid in any way we can because it is people like them who founded this country.

[jarheadcwo3]

Scarymib:

This 7 pesos character talks and acts like a poser wannabe type. He talks trash but hides behind his internet pseudonym. No guts....

Take care over there in Iraq.

Semper Fi.

Charles H.

[scarymib]

I am neighbors with one of the Marines killed in this crash. He left behind a wife and new-born baby. He was a person who loved serving his country, but most of all he was a person. He and his wife would walk their dog past our house and always stop to let my daughter pet it.

You people that are using this tragedy to serve as your opportunity to get your message out are only doing so because everyone is so freaking tired of hearing you everywhere else.

Yesterday marked my 20 years in the Marine Corps. I am leaving soon to go to Iraq. I have a son in the Air Force and a daughter in college. Besides them, I am leaving a wife and 5 year old daughter who just started kindergarten. If any of you have the guts to say I''m fighting for nothing, have even more guts by coming to Yuma and saying it to my face.

[tbweb]

Posted by seven-pesos at 11:54 PM : Aug 17, 2007,,,

Never let it be said and said with shame that all was well until you came!

[lars008-2009]

NONE OF US IS FREE UNLESS ALL ARE FREE!!!

WHY IS IT NOT ONE MUSLIM COUNTRY GRANTS EQUAL RIGHTS TO NON MUSLIMS???

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM SAYS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATES ISLAM LAW...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

For example, in 1981, the Iranian representative to the United Nations, Said Rajaie-Khorassani, articulated the position of his country regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by saying that the UDHR was "a secular understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition", which could not be implemented by Muslims without trespassing the Islamic law.

http://www.un.org/terrorism/
http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy-counter-terrorism.html
http://www.un.org/

But the accepted assumption in India is that most of India''s Muslims were converted to Islam through the sword. Meaning the Indians were given an option between death or adopting Islam. The third option was getting examined in Islam religion along with heavy taxes- Jeziya (poll tax) and Kharaj (property tax).

http://adaniel.tripod.com/Islam.htm

this is what fascist nazi islam calls peace....

are you ready to live under islam rule as a non muslim???

apartheid fascist nazi islamic style

Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/islamic_state.htm