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Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed Saturday that a U.S. Navy helicopter from the USS Gerald Ford helicopter wing crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, killing five service members. (www.defense.gov)

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Austin noted, in addition to praising the victims, that search and rescue efforts are still ongoing, and the circumstances of the disaster have not been reliably clarified.

According to specialized resources, the disaster occurred approximately 50 miles southeast of the island of Cyprus. It is in this area that work is now being carried out to search and recover debris.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The DoD pays out some compensation and everyone moves on.

Because we are such nice obedient dogs to the US, we didn't even get that much. Just a "sincere apology" for dropping helicopter parts on elementary school students.

When a marine murdered a local, all that happened was a temporary ban on occupying military being allowed to drink alcohol. Which didn't work anyway.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Damn. If you're unlucky enough to have some crazy shit like that happen where clearly the military is at fault I feel like you gotta at least get some sort of small settlement. Like a "we'll pay for the medical bills related to injuries for life and here's $100K to say sorry and also to not talk about this in the media" or something. I actually don't know how common payouts from the DoD to completely unrelated bystander citizens is. I have to imagine they make payments somewhat frequently though just because the DoD budget is an infinite pit and it's easy to pay people and they won't talk shit.