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msfiddlestix

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6. Thanks for this. That's a really strange composite of mishaps due to mechanical failures and poor

Reply to ancianita (Reply #4)

Tue May 4, 2021, 10:16 AM

May 2021

judgment it appears, on the surface. Very curious indeed. Lots of questions to be answered, but I don't expect we'll ever really know the actual facts underlying the breaches leading to what appears to be negligence and malfeasance.

Costly too in lives and "treasure".

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Marine Corps inspector general suspended amid probe into deadly AAV sinking last summer [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

Talk about failing upward exboyfil May 2021 #1

Who watches the watchers? RockRaven May 2021 #2

What is the underlying causality being probed? msfiddlestix May 2021 #3

Hope this helps. From the LA Times article. ancianita May 2021 #4

Thanks for this. That's a really strange composite of mishaps due to mechanical failures and poor msfiddlestix May 2021 #6

Goddam goofiness on the military's part, if you ask me. ancianita May 2021 #9

I agree, but you're way kinder than I am! msfiddlestix May 2021 #10

Haha ancianita May 2021 #11

Last July an AAV sank with deadly consequences. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #5

Incredible. Hard to fathom what the hell was going on with leadership msfiddlestix May 2021 #7

The Marine Corps has a Flag Grade Officer problem. PerceptionManagement May 2021 #8