This is honestly just devastating. 27 is way too young to go, and reading that 1st Lt Key was apparently trying to help a fellow soldier just makes the whole thing even more of a tragedy. You really have to feel for his family in Richmond right now, and I am still holding out hope that they find the second soldier soon so that family can at least have some closure too. It is such a heavy loss for his unit and everyone out there in Morocco, just a heartbreaking accident.
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ThePaddleman19 hr ago
+47
Yeah. It is a tragedy. As soon as I heard it, I looked into the geology of the cliffs - very much like SAnd or Lookout moutains in Alabama or Cumberland and Waldens Ridge in TN.... Flat sandstone layer over limestone. The limestone gets dissolved away by the ocean leaving an overhang of sandstone, that breaks off eventually making jagged rocks at the bottom and a cauldron of water underneath the overhang with no good exit. I knew they were gone when I learned the geology. It sucks. It's not right. But it is the nature of the geology there.
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ViolettaQueso18 hr ago
+106
Those in charge of our military have been utterly silent about this.
It’s horrific.
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RomanSkies17 hr ago
+32
My BIL is over there and told the family about this. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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Salty_QC20 hr ago
+29
Accidental deaths should be unacceptable. The rigor of acceptance should deter this. Although slipping off a cliff into rough seas along a jagged coast is an unexpected risk for Army.
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SmallRocks11 hr ago
+11
Accidental deaths during training are already unacceptable. Accidental deaths during off duty liberty can be unavoidable sadly. I’m a veteran myself and I can tell you from first hand experience that the military tries its damndest to prevent off duty mishaps. I’ve lost count of every safety brief and piles of paperwork I had to endure and submit before weekends, holidays, and taking leave. Sadly, shit happens and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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ChipAndPutt20 hr ago
+16
I suppose all of the soldiers from the other countries participating in the exercise should have stayed home too?
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dancingbananas2520 hr ago
+5
I get it, but this isn't the place to be saying that. A family is grieving the loss of their son, who died far too young.
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Standard-Image-882620 hr ago
-20
but it will keep happening and more will come. where else to say it?
the family didn't deserve this and neither did the kid. stop the wars!!!
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Thu6619 hr ago
+14
This was an exercise with allied countries not a war…
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Standard-Image-882619 hr ago
-16
what do you think the point of the exercises are? it's all violence
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Thu6619 hr ago
+1
Um, well it would be mutual defense since it’s NATO exercises. Countries need militaries. You do understand they aren’t actually fighting anyone it’s just training right
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Random_Words_182719 hr ago
-9
Training to fight for US imperialism.
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Thu6618 hr ago
-4
Sounds awesome
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Random_Words_182718 hr ago
-9
Okay chud
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Stambro119 hr ago
-102
Wow, it’s like the US Government doesn’t want us to know the actual damage that Iran has done to its over seas stations!?! But they wouldn’t lie to the people about this stupid ass war that Drumpf got us into for no reason?!?!
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quiplaam19 hr ago
+59
Look up where Morocco is on a map
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Due_Warthog72519 hr ago
-57
Depends moving assets around is like 80% of army time
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quiplaam19 hr ago
+24
They also could have read the first line of the article
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