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Weak folks. Unnecessary.

It doesn't exist.

Mmmm...shrimp platter.

Nah, I should have been more specific. My search was on the MH-53J, not -53s in general.

You're talking Marine Air, right? This seems more likely to have been a 160th op. So you should take this:

My brother flew for HSC-84 up until recently, I suspect I'll hear a bit more in the coming days.

I keep hearing/reading that -53s were involved, but those were retired in 2008.

SO THAT I CAN BUY HIM A STEAK DINNER EVERY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

Nice work there Johnny Storm.

Well-played.

College GF's father loaned me his Testarossa for a weekend. That didn't suck.

I agree that they're a global entity, but they're Japanese at heart. And when it comes time to do publicity/press in a disaster situation there's a tendency to push decisions up as high on the COC as possible, which also induces a delay.

Sounds a bit like TEPCO and the nuke plant. I wonder if it's something of a cultural thing.

There's actually only 1 valid response to this...

Seriously...he asked for an apology from that lowlife? That may be the most stupid part of the whole thing and deserving of a chair upside the head. You're really going to belabor the point like that? The guy (streets guy) was wrong, everyone knew he was wrong and it looked like he kinda got put in his place. …

In Afghanistan that's considered a good day...

I hope they said hello to Charles Bronson on their way out...

Actually it was "holy fuck, that guy's got a bomb vest...RUN!"

And now Obama has his own little war.