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orangecrush

(30,396 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:24 PM 18 hrs ago

Pilot captured? - USMC Combat Veteran thinks so. "A madman is about to take control of the military direction"

This is from a very conservative USMC Combat vet, once a member of the Marine Expeditionary Unit, the same Marines enroute to the theatre right now.

These Marines are special operations capable, including extraction of downed pilots from enemy controlled territory.

I post this in the belief that the information provided outweighs his conservative stance, which he seems to be transforming out of due to this administations continued train wreck

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Pilot captured? - USMC Combat Veteran thinks so. "A madman is about to take control of the military direction" (Original Post) orangecrush 18 hrs ago OP
Many thanks for posting, crush Leghorn21 18 hrs ago #1
Thanks for your post orangecrush 18 hrs ago #2
Kick dalton99a 18 hrs ago #3
Thanks orangecrush 17 hrs ago #4
praying for the pilot rampartd 15 hrs ago #5
Thanks orangecrush 8 hrs ago #7
He was rescued successfully by US SOF's and they are out of Iranian territory with no US casualties, MarineCombatEngineer 15 hrs ago #6
Thanks for the update orangecrush 8 hrs ago #8

Leghorn21

(14,092 posts)
1. Many thanks for posting, crush
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:01 PM
18 hrs ago

I’ve got this gentleman bookmarked, will be monitoring him closely—

Have mercy 🙏

rampartd

(4,647 posts)
5. praying for the pilot
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:46 AM
15 hrs ago

praying for the iranian people. this is an opportunity to treat this guy humanely, or his remans respectfully, a chance to prove that they are the more civilized belligerent.

praying for the crews searching over hostile territory. anything that can shoot down an f-15 can probably handle a helicopter.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,091 posts)
6. He was rescued successfully by US SOF's and they are out of Iranian territory with no US casualties,
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:12 AM
15 hrs ago

now this insane and illegal war needs to end and US Forces need to withdraw and stand down.

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