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rickford66

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11. A shame, President Carter's rescue mission was done in by sand.

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:46 AM

21 hrs ago

If it were successful, we wouldn't have had Reagan et al.

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Wow. The rescue of the missing airman in Iran is sounding like a truly remarkable achievement... [View all] PeaceWave 23 hrs ago OP

Congrats to the best SF in the world, MarineCombatEngineer 22 hrs ago #1

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 22 hrs ago #2

Yep, this was pounded into our heads: MarineCombatEngineer 22 hrs ago #3

My Dad was a search & rescue pilot in WW3. kerry-is-my-prez 18 hrs ago #25

The US military is a Ferrari Ex Lurker 22 hrs ago #4

This guy hiked up a ridge, despite being badly injured, in order to contact American forces... PeaceWave 22 hrs ago #5

It will be great to hear the whole story FHRRK1 22 hrs ago #6

I'll bet him and his pilot went through the SERE training, MarineCombatEngineer 22 hrs ago #7

Survive Evade Resist and Escape littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #8

Not many people know what SERE means, mostly civilians who've never been in the military, MarineCombatEngineer 22 hrs ago #9

I went through SERE pfitz59 20 hrs ago #17

"very polite alpha dogs" Skittles 20 hrs ago #19

Real alpha dogs usually are polite GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #32

most everything they say i doubt/question b/c they (trump hagbreath rubio etc) are such assholes & criminals and LIARS orleans 22 hrs ago #10

A shame, President Carter's rescue mission was done in by sand. rickford66 21 hrs ago #11

Rescue is entrenched. My dad was a battlefield medic in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He did not share KitFox 21 hrs ago #12

Yours, mine and millions upon millions of American's were part of the Greatest Generation, MarineCombatEngineer 21 hrs ago #14

I am happy for him jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #13

Two transport aircraft sent to retrieve him developed mechanical problems. So, three more aircraft were then sent in to diverdownjt 21 hrs ago #15

It's very good news. GoodRaisin 20 hrs ago #16

are you hoping we will disagree? Skittles 20 hrs ago #18

One might think so. H2O Man 20 hrs ago #20

It shouldn't have to be said fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #24

I didn't know anyone who thought it was a good idea. kerry-is-my-prez 18 hrs ago #26

come to think of it, you are correct Skittles 17 hrs ago #27

This is fantastic news! COL Mustard 20 hrs ago #21

Is it even real? I mean not performative? I believe nothing from the grifters. Especially an event like this live love laugh 20 hrs ago #22

It's real, it's been confirmed by several news outlets. MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #29

If it's real Blue Full Moon 18 hrs ago #23

It's real. MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #30

He had nothing to do with it but taking credit Blue Full Moon 11 hrs ago #31

Oh I agree, MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #33

Success means Orange Ass had nothing to do with it. PuraVidaDreamin 15 hrs ago #28