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orangecrush

(30,402 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:24 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP
Many thanks for posting, crush Leghorn21 Saturday #1
Thanks for your post orangecrush Saturday #2
Kick dalton99a Saturday #3
Thanks orangecrush Saturday #4
praying for the pilot rampartd 23 hrs ago #5
Thanks orangecrush 16 hrs ago #7
He was rescued successfully by US SOF's and they are out of Iranian territory with no US casualties, MarineCombatEngineer 22 hrs ago #6
Thanks for the update orangecrush 16 hrs ago #8

Leghorn21

(14,093 posts)
1. Many thanks for posting, crush
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:01 PM
Saturday

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

Have mercy 🙏

rampartd

(4,648 posts)
5. praying for the pilot
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:46 AM
23 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
22 hrs ago

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

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