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2006-12-30 Britain

Two U.S. Sailors Killed After Falling Overboard From Nuclear Sub

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Posted by Steve White 2006-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As an old nuke submariner, it's never easy at sea or in port. Guys would die at any time. Hat's off to unknown shipmates. Rest in peace.

Posted by Almost Anonymous5839">Almost Anonymous5839 2006-12-30 01:38|| 2006-12-30 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Rest in peace.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-30 10:24|| 2006-12-30 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, rest in peace, good seamen. I imagine rough weather off the coast of Plymouth is REALLY rough this time of year too.

Posted by BA 2006-12-30 11:08|| 2006-12-30 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 RIP. My condolences and thanks to the families.

Military service is a dangerous job even in the most peaceful of times.

Posted by xbalanke 2006-12-30 15:25|| 2006-12-30 15:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes it is a dangerous profession. From Powerline -

Even in peacetime. The media's breathless tabulation of casualties in Iraq--now, over 1,800 deaths--is generally devoid of context. Here's some context: between 1983 and 1996, 18,006 American military personnel died accidentally in the service of their country. That death rate of 1,286 per year exceeds the rate of combat deaths in Iraq by a ratio of nearly two to one.

That's right: all through the years when hardly anyone was paying attention, soldiers, sailors and Marines were dying in accidents, training and otherwise, at nearly twice the rate of combat deaths in Iraq from the start of the war in 2003 to the present. Somehow, though, when there was no political hay to be made, I don't recall any great outcry, or gleeful reporting, or erecting of crosses in the President's home town. In fact, I'll offer a free six-pack to the first person who can find evidence that any liberal expressed concern--any concern--about the 18,006 American service members who died accidentally in service of their country from 1983 to 1996.

full article here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-30 17:38|| 2006-12-30 17:38|| Front Page Top

#6 God bless them and their families.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-12-30 18:23|| 2006-12-30 18:23|| Front Page Top

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