{"id":64159,"date":"2016-02-03T08:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64159"},"modified":"2016-02-03T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:55:19","slug":"commanders-firing-preceded-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64159","title":{"rendered":"Commander’s firing preceded helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Associated Press<\/a>, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Pavelka was fired from his job as commander of the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 on January 11, 2016. He was relieved of his duties by Brigadier General Russell Sanborn, commander of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing because the general had “lost confidence” in Pavelka’s leadership. Three days later on January 14th, two helicopters from the squadron crashed and 12 Marines were lost off the coast of Oahu.<\/p>\n

Pavelka was replaced by Lt. Col. Eric Purcell, who spoke at a Jan. 22 memorial for the Marines.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The two helicopters crashed off Oahu’s north shore shortly before midnight. Rescue crews spotted debris 2 1\/2 miles off of Oahu hours later. The five-day search spanned from the western coast of Oahu to the northeast corner of the island.<\/p>\n

All four life rafts from the helicopters were found but they were empty. There was no indication anyone had been on any of the rafts, based on their condition and the lack of any personal effects, the Coast Guard said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Marine Corps Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A Marine official familiar with Pavelka’s removal told Marine Corps Times that the commander was “not able to maintain material readiness standards … for optimal use of manpower, material, facilities and funding.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is going to be a long and ugly investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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