Action News Jax followed about a dozen local corpsmen Friday, as they completed their Tactical Combat Casualty Care training -- An exercise designed to prepare them to save lives under fire.
on the company's work on the pipeline directly to us, we might be okay with that. before it was a hard fast no don't do it. maybe there is hope. doctor rebecca grant i always thank you for breaking down these complicated issues, thank you very much for your expertise. >> thank you. >> the u.s. marines are identifying two corpsmen who were killed in a military truck that happened on north carolina highway. lance corporal jonathan of lawrenceville, georgia there on the left, atrial private first class zachary of kingwood west virginia. they both died at the scene of the crash that happened on wednesday. had happened near camp where they were stationed at investigator said they were in a truck that lost control, overturned and then ejected at least 17 people while the truck was trying to merge onto a highway. north carolina governor ray cooper tweeting we sent our deepest condolences to the family and friends of u.s. marines who lost their lives and they tragic accident
international airport, killing 11 marines, one navy -- if i was obama i would say corpse men, he's an idiot. corpsmen. one soldier, 18 other u.s. troops were injured in the blast, the fallen heroes range in age from 20 to 31 years old. please join me for a moment remembering those souls and honoring their sacrifice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
international airport, killing 11 marines, one navy -- if i was obama i would say corpse men, he's an idiot. corpsmen. one soldier, 18 other u.s. troops were injured in the blast, the fallen heroes range in age from 20 to 31 years old. please join me for a moment remembering those souls and honoring their sacrifice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
navy, if i was obama i would say corpses man, sheehan he is an idiot, corpsmen. the fallen heroes range in age from 20 to 31 years old, join me in a moment, remembering their souls and honoring their sacrifice. ♪ ♪ ♪
A fifth Navy corpsman has been charged in connection to the death and alleged cover-up of another corpsman on a Southern California military base. A corpsman is a type of medic.
five aircraft that happened to be on the ground. we had actually 20 aircraft in support rolls in the air. c-17s on stand by in case anything went wrong. the plan leading up was fairly detailed and complicated. but you do that so that the execution can go as smoothly as it did that night. >> bill: kabul fell august 15th, a sunday as you know. our marines and soldiers and navy corpsmen were blown up on the 19th. were you on the airport on and around that day or did you come later? >> we were there. we were there from the beginning. we had -- by the time it was over 80 c-17s were committed to evacuation operations. many of us were there at that time. i happened to be in kabul that
men but women and children, including some very young children. today, the commanding general for all u.s. forces in central command, the cent-com commander, general frank mackenzie, confirmed the toll among u.s. service members. and in so doing, he is a reserved commanding officer and speaks in reserved, but in confirming the toll today and briefing the pentagon press corps about what happened. he spoke at one point quietly and in sort of unexpectedly human terms. about the actual work that the corpsmen and marines were doing today when they were killed in the line of duty. he talked about the inherently dangerous nature of the actual person-by-person, hour-by-hour work of what it really means on the ground to run this evacuation airlift. the closeness. the hands-on proximity of what they have been doing.
corps about what happened. he spoke at one point quietly and in sort of unexpectedly human terms. about the actual work that the . corpsmen and marines were doingd today when they were killed in the line of duty. he talked about the inherently dangerous nature of the actual t person-by-person, hour-by-hour work of what it really means on the ground to run this evacuation airlift. the closeness. the hands-on proximity of what they have been doing. p >> taking a moment to describe the heroism that our marines, soldiers, and sailors are , exhibiting as they screen the people who are coming onto the airfield.he this is close-up war. the breath of the person you aru searching is upon you. while we have over-watch in place, we still have to touch the clothes of the person that's coming in. i think you all can appreciate the courage and the dedication that is necessary to do this job. and to do it time after time. please remember that we have