Five people feared killed in US Army Black Hawk helicopter crash off Oahu, Hawaii
August 16, 2017
The US Coast Guard is searching for five people who were on board the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that went down in the Pacific Ocean west of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Wheeler Army Airfield reported losing contact with the helicopter late Tuesday night, but the Coast Guard just acknowledged the search-and-rescue effort on Wednesday morning.
Debris was spotted about 2 miles (3 kilometers) west of Kaena Point, Oahu, around 11:30 pm local time on Tuesday (0930 GMT).
Multiple ships and aircraft are taking part in the operation, which also involves the Army and the Honolulu Fire Department.
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Scandals have prompted calls for more oversight of Special Operations Command.
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Over the past several years, America’s special operations forces have been rocked by a string of scandals drug trafficking, murder and multiple
investigations involving war crimes. As the cultural chaos unfolded, top civilian Pentagon officials moved to exert more control over America’s most elite military units.
But now, the academic arm of the military command that directly oversees those troops is quietly conducting a study that critics say is designed to help fend off additional efforts to increase civilian oversight of the community.
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Col. Curtis Kellogg, a 1998 graduate of Lock Haven University, gives a speech.
LOCK HAVEN Lock Haven Eagles soared, both current and former, Friday afternoon with the annual Rebecca Gross Awards Ceremony at Lock Haven University. Over Zoom, Dr. Matthew Girton hosted the special event that brought communication students and faculty together to honor a select few gracious awardees.
The ceremony started off with the awarding of the Hybels Award which is given out to one selected freshman, sophomore and junior that are deemed as outstanding based upon GPA and outside activities, said Girton. The winners of the award from freshman to junior were: Lizabeth Kasmer of Glenside, Caprice Bischof of Lock Haven and Cassandra Keller of Pottstown.
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Human rights groups are urging the United Nations to review its links with Bangladesh’s armed forces in light of a TV news documentary alleging corruption by senior government officials, including the Bangladeshi army chief who is set to visit U.N. Headquarters this week.
The joint call from Human Rights Watch and six other rights advocacy groups came as more media outlets in the South Asian nation pressed the government to explain allegations in an Al Jazeera documentary that linked Bangladesh Army chief Gen. Aziz Ahmed to corrupt deals.
“Discussions about increasing Bangladeshi troop deployments in U.N. missions should be put on hold pending the results of the U.N.’s comprehensive review of its ties with the military,” the rights groups said in a statement issued Friday.
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