Marching to the grave

BRAVE

New Member
Last month(april), a Nigerian naval helicopter crashed near Owerri airport killing three naval personnel.The naval authorities showed concern in the usual way by telling us the men were on national assignment and that they died as heroes.What happens to their families and loved ones?

Accusing fingers are being pointed everywhere causing a lot of confusion.Some say the airport didn't have night landing facilities

Now such things happen but the sad thing is that many are avoidable.
In many developing countries and even in the developed ones,military personnel face a lot of avoidable risks.And the amazing thing is that orders from above must not be disobeyed.Now ,I think if there is any good reason for a soldier to die ,it should be death on the battlefield

How do we safeguard the lives of these individuals who have chosen to defend the sovereignty of their country.
 
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Aussie Digger

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Last month(april), a Nigerian naval helicopter crashed near Owerri airport killing three naval personnel.The naval authorities showed concern in the usual way by telling us the men were on national assignment and that they died as heroes.What happens to their families and loved ones?

Accusing fingers are being pointed everywhere causing a lot of confusion.Some say the airport didn't have night landing facilities

Now such things happen but the sad thing is that many are avoidable.
In many developing countries and even in the developed ones,military personnel face a lot of avoidable risks.And the amazing thing is that orders from above must not be disobeyed.Now ,I think if there is any good reason for a soldier to die ,it should be death on the battlefield

How do we safeguard the lives of these individuals who have chosen to defend the sovereignty of their country.
It's a VERY tough issue mate. More Australian soldiers have died since we fought in Vietnam through training accidents than through enemy action...

The fact of the matter is, that military service is dangerous even when not engaged in combat. It is the "nature of the beast" so to speak and little can be done to totally safeguard it.

My condolences to the families of those who passed away.

Regards

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eckherl

The Bunker Group
Verified Defense Pro
The best action and course that you can take is being proactive with as much safety as feasable and everyone has to play their part, its really a hard pill to swallow when you lose a soldier in peace time but just like Aussie Digger stated this is a very dangerous profession to be in including peace time, and on accasion things will and do go wrong. The key is learning from those mistakes so that hopefully they will not happen again.
 

Tasman

Ship Watcher
Verified Defense Pro
The nature of military operations requires that equipment is used to its limits. In the case of aircraft and helicopters they sometimes have to be flown to the limits of their performance envelope and in times of war or natural disaster they may have to be flown when in peacetime they would have been grounded for maintenance, etc. It is a sad fact that servicemen and women often make the supreme sacrifice in peacetime as well as during war. As eckherl said we need to try and learn from these disasters to try and prevent or at least reduce the chance of them happening again. As an example, the recent crash of a Blackhawk helo operating from an Australian amphibious ship off Fiji is being thoroughly investigated with that in mind.

Cheers
 
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