I was wondering in the crash video why the passengers, (if there were a lot of them), did not don life jackets and jump out the door into the water since the boats were so close, to make the craft lighter and maybe it could climb enough to get on the ship(?)
Then again, maybe there were very few people on board or it would not have helped. Or maybe it's too dangerous to be in the water near a failing helicopter. I'll admit that I know nothing about procedure in these deals, just thinking out loud. It was painful to watch, I hope everyone made it out ok.
As for Ft. Benning, the way I understood it is that Navy ST divers teach divers in the other branches, because they're the best in the world. My buddy is a low-key, unassuming type and never actually said this but that is what I gleaned from it. And the job he was doing there was as a civilian employee, he was already out of the Navy.
