Rep. Jones Sets the Record Straight on the Cause of the April 8, 2000, MV-22 Osprey Crash

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14 Marines from my company, India Company 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, died in that crash. 7 from my platoon, one of which was my roommate, Jorge Morin. If I didn't break my leg 3 month's beforehand, I wouldn't be commenting on this video. I miss them daily.

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Walter Jones is engaging in revisionist history. The fact is that if any other rotary winged platform was flown by Brow and Gruber in the same manner as they flew the MV-22 that night, the results would have been the same. Brow and Gruber; himself an experienced rotary winged pilot, engaged in flagrant violations of NATOPS, the 800/40 rule, basic airmanship and lost situational awareness. They committed several errors resulting in the deaths of 19 United States Marines. Denying that is a lie.