Search and Rescue Underway for 7 Marines & 4 Soldiers Missing After Army Helicopter Crashes During a Night Training Exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle (Update: Debris Found, Presumed Dead)

There is a search and rescue missing taking place after an Army helicopter crashed last night during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle. According to Andy Bourland, spokesman for Eglin Air Force Base, the Army National Guard helicopter,  a UH-60 Black Hawk, was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and search-and-rescue crews found debris around 2 AM. There were two helicopters involved in the training mission, one returned without incident. The Marines were part of a special operations group based at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and the soldiers were from a Hammond, Louisiana-based National Guard unit. Sadly, this does not look good. Although a search and rescue mission is underway, it appears that all may have died.

Seven Marines and four soldiers were missing early Wednesday after an Army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.

The area where the crash happened Tuesday night was under a fog advisory. The area was still extremely foggy Wednesday morning, Eglin public affairs specialist Sara Vidoni said.

FOX News:

Search crews in the Florida Panhandle struggled with dense fog Wednesday morning as they tried to find seven Marines and four soldiers missing after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed late Tuesday night during a routine training exercise.

The Army National Guard helicopter– a UH-60 Black Hawk– was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and search-and-rescue crews found debris around 2 a.m., said Andy Bourland, spokesman for Eglin Air Force Base, outside Pensacola.

“At this time all are missing,” Bourland said. A military official said the 11 service members are presumed dead.

Bourland told “Fox & Friends” that debris was found near the Navarre Bridge, which is located on a small strip of land between Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

UPDATE I: 7 Marines, 4 Soldiers Presumed Dead After Helicopter Crash in Florida.

Seven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead this morning after going missing Tuesday when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a routine night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, base officials said

The helicopter was reported missing at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and debris was located at about 2 a.m., base officials said in a statement.

Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Andy Bourland told ABC News that it’s unknown whether weather played a factor.

“There was fog. I do not know at this time if it was a contributing factor, but when our search-and-rescue personnel arrived on scene there was very limited visibility,” he said.

UPDATE II: We have been able to confirm these were MARSOC Marines on board the Blackhawk that crashed.

We have been able to confirm these were MARSOC Marines on board the Blackhawk that crashed, but MARSOC spokesmen Capt. Barry Morris said they are not releasing the names of those on board yet.

There was some debris found around 2:30 Wednesday morning, but none of the seven missing marines or four Louisiana-based missing soldiers have been found.

Hillary Clinton Bombs in Email-Gate Presser … ‘Opted for Convenience’ … Will Not Allow Independent Commission to Examine All of the Emails or Server

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT PRIVATE DELETED EMAIL IS …

Hillary Clinton underwhelms during presser on Email-gate. Her prepared statements spin was one thing. Her Q & A was a disaster. If she thought she was going to put out the fire created by this controversy, she might want to think again. During her press conference she admitted to deleting person emails. Really, who is to say they were person, Hillary? Why should we be surprised? This is what it was like during the 8 years of the Bill Clinton presidency, one set of rules for us and a second set for the Clinton’s. So Hillary not only uses a private email account, by a private server as well. All this while she told members of the State Department to use government email. Same old Clinton games.

“When I got to work as secretary of State, I opted for convenience to use my personal email account, which was allowed by the State Department, because I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two,” she said, referring to the use of one mobile phone to check her email. “Looking back, it would have been better if I’d simply used a second email account and carried a second phone, but at the time, this didn’t seem like an issue.”

Clinton spoke at a highly anticipated Tuesday press conference that clocked in at just under 21 minutes, after keynoting a Women’s Empowerment Principles event at the United Nations in New York. The room she spoke in resembled a mosh pit, with dozens of reporters, along with 20-some cameras, packed inside. The former secretary of State appeared undaunted by the barrage of questions throughout the press conference. She opened with comments about the Clinton Foundation’s work to advance women’s rights, a nod to her preceding speech and a thinly veiled suggestion to the press to focus on something other than her emails.

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After reviewing which emails to send to State, Clinton said she deleted personal correspondence, which her office says totaled 31,830 messages—more than half of the total emails she sent or received during her time as secretary of State. “I chose not to keep my private, personal emails—emails about planning Chelsea’s wedding or my mother’s funeral arrangements, condolence notes to friends, as well as yoga routines, family vacations—the other things you typically find in inboxes. No one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy.”

The HUFFPO has 13 questions for Hillary Clinton.

UPDATE I: She acknowledges deleting thousands of personal emails in her first remarks on the controversy.

Yet in an act of defiance certain to stoke a new round of questioning, Clinton said she had no intention of turning over any of the approximately 30,000 emails she deemed “personal” for the sake of her family’s “privacy” — exchanges she said included planning for her daughter Chelsea’s wedding and her mother’s funeral, correspondence with her husband and her yoga schedule.

“Going through the emails, there were over 60,000 in total, sent and received. About half were work-related and went to the State Department, and about half were personal,” said Clinton. “I had no reason to save them, but that was my decision.

“For any government employee, it is that government employee’s responsibility to determine what is personal and what is work-related.”

When a reporter asked Clinton if she planned to allow an independent commission to examine all of the emails on her personal server, she responded with a flat — no way.

“The server contains personal communications from my husband and me,” Clinton said of the system, which was originally set up to handle Bill Clinton’s post-presidential correspondence. “And the server will remain private.”

17 Year Old Mackenzie Dodd Missing Since 3/4/15 in East Ridge, TN

17 year old Mackenzie Dodd has been missing since Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in East Ridge, TN. She has a medical history and may be in need of medication and is believed by authorities to be voluntarily missing from the home. Police describe Dodd as 5’5″, 140 lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes. She may have a purple streak in her hair.

Missing – Mackenzie Dodd

The East Ridge Police Department is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Mackenzie Dodd. She is 17 and was reported missing/endangered from East Ridge last Wednesday.

She is 5’5”, 140 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She may have a purple streak in her hair. She has a medical history and may be in need of medication. She is believed to be voluntarily missing from the home.

If anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of  Mackenzie Dodd is urged to contact the East Ridge Police Department at 423 867-3720, or the confidential tip line, 423 867-0016.

23 Year Old Taylor Roden Missing Since 3/7/15 in Lafayette, Indiana (Update: Found Safe)

23 year old Taylor Roden has been missing since Saturday, March 7, 2015 in Lafayette, Indiana. Taylor Roden was last seen on Saturday  at 12:30pm in Lafayette. Her cellphone was found in a gas station bathroom in Mishawaka. Roden is 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She has red hair and blue eyes. According to Tippecanoe County sheriff’s Detective Bob Goldsmith, a video from the Mishawaka gas station is supposed to show Roden leaving with a man and a woman.

Pic – Facebook: Tippecanoe County Project Safe Neighborhoods

Roden, 23, was last seen Saturday. Her cellphone was found in a gas station bathroom in Mishawaka, and her parents have filed a missing person’s report on Monday.

Tippecanoe County sheriff’s Detective Bob Goldsmith said video from the Mishawaka gas station is supposed to show Roden leaving with a man and a woman. He plans to drive to the northern Indiana city this week to see the video.

Goldsmith said Roden does not appear to be coerced or forced into the car, and during a telephone interview with the clerk who was working, didn’t indicate that she appeared fearful.

But no one — family or friends — has heard from Roden since Saturday.

If anyone has any  information regarding the whereabouts of Taylor Roden is asked to call WeTip Hotline at 800-782-7163 or the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office at 765-423-9388.

UPDATE I: Taylor Roden Found Safe in Northern Indiana.

Tippecanoe County sheriff’s Det. Bob Goldsmith said Thursday he spoke face-to-face with Roden, who was last seen around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

“She doesn’t appear to be in harm’s way,” he said, noting that the missing-person case filed Monday by Roden’s parents is now closed.

Roden is in northern Indiana and chose to stay there for now, Goldsmith said.

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