Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith and Navy Corpsman Benjamin Rast were killed, on accident, by a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. Air Force Predator in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The two were were part of a Marine unit moving to south Afghanistan to reinforce other U.S. Marines under attack from enemy forces. The Marines who called for the reinforcement were watching a video of the battlefield and mistook the two soldiers for enemies when a number of "hot spots," or infrared images were moving in their direction. The U.S. military is investigating the incident and have informed the families of both service members the possibility this was a friendly fire incident. Read more.
Posted by Christine Steinbeiss
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