CH-53.On 25 March a civilian mariner Mariner Any of a series of unmanned U.S. space probes sent near Venus, Mars, and Mercury. Mariners 2 (1962) and 5 (1967) passed Venus within 22,000 mi (35,000 km) and 2,500 mi (4,000 km), respectively, and made measurements of temperature and atmospheric density. ran his sailing vessel, Jenny Gordon, aground a·ground adv. & adj. 1. Onto or on a shore, reef, or the bottom of a body of water: a ship that ran aground; a ship aground offshore. 2. off the coast of Eritrea, Africa. NAVCENT NAVCENT Navy Component, Central Command NAVCENT Navy Forces Central Command coordinated a rescue effort with JTF-HOA JTF-HOA Joint Task Force Horn of Africa , which tasked two Marine Corps CH-53 helicopters based in Djibouti, with Air Force rescue personnel aboard, to assist with the search and rescue operation. The vessel's master, a U.S. citizen, was transported to shore by a local fisherman and then hoisted into one of the CH-53s. He was taken to the U.S. Embassy in Dijbouti and reported to be in good condition. |
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