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MarkMarinetoday at 3:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

Military aviators train for this, being alone behind enemy lines (look up SERE school if you’re curious, one of the craziest training courses outside of special forces) and there is a special force just for aviator recovery behind enemy lines, US AirForce Pararescue. Hopefully they’ll get the aviators back quickly, the last thing our country needs is American hostages making this ridiculous war harder to stop.


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lokartoday at 3:16 PM

Do they train for a “no quarter“ conflict where injured or surrendered combatants are killed?

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tokaitoday at 3:15 PM

Prisoner of war, not hostage.

edit: I'm baffled by the amount of downvotes pointing out the objectively correct terminology can get. Its not a matter of opinion, military personnel captured by the enemy are pow no matter their treatment. A hostage, by definition, has been abducted.

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