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rsdsharp

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13. Although I'm not fluent in gibberish, it appears they know someone is dead,

Reply to sop (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:04 PM

Mar 7

and they think it’s Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marian, but for some reason they’re not sure. Apparently they couldn’t use dog tags or other normal means to identify him, and are looking to the medical examiner to make the identification — perhaps through finger prints, dental records or DNA.

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This is an actual Pentagon press release. "An Army believed to be casualty...the believed to be death" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 OP

OMG! I had to check. Unbelievable. -eom vanessa_ca Mar 7 #1

Fuck trump. mercuryblues Mar 7 #2

What is a believed to be death? SSJVegeta Mar 7 #3

pending confirmation of ID by the ME... WarGamer Mar 7 #25

The callous incompetence is digusting UpInArms Mar 7 #4

Be Best. chowder66 Mar 7 #5

Don't they use the term "MIA" (missing in action) if they're not sure a servicemember is KIA (killed in action)? sop Mar 7 #6

Although I'm not fluent in gibberish, it appears they know someone is dead, rsdsharp Mar 7 #13

I've seen better instructions come with a toaster leftstreet Mar 7 #7

Was this press released compiled by an inferior version of AI? Baitball Blogger Mar 7 #8

I think you may be on to something here. It really could be AI generated gibberish. flashman13 Mar 7 #14

They're using AI to write death announcements Johnny2X2X Mar 7 #15

They are so incompetent! surfered Mar 7 #9

Every last one of them. LoisB Mar 7 #21

Problem can probably be fixed by a new $1.5 trillion defense budget dalton99a Mar 7 #10

I think they are trying to dance around the fact that there is very little of rzemanfl Mar 7 #11

This is an accurate reflection of their level of respect. nt Maru Kitteh Mar 7 #12

Yes. LudwigPastorius Mar 7 #16

Used to be the "Oxford comma". Now it's just "Slop words and punctuations" erronis Mar 7 #17

54 year old reservest ffs nt hibbing Mar 7 #18

I would bet two month's rent AI generated that headline. pat_k Mar 7 #19

How recently madamesilverspurs Mar 7 #20

Someone has been drinking with the boss Bev54 Mar 7 #22

"We found somebody not alive, cause of death unknown, possibly a service member?" Buddyzbuddy Mar 7 #23

WTF????????????????????? AverageOldGuy Mar 7 #24

This makes no sense MustLoveBeagles Mar 7 #26