Military Personnel Save 1,100 Stunned Sea Turtles from Frigid Texas Waters

[rangerrebew]

Military Personnel Save 1,100 Stunned Sea Turtles from Frigid Texas Waters
 
19 Feb 2021
Military.com | By Gina Harkins

Service members have been helping their neighbors through a crisis in Texas this week -- and that included hundreds of reptiles who were left helplessly bobbing in cold water after unusually freezing weather crippled the state.

Navy Capt. Christopher Jason, the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, was assessing problems on base caused by a rare winter storm when he and Command Master Chief Eric Kinnaman were told that wildlife on the waterfront was struggling. An Army veteran had saved a couple of birds when he noticed a few sea turtles floating listlessly in the waves.

The reptiles were cold-stunned, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Russell Grizzard said. He's one of three Coast Guard rescue swimmers who later dove into the near-freezing water to find the turtles and bring them to safety as Texas experiences devastatingly cold temperatures.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/19/military-personnel-save-1100-stunned-sea-turtles-frigid-texas-waters.html

[rangerrebew]

Wow!  the military can tell us how many sea turtles they rescued but not how many PEOPLE have been booted for white supremacist activity?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Seems a waste of military resources compared to assisting people who were suffering and dying during the same time.

[PeteS in CA]

Seems a waste of military resources compared to assisting people who were suffering and dying during the same time.

It was not an official military action, they volunteered:

By Friday morning, the volunteers had saved more than 1,100 sea turtles. That was even as the winter storms left many of the volunteers without power or water, problems that have plagued Texas communities this week.

"It was amazing, just the energy," Jason said. "... Everybody forgot about their struggles at home and just helped out."

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It was not an official military action, they volunteered:

I understand.  Doesn't diminish the point that military members who could have assisted people suffering or dying were tasked elsewhere, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

The US military is an awesome resource that can deploy quickly and efficiently for virtually anything.