"Family Mourns Marine's Tragic Death in California Helicopter Crash"

The uncle of Captain Benjamin Moulton, one of the five Marines killed in a California helicopter crash, criticized the decision to proceed with the training mission during a rare winter storm, calling it a "stupid mistake." He expressed disbelief at the decision to fly in hurricane-force winds without defrosters on the helicopters, and urged that the mission could have been postponed. The crash is under investigation as families seek answers, and relatives of the fallen Marines are calling for a reevaluation of military practices to prevent similar tragedies.