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Sub incident

There is no mention of the US Military involvement in this mission. I was stationed at Camp Stanley and we were tasked with sending two Blackhawks to the site along with several OH-58's. I was on station for 45 days while each of the commandos were found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.48.90.147 (talk) 20:32, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Give us a clue please. Which "sub incident" are you asking about? Alansplodge (talk) 20:40, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

But whatever the incident was, a Wikipedia article may mention US military involvement only if there are reliable published sources which do so. Personal recollections and unpublished documents are not acceptable, because a reader coming along in a month or a year or ten years will have no way to verify that what is in the article is correct. --ColinFine (talk) 23:23, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

However, sometimes a note like this on the article's talk page can prompt somebody to look for a reference, which is what I may do if we are ever told what it's all about. Alansplodge (talk) 00:52, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Possibly the incident is this recent (2013-08-14) event: List of submarine incidents since 2000#INS Sindhurakshak explosion and sinking. Also INS Sindhurakshak (S63)#Explosion and sinking (2013). Mitch Ames (talk) 07:17, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

According to our Camp Stanley article, aviation facilities at the base were withdrawn in 2005. Alansplodge (talk) 09:18, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

The OP mentions a time span of 45 days. That incident was barely 2 days ago. Dismas|^(talk) 14:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

A wild guess it could be 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident. MilborneOne (talk) 17:38, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

(EC) In addition to all the above, it makes little sense for a US base located in South Korea to be involved in assisting in a submarine sinking off Mumbai, I'm pretty sure a Black Hawk won't even make it one way, let alone an OH-58. I'm not sure what's the closest base with aviation facilities but one of the Afghanistan or West Asian bases may be a good bet or may be some thing in Thailand or Diego Garcia; and either way if the US is too far away, they just won't be able to help, it seems unlikely there was much they could do anyway. From the scant details, perhaps the OP is referring to the 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident? In that case, the commandos being referred must be the North Korean ones most of who were killed after a 49 day manhunt, one being captured and the other escaping. Nil Einne (talk) 17:43, 18 August 2013 (UTC)