Author: Michael

Search and rescue forces were fighting mountainous terrain and cloudy weather to reach the site where a Navy EA-18G Growler crashed Tuesday during a training flight. The two-man crew of the plane remained missing as searchers that included Navy, Army, and civilian planes and helicopters — including Navy spy planes and submarine hunters — spotted the crash Wednesday afternoon on a mountain near Mount Rainier in Washington Tuesday.

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Infrastructure failure is inevitable. National defense missions rely upon infrastructure — such as water, electricity, communications, and logistics — and those systems are guaranteed to fail under sufficient stress. Hazards range from weather, cyber attack, equipment faults, assault, disinformation, and curious animals. When infrastructure fails, mission systems and personnel will scramble to adapt — especially during critical activities, such as a mobility surge. At the same time, infrastructure operators will rush to recover their systems.

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