[Timshel]

And as a bit of context it's mentionned at the end that:

>It was the Marines’ third aviation crash in six weeks, following the August crash of an F/A-18D Hornet in southern California, which killed its pilot, and an MV-22 Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines.

[konschubert]

But I don’t think THIS dude flew all these planes?

[crossroadsguy]

You mean, could he be from among the three plus one who died in previous crashes? Seriously doubt it.

[maronato]

No, but 3 crashes in 6 weeks looks bad, and he was the only one that survived. That makes him a prime candidate for under-the-bus throwing by leadership.

[mmsc]

It would have stated "the Marine's" (singular third-person) in that case, not the plural third-person "the Marines'".