The sea is not going to calm down. The only thing this training mission accomplished was to realize nature is a powerful force.

There should have been a deployment of boats in the water along with the training mission.

A search vessel cruises the waters off the beach at Haleiwa, Hawaii, Friday, 
Jan. 15, 2016. Two Marine helicopters carrying 12 crew members collided off \
the island of Oahu during a nighttime training mission, and rescuers are 
searching a debris field in choppy waters, military officials said. (AP 
Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

January 20, 2016
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Marina Riker

Officials Tuesday (click here) suspended their massive search for 12 Marines who were aboard two helicopters that crashed off Hawaii last week.

The around-the-clock effort failed to locate any sign of the 12 service members despite five days of searching by several agencies.

Officials said at a late afternoon news conference that the search would be suspended at sundown and the Marine Corps would transition to "recovery and salvage" efforts. A memorial is tentatively planned for Friday at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.

"The decision to suspend the search without finding survivors is particularly difficult," said Capt. James Jenkins, chief of staff and acting commander of the Coast Guard 14th District in Honolulu.

The search began late Thursday when a civilian on a beach reported seeing the helicopters flying and then a fireball....