( CNN ) -- The Facebook page of the USS Mesa Verde was filled with dozens of well-wishes and thanks to God on Tuesday , a day after 25 Marines and U.S. Navy sailors survived the crash of a Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter as it tried to land on the amphibious transport dock in the open sea . `` THANK YOU GOD ! ! ! FOR THE MIRACLE AT SEA ! ! ! '' Audie Mangola wrote on the ship 's Facebook page . `` It is great news that they are all ok . I guess my grandson will have a tale to tell when he gets home ! '' Annie Stephens wrote in a post . It 's `` an absolute blessing '' that everyone survived , U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Joe Hontz told Stars and Stripes . `` The team on the Mesa Verde and everyone else came together and saved 25 people . '' There were minor injuries in the crash , but all were treated aboard the Mesa Verde , the Navy said in a statement . Seventeen Marines and eight Navy sailors were aboard the 16-ton Super Stallion copter , which was part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit . It fell into the Gulf of Aden as it was taking troops back to the Mesa Verde after a training exercise in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa , the Navy said . The crash was not related to any hostile activity , the Navy said . Both Marine and Navy officials were investigating .
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