And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Been there, done that from every position except the pilot. A/C, deck crew, HCO, OOD. Even rescue when one decided to try to swim. Those particular birds put out one helluva electric charge too - watched a guys hook the grounding cable wrong and get knocked TF out and smoldering a bit. -Brewer96
Coming in carefully!
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ReplyDeleteActually MH-53E Sea Dragon, BuNo 164769 (msn 65612). Active at NAS Norfolk, VA with HM-14 "Vanguard" coded BJ-546.
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DeleteBeen there, done that from every position except the pilot. A/C, deck crew, HCO, OOD. Even rescue when one decided to try to swim. Those particular birds put out one helluva electric charge too - watched a guys hook the grounding cable wrong and get knocked TF out and smoldering a bit. -Brewer96
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