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.
Pretty sure their commander would flip right the fuck out. Unless they were rescuing a downed choppah crew. I would give some ones right nut for a ride on the landing gear.
For a real life example, see the video “When Marines Rode on an Apache to Save a Comrade - Operation Glacier 2007” on the YouTube channel “the operations room”.
I was a door gunner on a Huey gunship in South Vietnam and we had ground troops get lifted out on the skids. I also stood on the skids while firing under the tail boom. I never used a seatbelt in the two tours that I was there. Miss it every day!
Practicing for an emergency extraction.
ReplyDeletePretty sure their commander would flip right the fuck out. Unless they were rescuing a downed choppah crew.
ReplyDeleteI would give some ones right nut for a ride on the landing gear.
For a real life example, see the video “When Marines Rode on an Apache to Save a Comrade - Operation Glacier 2007” on the YouTube channel “the operations room”.
ReplyDeleteDangerous and uncomfortable but a potential life saver.
ReplyDeleteI was a door gunner on a Huey gunship in South Vietnam and we had ground troops get lifted out on the skids. I also stood on the skids while firing under the tail boom. I never used a seatbelt in the two tours that I was there. Miss it every day!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an E ticket ride, to me!
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