I had a couple of p-3 IPs in primary tell me exactly that just prior to selection.phrogpilot73 said:Who is really going to say "I hate what I fly" - No one.
ChuckMK23 said:OK OK let bevo have his time in the sun. HH60H - you are right, he may not have had the end all be all but I'm sure their squadron is thrilled that they were allowed to make a contribution and leverage their training and equipment.
How many first tour helo guys get to see real combat anymore? This is a huge win for us and hopefully it means a culture shift in the Navy Helicopter Community to aggressively pursuing high risk combat operations.
ChuckMK23 said:Now lets see guys like bevo and HH60H get written up for the personal awards and decorations that are due - and compete with the Strike/tacAir community on Air Medals, awards for valor, etc. More DFC's on the chest of Navy helo drivers would be a good thing!!
Lets go get 'em!
You don't think we didn't get some of that love from the hajjis up at Al Asad? At least you guys had comfort trailers in TQ... Nothin' but Porta-Johns for us!Q-ball said:Phrog73, I spent 6 months in the sh**hole called TQ. It was really fun dodging the rockets the Iraqis kept launching at us.
Trust me on this one - you got to learn when Hajji came to clean the porta johns. If you were on days, you held it until you got up the hill to work (it would be relatively clean, especially if you knew the schedule, and not too hot when you got there), and if you were on nights, you held it until just before you went to bed (again, somewhat clean, and not so hot). Funny thing was, first time I went to Al Qaim, didn't know they had comfort trailers and dropped a deuce in the worst porta john in my life. Next morning realized, and quickly tracked down a Stars & Stripes to make life complete!Q-ball said:Gotta love the comfort trailers, when they worked. It sure beat dropping a deuce in a 150 degree porta-john, choking to death on the stench.