We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:36:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification One of the appeals of military service, especially in the combat arms, is the sense of team that develops when you train, work, and fight together and do so cohesively, with an absolute trust in your buddies. As an aside, one of the reasons the services are one of the few places left that get all knotted up about adultery is that little corrodes trust and confidence more swiftly than the knowledge that your buddy, your boss, or your subordinate is banging your spouse. Doesn't mean we don't get stupid about it, nor that it is handled consistently - but... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:36:16 -0600 First on and last off, eh John? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59010 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:46:46 -0600 V29 - The visual from that story is daunting. Yowza! Just makes me very glad for the Nth time that you and Bill could pull off these maneuvers and come home to tell the tale. Very glad, indeed :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59005 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59005 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:48:25 -0600 Had a situation once while supporting the Seals out of Seafloat. I dropped them off in a village and climbed to a safe altitude to await the completion of their mission and extraction. All hell broke loose and the Team had to Didi most riki tik. They gave me an azimuth and distance and I circled the area to await their arrival. The spot they picked was on the edge of the U Minh and while not triple canopy, it was very dense and at least 100ft high. I told the Seals to use their grenades and whatever explosives they carried to blow a hover hole. They made the biggest hole they could and I began my descent, only to hear my crew chief moaning about the size of the hole and the damage that I was about to inflict on his rotor blades. The Team had fought a running battle for 4 kliks and I made the call that a damaged rotor blade or 2 was a price worth paying. You can imagine my surprise when 5 burly Seals dumped 3 very pregnant women into the Huey, climbed aboard and announced, "Home James". We got out of there and we were rewarded with a meal only available at a Navy installation. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59003 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-59003 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:37:54 -0600 Probably with my buddies holding you down. Ahh, more teamwork ... *grin*]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58991 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58991 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:38:09 -0600 laughing your head off... until we land and I ralph whatever is left in my stomach on whatever part of you I can reach... Probably with my buddies holding you down. 8^ )]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58979 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58979 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:21:14 -0600 Hey......SPIE rigging is a LOT of fun.....especially when you're the one at the top of the stick......and they tell you NOT to pull your arms in.....and you do anyways, causing the other gentlemen further down the stick to swing around and around in circles uncontrollably while laughing your head off..... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58974 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58974 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:26:20 -0600 Of course, I'm not so sure that staying on the ground is such a good alternative either. *grinnn* Only reason to leave the woods on a ladder or a McGuire rig (aka Dope on a Rope) is because remaining on the ground is *not* an option, Zoomie-Sib. And when you didn't have a rope, you hoped the hole they were in was at least 50 feet in diameter, cuz Hubert's rotor disk is 48 feet across. I went into a hole that wasn't 48-feet wide to start with, but sure was after I got to ground level. The rotor tips shredding the branches sounded exactly like heavy weapons fire and needlessly upset the guys on the ground. They got needfully upset when the real things opened up on us on the way out, though...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58969 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58969 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:31:34 -0600 Web Reconnaissance for 04/16/2007 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58963 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58963 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:48 -0600 *shudders at thought of being one of the guys on the ladder* Of course, I'm not so sure that staying on the ground is such a good alternative either. *shudders again for effect* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58962 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58962 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:00:32 -0600 Love the poster. Where can I buy one? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58961 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/teamwork.html#comment-58961 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:31:34 -0600