tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post9132517809490177344..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: That was the NBA All-Star teamCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8836883846187191532011-08-08T02:52:45.548-04:002011-08-08T02:52:45.548-04:00AFAIK chinook gets enough power to fly in the high...AFAIK chinook gets enough power to fly in the high-and-hot of the AFG summer - and having one bird reduces time in hover over the LZ<br />sadly we dont have invented yet better way to deploy precise tactically airmobile troops than helosewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-24429939759357382192011-08-08T01:47:00.208-04:002011-08-08T01:47:00.208-04:00<span>What's this I keep hearing about ...<span>What's this I keep hearing about the dead from DEVGRU being packed into a single National Guard Chinook, not spread out among several 160th SOAR birds? I thought these operators were the kinds of eggs we didn't want to be all in one basket. <br /> <br />I hope it's all conspiracy theorist B.S. ... because if it's true, somebody needs their nuts stomped.</span>Alonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40026788618865433392011-08-08T00:15:04.756-04:002011-08-08T00:15:04.756-04:00My thoughts exactly.My thoughts exactly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-13654511423475918252011-08-07T23:25:57.349-04:002011-08-07T23:25:57.349-04:00Now begins the sad revelation one household at a t...Now begins the sad revelation one household at a time... of loss...pride... pain...love. So many of these families have seen so little of these men for so long. It multiplies the gravity of the loss.<br /><br />What can one say about this kind of tragedy except we HAVE to work harder to be worthy of it.<br /><br />Not much has been said about the several Afg. troops on that flight. I wonder about them too. They must have been the best of the best over there to have been involved in such an operation, no?<br /><br />The time and treasure and manpower spent to find them and train them.... more loss.<br /><br />It's just been a sickening weekend thinking of the families waiting for the knock on the door.DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.com