Kayson Tight Backspace wrote: » I have one too: "American soldiers are saints." Easy.
whiteonion wrote: » Here is another article of what the American soldier is like. "Less than two weeks after arriving on base, he was gang-raped in the barracks by men who said they were showing him who was in charge of the United States. When he reported the attack to unit commanders, he says they told him, 'It must have been your fault. You must have provoked them.'” "women in the armed forces are now more likely to be assaulted by a fellow soldier than killed in combat" Are you US Army fanboys still going to tell me these are just isolated incidents? No you can't, it's obvious that American soldiers are true monsters.
whiteonion wrote: » Here is another article of what the American soldier is like.
whiteonion wrote: » Here is another article of what the American soldier is like."Less than two weeks after arriving on base, he was gang-raped in the barracks by men who said they were showing him who was in charge of the United States. When he reported the attack to unit commanders, he says they told him, 'It must have been your fault. You must have provoked them.'”
whiteonion wrote: » "women in the armed forces are now more likely to be assaulted by a fellow soldier than killed in combat"
whiteonion wrote: » Are you US Army fanboys still going to tell me these are just isolated incidents? No you can't, it's obvious that American soldiers are true monsters.
whiteonion wrote: » Here is another article of what the American soldier is like.... ...Are you US Army fanboys still going to tell me these are just isolated incidents? No you can't, it's obvious that American soldiers are true monsters.
At around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, 1991, the crew of Jolly 10 — a five-man Air Force combat search and rescue team — lifted off from the Francis Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The mission: Save a lone Japanese yachtsman foundering in rough waters 270 miles southeast of Long Island's coast. During the three-hour hop, the chopper sucked down several thousand pounds of fuel, gassing up twice in flight from an HC-130 Hercules. On the return trip the helicopter would need to "hit" the tanker twice more. Arriving on scene, the crew quickly surmised that any rescue attempt would be nearly impossible. Seventy-foot seas, 80 mph gusts and darkness made diving into the drink a risky venture for Spillane and fellow pararescueman Tech. Sgt. Arden "Rick" Smith.
Both aircraft flew into wicked weather conditions and the helicopter was unable to take fuel in flight. The aircraft was forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles south of the base and the crewmembers were in the fight of their lives in what would later become known as the Perfect Storm. The mission was recounted both in the best selling book and the major motion picture and both provided a fitting tribute to the only crewmember who was not recovered by the valiant efforts of the crew of Coast Guard Vessel Tamaroa. TSgt Arden “Rick” Smith, pararescuman (PJ), gave the ultimate sacrifice that day so “That Others May Live.”
With only 15 minutes of fuel remaining, Ruvola brought the helicopter down so the crew could ditch in the ocean while Buschor issued a mayday call picked up by a nearby U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, the Tamaroa. Just as Ruvola brought the HH60 down, one of its two engines died, forcing the crew to bail out into 70-foot waves. The PJs went first. Smith jumped into the darkness and was never seen again. Spillane went next, breaking both wrists and a lower leg bone, cracking foul ribs and nearly his kidney from the impact.
In December 1994, the 106th Rescue Wing launched two HH-60s from Gabreski Airport on a mission that would take them to Halifax, Canada and then, 750 miles out over the Atlantic to search for survivors of the Ukrainian merchant vessel Salvador Allende. After searching the sea, one survivor was spotted. .....After searching the sea, TSgt James “Doc” Dougherty jumped into the water and retrieved the last living member of the crew, Alexander Taranov. The two helicopters then began the arduous seven-hour return flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia. During the 15-hour mission, the two helicopter crews were refueled in flight 10 times by the Wing’s HC-130s.
The 106th Rescue Wing received national attention again in July 1996 when its aircraft and rescue personnel were the first unit on-scene after the TWA Flight 800 disaster