Re: [semi-OT] black hawk down?

At 04:58 PM 1/22/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I suppose the problem there was putting the guy who hadn't done it
before 
>on the chopper in the first place.

According to the book, he hadn't even been through Ranger school.  WTF??

>John Atkinson wrote:
>
>>--- Michael Llaneza <maserati@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>That's an excellent LL section. For number 1, also
>>>note that the first casualty missed the rope while leaving the
>>>helicopter.
>>
>>That casualty was unavoidable.  The pilot made the
>>right damn call--better to loose a man than to loose
>>the whole damn squad plus a chopper.	An inexperienced
>>soldier who had never done this before is inherently
>>at risk.
>>
>>Has item three
>>
>>>ruined any careers yet  over this incident ?
>>
>>NAFAIK.
>>John
>>
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