thedrifter
01-16-05, 08:03 AM
Mission Improbable: On-the-Job Training in the First Cavalry Division
by CW4 Duane M. Jacobson, USA(Ret) & LtCol Charles L. Armstrong, USMC(Ret)
Combat often tests the grit of an individul. In this tale of the early Vietnam War, a young teenager crew chief learns to pilot a helicopter without training.
Training to handle emergencies is second nature to soldiers and Marines in the 21st century. It wasn’t always so. In looking back at the Vietnam War, the authors tell a compelling story of a young helicopter crew chief who took control of a UH–1 “Huey” gunship in midair after the pilot of the aircraft had been shot dead—and he lived to tell about it.
Ellie
by CW4 Duane M. Jacobson, USA(Ret) & LtCol Charles L. Armstrong, USMC(Ret)
Combat often tests the grit of an individul. In this tale of the early Vietnam War, a young teenager crew chief learns to pilot a helicopter without training.
Training to handle emergencies is second nature to soldiers and Marines in the 21st century. It wasn’t always so. In looking back at the Vietnam War, the authors tell a compelling story of a young helicopter crew chief who took control of a UH–1 “Huey” gunship in midair after the pilot of the aircraft had been shot dead—and he lived to tell about it.
Ellie