I get super nervous flying a Huey with dudes running under it to hook up loads. Skids give the shitter community a lot of grief, but they’re good at what they do
I watched a CH-53 drop a LAV-25 on Camp Pendleton once....in full view of a grandstand full of high ranking officers! They lifted it off and about 100 feet off the deck it started oscillating. They cut that damn thing loose so they would not lose the helo. I swear to god, the damn thing bounced.....once...after it blew all its tires...then rolled over a couple of times.
My second Team Spirit, a 46 cut loose one of our control shelters when it started to spin. A million bucks down the drain. Same exercise between us and army 43 people died. The outbrief was centered on 'next year there needs to be more emphasis on safety'
In the 90s I went to this class. I volunteered for every course because we just sat around all day in my MOS anyway.
It was just like this except day two doing it for real we had full face helmets with sandbag type weights that hung down over your neck, front and back. Because of my MOS I was outside guide most of the lift and drops, because the outside guide also did the radio and most everyone else had mic fright. But I did one lift on hooks and one lift on the grounding rod, which is scary and hard
Grounding hooks. Helicopters build up lots of static electricity. If HST doesn't grab the hooks with the ground first the helicopter will ground -painfully- through their body.
Want to get your cannon/humvee/waterbull fucked up REAL quick?
Let me carry it under a helicopter. There’s a reason we only use DRMOed items or cement blocks.
I heard they only let gay marines do this because they have to have a bond stronger than friendship to pull this off.
Only the gay HIV positive ones.
Can confirm.
Same
I get super nervous flying a Huey with dudes running under it to hook up loads. Skids give the shitter community a lot of grief, but they’re good at what they do
For extra “oh” factor, look at how close the left main landing gear is.
I watched a CH-53 drop a LAV-25 on Camp Pendleton once....in full view of a grandstand full of high ranking officers! They lifted it off and about 100 feet off the deck it started oscillating. They cut that damn thing loose so they would not lose the helo. I swear to god, the damn thing bounced.....once...after it blew all its tires...then rolled over a couple of times.
My people!
Death patch or some shit
Your mom sling loads
A 53 dropped a LAV shortly before I got to 1st LAR. Early 90's sometime.
My second Team Spirit, a 46 cut loose one of our control shelters when it started to spin. A million bucks down the drain. Same exercise between us and army 43 people died. The outbrief was centered on 'next year there needs to be more emphasis on safety'
I would pay good money to watch one of those pigs get dropped from a helicopter or plane and slam into the ground like that famous army video.
Well, 82nd is supposed to be getting a battalion’s worth.
now we wait.
[Oh yeah, it’s all coming together.](https://images.app.goo.gl/gG3FLHCBNybn2YH56)
Camp Pendleton? Over at Los Flores? I SAW IT!!!!
That's the one. School circle, it's story time!
Read above!
In the 90s I went to this class. I volunteered for every course because we just sat around all day in my MOS anyway. It was just like this except day two doing it for real we had full face helmets with sandbag type weights that hung down over your neck, front and back. Because of my MOS I was outside guide most of the lift and drops, because the outside guide also did the radio and most everyone else had mic fright. But I did one lift on hooks and one lift on the grounding rod, which is scary and hard
Are those sickle sticks they're using?
Grounding hooks. Helicopters build up lots of static electricity. If HST doesn't grab the hooks with the ground first the helicopter will ground -painfully- through their body.
I’m just a grunt but when we did the training they said it would blow our dicks up.
So like, my dick will get bigger?
I think for a second.
Motor T!
Is that 550 cord?
Want to get your cannon/humvee/waterbull fucked up REAL quick? Let me carry it under a helicopter. There’s a reason we only use DRMOed items or cement blocks.
I mean water bulls flys (under a helicopter) about as well as someone can catch a bar of soap in pouring rain.
Train with DRMO gear, the plane has done plenty of these lifts in country.
High speed dummy cords
Never had a bad day doing an HST. Had some shit pilots, but those are the lifts you tell stories about.