Military Service

[Rayl]

Thank you all for your service. It is a real pleasure having other vets on the forum.
I dodged the draft ---and joined the Army right out of high school. Aug 1969--Jun1973
Basic in Ft Polk--then warrant officer helicopter flight schools at Ft Wolters Tx and Ft Rucker Alabama. In Vietnam I was with the 101st Airborne flying UH-1H out of Camp Evans -mostly combat assaults. Except for that day we did an ash and trash phyops mission telling our Asia brothers to give up and come to our side. That's when the engine quit! Our auto rotation terminated with a hard landing into a centuries old Vietnamese cemetery. Six months later another Huey puked the turbine out the exhaust along with 25 feet of flame (that was told to me by a ground witness--the one I saw hauling ass for cover away from the landing zone.

After that I took up flying the Hughes OH-6A on a scout team.
Finished my service in Ft Hood Tx flying the first Quick Fix heli's (electronic warfare)

 

[Jim H]

Thank you all for your service. It is a real pleasure having other vets on the forum.
I dodged the draft ---and joined the Army right out of high school. Aug 1969--Jun1973
Basic in Ft Polk--then warrant officer helicopter flight schools at Ft Wolters Tx and Ft Rucker Alabama. In Vietnam I was with the 101st Airborne flying UH-1H out of Camp Evans -mostly combat assaults. Except for that day we did an ash and trash phyops mission telling our Asia brothers to give up and come to our side. That's when the engine quit! Our auto rotation terminated with a hard landing into a centuries old Vietnamese cemetery. Six months later another Huey puked the turbine out the exhaust along with 25 feet of flame (that was told to me by a ground witness--the one I saw hauling ass for cover away from the landing zone.

After that I took up flying the Hughes OH-6A on a scout team.
Finished my service in Ft Hood Tx flying the first Quick Fix heli's (electronic warfare)

Staged out of Camp Evans/LZ Jane and many other adjacent sites many times in early 1968

 

[Craig]

When I was in Iraq, I only went on one Air Assault Mission into live fire combat conditions.

Wikipedia
In September 1990 the Rakkasans were deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. In February 1991 two companies from the 1st Battalion captured 434 Iraqi soldiers during the air assault into Objective Weber and on 25 February the Rakkasans conducted the deepest and largest air assault operation in history. Striking 155 miles (249 km) behind enemy lines into the Euphrates river valley, the assault led to the timely defeat of Iraqi forces and contributed to a total allied victory. The unit moved farther north than any other unit during Operation Desert Storm.

We ended up about 80 miles south of Baghdad on a blocking mission against reinforcements and supplies to the battle in the south. Just as fast as the war started, it was over. Nothing like you Nam Vets and men that came over here after me.
God Bless.

 

[lafrisbee]

I really would like to see an EE with the gas cap on the correct side...and perhaps an Elgin dash

 

[Rayl]

Staged out of Camp Evans/LZ Jane and many other adjacent sites many times in early 1968

Wow, I forgot about LZ Jane.
and Craig-one hot LZ is one hot LZ too many. Thanks for your service. Rayl

 

[Craig]

I really would like to see an EE with the gas cap on the correct side...and perhaps an Elgin dash

Other than trying to start another forum war, whats this have to do with Military?

 

[Ty]

I really would like to see an EE with the gas cap on the correct side...and perhaps an Elgin dash

I thought it was on the correct side... away from the door and getting fumes in the car... Plus, you don't have to worry about your door banging on the pump protector poles in the wind... and, here we go again... LOL

 

[Craig]

I thought it was on the correct side... away from the door and getting fumes in the car... Plus, you don't have to worry about your door banging on the pump protector poles in the wind... and, here we go again... LOL

HAY!!!! WHAT THE H-LL R YOU DOING?

 

[Ty]

HAY!!!! WHAT THE H-LL R YOU DOING?

LMFAO!

 

[Rayl]

Will,
It is for all Veterans and to Honor all.
It is from the site,
http://www.lzbaldymedic.com
This site is run by my good friend Gary Weaver. If any of you check it out please sign the guest book.

Dustoff, my hat off to you. Many a time I was asked to escort (part of a pink team) a dustoff extraction that was hot and you dudes go in there low and slow with only the red cross as your shield. Balls to fill a wheelbarrow we use to say among us scout pilots (the sacrificial lamb)