Posted on Aug 8, 2015
Really, in all our military branches, is there anything more awe inspiring and impressive than a carrier battle group?
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Every one of us - Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard - has his or her built-in biases for and pride in the service in which they served. I started out in the Navy, went to Nam on the USS MIDWAY, and also served on two old Tin Cans. Then, I served in the Army Reserves. Finally, I transferred to the USCG Reserves, spent twenty great years, and retired in 2002. I've seen military training movies on Army tank battalions, Air Force bomber squadrons, Marine Expeditionary Forces, Coast Guard surfboats in action, and the Navy Blue Angels. I love them all. However, I'm asking each of you, seriously, can this really be topped for the most massive display of strength and military presence? It gives me goosebumps!!!
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It is very inspiring indeed but the sight and sound of CAS (fixed and rotary wing) when needed is a great feeling as well, especially when you're on the ground.
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I remember seeing two kiowas and an apache doing circular gun runs on a house in which insurgents where seeking cover in Afghanistan - simply bad ass, since it was fairly close to our position.
I witnessed an abundance of inspiring events though on that deployment - explosion and ground shaking from HIMARS being called in (all the way from KAF - we were a good 25-30k from KAF). Countless MICLICs being used by our combat engineers to clear IED laden paths - just to name a few.
I witnessed an abundance of inspiring events though on that deployment - explosion and ground shaking from HIMARS being called in (all the way from KAF - we were a good 25-30k from KAF). Countless MICLICs being used by our combat engineers to clear IED laden paths - just to name a few.
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AIRBORNE!!!
Yes, there is. It is called a MASSTAC. A mass tac is when huge element of paratroopers jump into an area. It could be as large as a Battalion or more. I lost track of how many planes this jump took. But it looks like it was about 20 C-130s all loaded with paratroopers. They can go anywhere in the world and drop off a bunch of killers in your back yard.
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CSM Charles Hayden
CPT (Join to see) UNFAIR! Did Market Garden have that many troops in the air?
The video is not good for my blood pressure! WOW! And -
I admit to being a leg!
The video is not good for my blood pressure! WOW! And -
I admit to being a leg!
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CSM Charles Hayden - I had read about Operation Neptune. That was the name of the airborne operation for D-Day, or Operation Overlord. But those guys were in chaos. They jumped in two divisions. I couldn't even think what they looked like.
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CSM Charles Hayden
CPT (Join to see) Market Garden was a tad later. Our Airborne troops went into a morass! Nijmegen was sort of the focus! The Allies got their ass kicked and the Brits paid in blood! Again, poor recon and intel!
Several books discuss Market Garden, troops on an exposed causeway/road, a river assault under fire and of the fierce fighting by the Brits in Nijmegen.
D-Day: One late friend was captured as a artillery guy after jumping and was interned. Another, a LT w/ the 101, a ? recon officer would only say that he had been debriefed and it was done!
Several books discuss Market Garden, troops on an exposed causeway/road, a river assault under fire and of the fierce fighting by the Brits in Nijmegen.
D-Day: One late friend was captured as a artillery guy after jumping and was interned. Another, a LT w/ the 101, a ? recon officer would only say that he had been debriefed and it was done!
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