I'll tell you that having the helos rescue our fallen comrades (figuratively) was no fun at all. My Comm Officer (they were primarily communications vehicles with big VHF and UHF radios), who was normally even tempered, blew his gasket. It wasn't like: "Oh, they got stuck, let's call the helos. Yea!" It was more like (only somewhat paraphrased): "What in the f*ck were you POS @$$holes doing leading those guys through the salt flats after a rain? I guess we don't need our air assets for anything besides fixing your stupiid f*ck ups, do we? Are you trying to get Colonel Germann to relieve me of my commmand? Why don't you just drive them into the f*cking gulf next time? Get out of my f*cking tent!"
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