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| Tango01 | 27 Oct 2015 10:13 p.m. PST |
…evolved in Afghanistan. "Afghanistan — Air Force Master Sgt. Mike McHugh remembers the more difficult times here for coalition forces, when his unit would sometimes carry away a dozen wounded combat troops with severe injuries from the battlefield in a single 12-hour shift. A pararescueman, McHugh has deployed to Afghanistan numerous times. He recalled one time a few years ago when Canadian soldiers in an M113 personnel carrier hit an improvised bomb in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban. The soldiers were trapped inside and needed to be extricated. "When those would get blasted, they would flip over," McHugh said of the flat-bottomed vehicle. "So when you're using a skill that no one else has, it feels good."…"
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| Ironwolf | 27 Oct 2015 10:22 p.m. PST |
PJ's "That Others May Live" |
 Legion 4  | 28 Oct 2015 7:09 a.m. PST |
They did a lot in SE Asia as well. They are really the Go To Guys for CSAR. |
| darthfozzywig | 28 Oct 2015 2:18 p.m. PST |
I can't imagine a more welcome sound for a downed crew than friendly choppers coming to pull you out of the [stuff]. |
| paulgenna | 28 Oct 2015 2:29 p.m. PST |
Got to love all those guys!!!! |
| Tango01 | 28 Oct 2015 10:37 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 29 Oct 2015 4:00 p.m. PST |
PJs are the only USAF guys I will buy beers for. Hell, when we had a medical emergency on my sub, it was the PJs who came out to get him. Took one Pave Hawk and TWO C130 tankers. One tanker to get the helo there, the other tanker to get the helo back! |
| paulgenna | 29 Oct 2015 4:16 p.m. PST |
Only country in the world that has the capability and the will. One has to wonder if that remains true for a while longer. |
| Legion 4 | 30 Oct 2015 7:02 a.m. PST |
Look like that concept/attitude has left or is leaving the building …. |
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