NZ Army in the papers today
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NZ Army in the papers today
New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan have been praised for their quick thinking and ingenuity after towing a disabled US helicopter to safety with a light armoured vehicle.
The US army Apache helicopter had to land in an exposed position in Bamyan last month after its engines were damaged by debris.
The NZ Provincial Reconstruction Team manufactured a tow bar and towed the helicopter into the safety of the Kiwi base.
US maintenance crew chief sergeant Judy Beltowski, from the army's 10th Mountain Division, praised the Kiwis' efforts, saying she had never seen that level of craftsmanship from a maintenance team before.
"Whatever we needed the NZPRT provided, and if they didn't have it, they made it," she said.
Sergeant George Alexander from the NZPRT guided the vehicle as it slowly pulled the eight tonne helicopter around a corner, across the ditch and up the hill into the New Zealand base.
The New Zealand crew led a team comprising of US Army air and maintenance crews, NZPRT and US personnel.
It took two days to fully repair the helicopter before it could return to its home base.
We should have implemented a 'finders=keepers' policy . I can't believe no one in the U.S. army thought "this is a pretty expensive thing to leave lying around in the desert for anyone to find".
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Re: NZ Army in the papers today
Firstly, does that mean we've won?!
Secondly, we used to do a double engine change on our helicopters in less then eight hours....and that was in bandit country in NI...at night....in winter.
Seems that Uncle Sam's boys need to HTFU!
Thirdly, well done chaps, the piss weak low alcohol beers are on the spams!
Secondly, we used to do a double engine change on our helicopters in less then eight hours....and that was in bandit country in NI...at night....in winter.
Seems that Uncle Sam's boys need to HTFU!
Thirdly, well done chaps, the piss weak low alcohol beers are on the spams!
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Firstly, does that mean we've won?!We wish
Secondly, we used to do a double engine change on our helicopters in less then eight hours....and that was in bandit country in NI...at night....in winter.You don't really expect the Spams to be able to that
Seems that Uncle Sam's boys need to HTFU!Has anything changed sice your time?
Thirdly, well done chaps, the piss weak low alcohol beers are on the spams!
Secondly, we used to do a double engine change on our helicopters in less then eight hours....and that was in bandit country in NI...at night....in winter.You don't really expect the Spams to be able to that
Seems that Uncle Sam's boys need to HTFU!Has anything changed sice your time?
Thirdly, well done chaps, the piss weak low alcohol beers are on the spams!
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Re: NZ Army in the papers today
You need a whole lot more #8 wire to win a war . Anyway we are there peacekeeping and stuff rather than fighting remember, we win either way .
Allied forces could win easily by setting aside our sense or morality, the British army have done this type of thing before. See the tactics used in the second Boer war. At some price almost any war can be won.
Allied forces could win easily by setting aside our sense or morality, the British army have done this type of thing before. See the tactics used in the second Boer war. At some price almost any war can be won.
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Re: NZ Army in the papers today
I enjoyed the start of this, but sorry mate, not gonna go into the morality of the "Allied forces" behaviour of late.
I will now bow out of this thread.
Cheers Leither, nice to meet someone who got stuff lots don't get.
I will now bow out of this thread.
Cheers Leither, nice to meet someone who got stuff lots don't get.
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You need a certain mentality for it. Wearing a blue suit helps to achieve that mentality
Per Ardua etc.