Oh my. What was wrong with a constant angle approach to a confined'ish area pickup at a steady speed with an option in the event of engine failure that gave a little more time for thought. IMHO no need. I left front line military instruction in 2012, so I can only speak for then. If a crew flew like that for a routine pick up, they would be f££king grounded! The question would be "What was your imperative?" "Did it make the sortie more effective or safer?"
If not they would find my boot deep inside their arse. And thats not considering the thoughts if I owned/operated the aircraft. Bellend.
Its like the pumper slinging trees in IMC weather who was rapidly burning the aircraft life being "an amazing pilot" Loose your ego, if you need to throw it around to survive an approach to an LZ....fine, if not, stop f@cking around.