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Old 31st October 2004 | 22:37
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Melchett01
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Sounds like a job well done under bloody difficult conditions.

And as for differentiating between the driver and the bloke on the end of the winch, sorry mate, but you're in a minority of one. As far as I'm concerned, and I would wager most others like me agree, in a case like this it's one in, all in. Sounds like you are harking back to the days of differential awards, with an ac captain getting the DSO with his Nav getting the MID if he was lucky because he accidentally happened to be there at the same time as the pilot displayed outstanding leadership and bravery blah blah blah.

By the sounds of it, everyone of the crew deserved an award, and good on them. Long may the spirit of 'above and beyond the cal'l continue.

God knows, in the current climate of the Top Brass not wanting to take risks and stand-off weapons that can take out Mrs Miggins Pie Shop from a couple of hundred miles, we need all the good examples of heroism and leadersip we can get, and this sounds like one of them.
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