Having served on Chinooks in Bagram the first time and been part of Herrick Eagle I'm pleased to say that the Ch-47 fleet and AH will get on just fine. AH is a cool bit of kit and I'd be well pleased to have it ride shotgun for me. That said, we do need to understand that this AO is more dangerous than the last one and maybe we are too keen to crow about our success; but boasting about what you've done is better than boasting about what you might be able to do!
Some changes will make working togther in Afghanistan easier.
1- We are different to the Army, Joint means working together not being the same.
2- We don't have RSMs so don't expect us to understand what he's screaming about.
3- Don't ask us what the Chinook can do and then ignore us because a staff college handout disagrees, it's very rude.
4- The answer is 2 Chinooks plus 2 AH at the LZ, now what's the question.
Hope that helps calm what was becoming a very boring thread.
SASless, tell us what you've done so we can learn before deploying; your constant hinting of what you've seen and done is becoming a touch tedious.