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Old 20th Jul 2006, 21:05
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Originally Posted by Mr-AEO
But SB! They are 'Army' helicopters aren't they? seeing as you are under JHC command and all that . Just jostling. Good point made in your post.

A few Jungly friends of mine have been called in at 12 hrs NTM and getting sent to Cyprus.

Question is: What's the SK4's/6c's going to get done there? Surely they can't reach Lebanon from there, so presumably they will be ferrying people from the ships to shore? Furthermore, why do they need extra maintainers on Cyprus if they haven't got cabs? And if they have cabs on Bulwark, then they must have Maintainers on Bulwark so why do they need more? It's not making sense at moment because too many missing pieces of the puzzle - anyone shed any light on this?
You need something to fly the politicians onboard for the PR. They may be used for air taxiiing from ship to shore (Illustrious embarked some using this method). South Lebanon is too hot for the ships to get in to pick people up, so you might find yourself in there, if you are unlucky. They have cabs and maintainters on Bulwark, but you can't plan for the tagged out ones, so it's best to get some out of the spares box.
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