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Old 17th Dec 2006, 07:51
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Griffinblack, I think you're just trying to point score for some reason, cherry-picking parts of people's comments and ignoring the rest, but are you suggesting that an Army helicopter unit would accept more risk than a RAAF one? Unless the infantry commander has his own helicopters, ie part of his unit that he can task as he wants, there's going to be possible conflict between him wanting to do something on the one hand, and the aviators possibly thinking it's too risky on the other, be they green or blue uniformed.

'You forget I know you and have flown with you a number of times.' - my discussion of my background was aimed at cutting through some of this hypothetical to and fro-ing. It's just what I saw, and unless things have changed drastically since I left, a background or otherwise in ground warfare makes little difference to how you shape up as a helicopter operator in the battlefield environment. If that's your contention, then I reckon it's a crock.
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