Well put Tallsar, thanks for the information. A point we all seem to forget is the customer; does he/she care who is driving, who is on the end of the hook, what colour the aircraft is? Nah, they just want out of there.
Crab keeps telling us about NVG and overland at night. Now NVG isn't exactly a modern phenomena, is there a helmet clear visor system/ head up display that supersedes NVG, removing some of the problems associated with limited vision etc? A quick Google produced this acronym. ANVIS/HUD