Nothing against the mil here but if this was a civvi pilot I bet he'd be in the wrong for a number of reasons - Breaching rule 5, (practically) landing somewhere without the owners permission, etc.. Instead some poor old bloke has now lost his job, income, respect, etc
This is a bit of a joke
But it wasn't a civilian helicopter and no-one would ask a civilian helicopter pilot to put himself in positions where his life was in danger.
I fully support what DFD said and also take my hat off to the brave men and women of the armed forces.
The only joke, simondlh, is that these people are risking their lives daily for people like you, TRC, 206 jock et al in order to be scorned on what is supposedly a professional pilot's forum.