The skills are different from mountain warfare and special forces, since when do they carry a stretcher up a mountain and then bring a casuallty down to a waiting ambulance, or in a number of cases a body, its is a different case, we carried no weapons, just back packs with the kit we needed, as for helecopters, yes they are useful if they can get in, often the conditions (then 1969 in my case) the weather prohibited the use of choppers, and it takes more than 2 men to bring a stretcher down. Also would the special forces or mountain warfare spend a lot of time practicing falling leader, ect.
Last edited by ArthurR; 10th Jul 2012 at 21:41.