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a tactical recovery of aircraft and

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personnel mission or trap mission is a

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high risk operation to retrieve marines

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or sensitive equipment . It is exciting ,

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but at the same time you really get

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into a tactical mindset because as soon

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as you hit boots on deck , you

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don't know what to expect . You , you

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really don't . Once we get the call

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were geared open in five minutes , 30

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minutes tops . We should be able to get

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up being the heir to be gone during a

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simulated transmission aboard the

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combat center . First Battalion ,

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eighth Marine Regiment took flight with

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Marine Heavy helicopter squadron 3 66

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to practice recovering fellow marines .

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It was uh , definitely exciting . It's

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different than what we do every day .

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So it was definitely very , you know ,

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rewarding to be able to get out here

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and get a different type of training

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and it was a little rough . Um ,

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obviously , you know , if we have to do

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this more often , then you will have

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some time to rehearse prep and you kind

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of get some mess up , he's , you know ,

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working , working relationship with

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each other , uh , you know , and

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improve as we go on from there . I

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think the , you know , the guys with us ,

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I think they loved it , you know , I

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mean , it got kind of monotonous going

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around for two hours , you know , on a

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helicopter , but uh , since none of

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them had this type of training before ,

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you know , it's , it's a good jump off

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24 . Um , yeah , I can't get ahold of

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some of the biggest issues that they're

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gonna run into is just a situational

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awareness . You know , being in

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helicopters a lot like being in a

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vehicle , uh , you know , your

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situational awareness just goes to zero

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uh , while while you're doing it . Um ,

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so the biggest issue is uh , once they

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get off the bird , figuring out where ,

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you know , everything is oriented and

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where they need to go , the Beirut

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battalions , weapons company is

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preparing for future missions while

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supporting operation enduring freedom ,

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reporting for the combat center . I'm

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corporal William

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Jackson .