Gary Parker. He was a member of 3rd Shore Party and so was I. We were the HST (Helicopter Support Team). We worked afloat and at Khe Sanh. I ran the LZ on Hill 881 until I was hit. I worked with 34s, 46s, and 53s. So, enclosed are my dues to your fine organization...
As luck would have it, Macauley made contact with a US Air Force AC-47 gunship “Puff, The Magic Dragon” in the area and requested their fire support for the extract. Arriving overhead, Macauley heard that the recon team now had seven of eight wounded or dead and quickly directed Puff...
Corporal Dunham led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards the engagement to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander's convoy, which had been ambushed as it was traveling to Camp Husaybah. As Corporal Dunham and his Marines advanced, they quickly began to receive enemy fire. Corporal ...
Team leaders tend to be Corporals or Sergeants. Recon Battalion Missions The primary mission of the Recon Battalion is Reconnaissance and Surveillance in support of Division operations. Starting in 2005, limited Direct Action was added to the Battalion mission, in response to the operational demands ...
We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold. 1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918 You ...
one of the upright hatches to shield them from fire. The tank infantry team advanced steadily, losing no more tanks, and crossing 800 yards, they releaved the cut off Marines by 1100. By this point the Marines supply lines had stabilized and a good flow of supplies was making it ashore,...
包括复习海军陆战队的基本知识呼叫支援火力,特别使诽定翼和直升机CAS (Close Air Support)。NGSF (Naval Gun Surface Fire近距离空中支援舰炮水面)激光制导设备使用(Laser designating equipment control CAS)。 高跳高开训练 为期3周,利用MC-5 Ram Air Parachute进行 Low Level Static Line parachute techniques to ...
“The Exquadrum-Dynetics team is now building on the demonstrated success of the TME rocket test as we evolve the technology to a flight-weight design.” “For the past year, our engineers have worked diligently to design and test the booster system and meet the hot-fire test’s objecti...
We would hold our fire and drive up to the edge of the city, the enemy would engage us with direct fire weapons, and then we would return fire and begin using CAS and artillery support. The enemy would, of course, engage us with small-arms fire, but that obviously was little...