well these are soldiers i feel i can respect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6280000/newsid_6284400?redirect=6284429.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1
i don't know if this story has been posted before
yep. good story, though. (from a certain point of view, not to contradict myself in the original thread)
Infinite Revolution
22-01-2007, 11:05
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6280000/newsid_6284400?redirect=6284429.stm&news=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1
i don't know if this story has been posted before, it's about a week old, but now there's video. when people like me say it's your actions rather than your job that earn's you respect this is what we are talking about. just, wow :eek:.
Greyenivol Colony
22-01-2007, 11:52
It's not a rescue when you're picking up a dead body.
It's just a waste of resources... what if that helicopter had been shot down with all hands? Was that a worthwhile risk to pick up what was essentially just a slab of dead meat dressed in a uniform?
Kryozerkia
22-01-2007, 16:21
Dead file. Better call in someone to scrape the roadkill up.
Lunatic Goofballs
22-01-2007, 17:02
Soldiers I can be proud of: http://www.zaskarfilms.com/filmpages/circapage.htm
:D
Grave_n_idle
22-01-2007, 18:07
Soldiers I can be proud of: http://www.zaskarfilms.com/filmpages/circapage.htm
:D
Were they the guys that broke into a missile silo and beat on things with hammers?
Bubabalu
22-01-2007, 19:03
It's not a rescue when you're picking up a dead body.
It's just a waste of resources... what if that helicopter had been shot down with all hands? Was that a worthwhile risk to pick up what was essentially just a slab of dead meat dressed in a uniform?
As much as I hate to say it, I agree with you. I was a career firefighter, and our golden rule was that we will greatly risk our life to save a life, risk our life some to save the property, but will not risk our lives for a recovery effort. On the other hand, we always told each other "if you go, we go". Either we all went home together or not.
Just that being in a career where I have had to save others, I know how they felt.
Vic
Lunatic Goofballs
22-01-2007, 21:01
Were they the guys that broke into a missile silo and beat on things with hammers?
I doubt it. Those guys were morons.
Infinite Revolution
22-01-2007, 21:08
It's not a rescue when you're picking up a dead body.
It's just a waste of resources... what if that helicopter had been shot down with all hands? Was that a worthwhile risk to pick up what was essentially just a slab of dead meat dressed in a uniform?
except that they didn't know he was dead, they just knew he was missing. i still think it was incredibly brave and probably worthy of a medal especially for the people hanging onto the wing stubs.