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My son (he's 14) is dead set on being a Blackhawk pilot. His mother and I are trying to steer him towards a more safe job like Air Force dentist or something though.

I was Navy...and SH60B's are almost all gone now...but Navy helicopter pilots have a pretty good life...H60's in the Navy are very much about vertical replenishment, reconnaissance, extending the ship's radar capability, counter drug ops, etc. When I was involved, some of what we did was target suspected smuggling assets in and around areas where there was a threat...they also do some search and rescue...but in a different capacity than the coast guard...it's a pretty cool gig...I was a maintainer and technician...electrical and power plants

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Posted by Darth_Vader

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Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:14 pm to SthGADawg

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I was Navy...and SH60B's are almost all gone now...but Navy helicopter pilots have a pretty good life...H60's in the Navy are very much about vertical replenishment, reconnaissance, extending the ship's radar capability, counter drug ops, etc. When I was involved, some of what we did was target suspected smuggling assets in and around areas where there was a threat...they also do some search and rescue...but in a different capacity than the coast guard...it's a pretty cool gig...I was a maintainer and technician...electrical and power plants

That sounds cool. And of course I'd be proud as hell of my son for becoming a helicopter pilot, no matter which branch... even the Navy

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Still, for the sake of my wife's nerves and my nerves, I'd sleep a lot sounder at night knowing he was in the rear with the gear at a nice, safe, cushy, well paying job that does not require him to take a 10,000 lb piece of aluminum and beat the air into submission at almost 20,000 feet.

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