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re: Could you escape a sinking helicopter?
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:08 am to Byrdybyrd05
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:08 am to Byrdybyrd05
frickin' dunker training. I dunno why but I had the worst headache of my life after that was over.
Being a rec diver I am fairly comfortable underwater even with a severe problem but I wouldn't have bet on getting out then or certainly not now near 30 years after the training. I always figured I would have to perform the egress and surface with at least one person attached to my legs.
Being a rec diver I am fairly comfortable underwater even with a severe problem but I wouldn't have bet on getting out then or certainly not now near 30 years after the training. I always figured I would have to perform the egress and surface with at least one person attached to my legs.
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Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:09 am to Byrdybyrd05
I know a lot of un-athletic fat fricks that have done it as part of training to work off shore so yeah I could definitely do it.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:19 am to Byrdybyrd05
Yes. It’s interesting the difference between how these Marines train versus my sons Army unit.
My son’s units Helo escape training included a 60 foot drop in the simulation. Not sure if that is Army wide or just his unit.
My son’s units Helo escape training included a 60 foot drop in the simulation. Not sure if that is Army wide or just his unit.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:24 am to Byrdybyrd05
I was in the Navy and had a guy in my division who was in a helicopter crash. He managed to escape but two others did not. It’s been twenty years and they guy is still dealing with mental and physical issues from the crash
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:27 am to Byrdybyrd05
In training... I’ve done it quite a few times. Real world is not a controlled environment.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:28 am to Byrdybyrd05
I’ve done it before in training exercises.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:36 am to Byrdybyrd05
They offer that class 5 days a week in south LA, baw. You just push the window and swim out. Easy peasy. Just make sure you bust the window out before you release your seatbelt or you will just be pushing yourself around the cabin.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:44 am to Byrdybyrd05
That’s really cool. Never know when you’ll need that training. Sometimes those hitches out to the oil platforms come with some baaaad weather. Thanks for sharing OP
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:48 am to Byrdybyrd05
Can I get a show of hands of who can’t swim?
of course the only black guy there raises his hand
of course the only black guy there raises his hand
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:48 am to OsTiger78
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Real world is not a controlled environment.
As someone said earlier, add in a hell of a crash into the water and also a bunch of loose shite flying around / floating in the cabin that isn’t present in the training environment.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:50 am to Byrdybyrd05
I hope so!!!
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:53 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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My son’s units Helo escape training included a 60 foot drop in the simulation. Not sure if that is Army wide or just his unit.
Are you sure it wasn't just a 60' man drop into water? I think you mentioned your son was an operator so unless he is 160th I assume it was SERE at Bragg like I did so many years ago. I have never heard of an Army HOST dunker that included a drop.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:54 am to TigerOnTheMountain
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I’m HUET qualified, yes.
Ooooooh. We have a badass.
.......I don’t know what HUET means.....
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:55 am to PrivatePublic
Waiting for the copter to roll to escape was one of the most nerve racking things I've ever done. You really want to unbuckle and get the hell out of Dodge, especially with the water rising up your chest. I got to see a few guys before my turn that did that and it didn't work out so well for them.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 6:58 am to sigsauer
That sounds dangerous for a training exercise. Is there some kind of fail safe in case something happens?
Posted on 11/21/19 at 7:17 am to DeafJam73
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That sounds dangerous for a training exercise. Is there some kind of fail safe in case something happens?
Going off of a 30 year memory of something I saw frequently... there was at least 2 guys in full scuba gear waiting in the water, just in case.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 7:33 am to DeafJam73
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That sounds dangerous for a training exercise. Is there some kind of fail safe in case something happens?
No. You weed out the weak sisters; all they do is get you killed when things get real.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 7:36 am to TigerOnTheMountain
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I’m HUET qualified, yes.
Same here.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 7:38 am to DeafJam73
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.......I don’t know what HUET means.....
Helicopter Underwater Egress Training.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 7:39 am to DeafJam73
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That sounds dangerous for a training exercise. Is there some kind of fail safe in case something happens?
They have a diver for each person in the helicopter who watches you the entire time. They know who are the weak links because they a small underwater exercise prior to the heli dunking. I've been several times and everyone is right when they say it's a controlled environment. I got stuck with a paint crew one time and every man on there was very large. We would have been fricked had we went down.
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