07-20-2004, 01:55
|
#1
|
|
Kia ora, bro
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 931
|
Halo
I am writing a book right now. The guys have just HALOed in.
My question, and I'm sure it's not opsec, is this:
After landing on a live op, do you pack the chutes with you, or bury them?
Cheers guys.
RH
__________________
"You destroyed half a city block!"
"That block was already messed up."
|
|
Huey14 is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 06:48
|
#2
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Williamston, SC
Posts: 2,018
|
That would totally depend upon the mission.
|
|
QRQ 30 is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 08:41
|
#3
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
|
Quote:
Originally posted by QRQ 30
That would totally depend upon the mission.
|
And whether or not I was going to pay for them after the mission... 
|
|
Team Sergeant is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 09:44
|
#4
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
|
Have them bury them, its much cooler in a book. 
__________________
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
|
|
NousDefionsDoc is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:15
|
#5
|
|
Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 995
|
If you don't mind me asking- how far in are you on the book?
Solid
|
|
Solid is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:20
|
#6
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Solid
If you don't mind me asking- how far in are you on the book?
Solid
|
Quite obviously infil. LOL
__________________
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
|
|
NousDefionsDoc is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:36
|
#7
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
|
Quote:
Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Have them bury them, its much cooler in a book.
|
No No No cache them!!!
(Unless you have one of them jumping in a shovel....)
TS
|
|
Team Sergeant is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:41
|
#8
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
|
RIGHT! Cache. If they're US SF, you can have the Medic cut them up to make bandages and panties for the local ladies and the Charlie can use the cord for booby traps.
__________________
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
|
|
NousDefionsDoc is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:43
|
#9
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
Posts: 24,780
|
When in doubt, do your METT-T analysis.
Long as I don't have to dig the holes, it is fine.
Let's see, how long will it take to dig 12 or so Aviator's Kit Bag sized holes with the three folding e-tools that the team brought?
Might be about the same amount of time as to dig 12 shallow graves.
You are not likely to hump the 55 lbs. each MC-4 will add to your combat load as well.
My recommendation would be a link-up with an auxillary member who will either have the hole(s) dug and waiting, take them to a body of water for disposal, or haul them all off for caching. Obviously, each of these techniques present their own problems.
TR
__________________
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
|
|
The Reaper is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:47
|
#10
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
|
Don't let The Reaper shit ya'll, he digs pretty holes! LOL
__________________
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
|
|
NousDefionsDoc is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:48
|
#11
|
|
Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NC
Posts: 995
|
NDD- Not if the book's written backwards! Unconventional writing for unconventional warfare, afterall... 
Short hijack- do you by any chance know what happened to the Red Hand anti-terror (terror) group in Algeria? Did they fold or withdraw when Algeria gained its independence, or did they keep trying?
Thanks,
Solid
|
|
Solid is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 10:50
|
#12
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Solid
NDD- Not if the book's written backwards! Unconventional writing for unconventional warfare, afterall...
Short hijack- do you by any chance know what happened to the Red Hand anti-terror (terror) group in Algeria? Did they fold or withdraw when Algeria gained its independence, or did they keep trying?
Thanks,
Solid
|
NO HIJACKING! We're trying to write a book here! Go to the Terrorism Forum and make a new thread.
__________________
Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
|
|
NousDefionsDoc is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 13:04
|
#13
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Williamston, SC
Posts: 2,018
|
Since you are writing a book, let me give you to scenarios other than just hitting the ground at a run and leaving them.
1. In the event there is a counterpart reception party, turn the chutes over to them to dispose of, or:
2. Recover into the kit bag and stash - casche them. The bags are (or were) sage green and can be pretty easily camouflaged.
The are many other methods of disposal, serious and humorous.
|
|
QRQ 30 is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 17:23
|
#14
|
|
Kia ora, bro
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 931
|
NDD is right- I'm up to infil. They're Kiwis, going after a drug lab in Indonesia. Not sure if it's SAS or recon platoon that's at infil yet. I do know the basic plotline though, in case anyones wondering after that last sentence 
Thanks for all the relies guys!
__________________
"You destroyed half a city block!"
"That block was already messed up."
|
|
Huey14 is offline
|
|
|
07-20-2004, 17:28
|
#15
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
|
You may want to think about HAHO instead of HALO for your "mission."
|
|
Team Sergeant is offline
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:46.
|
|
|
Linear Mode
