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05-28-2005, 09:13 AM
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But war is not entertainment for the participants who share the risk and danger posed by an opponent who can shoot back with deadly weapons. Indeed, in the face of such a threat, we find a female helicopter pilot who has been reprimanded in Afghanistan for leaving the scene of action when a helicopter in her flight went down. A report states that after his re-supply helicopter crashed and exploded in Afghanistan, Marine Capt. Douglas V. Glasgow pulled his injured co-pilot … from the burning craft and then, despite back injuries, made several trips to rescue other injured crew members while the helicopter burned and ammunition began ‘cooking off.’ “But the report criticized Capt. Alison Thompson, commander of the lead helicopter, for flying back to base after incorrectly concluding there were no survivors. [She] made the decision to leave after determining it was too risky to land near the rocky crash site, according to the report. The survivors were spotted by cameras in an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and rescued by Army helicopters two hours later. Thompson’s decision was ‘contrary to training’ and prolong[ed] the suffering of the air crew survivors and expose[d] them to risk and capture,’ according to an addendum to the report, inserted by Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. A copy of the report will be sent to her superior officers. The Marine helicopter was on a re-supply mission for troops attempting to search for and destroy remaining Taliban and al Qaeda forces.”
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Capt. Alison Thompson served also in Kosovo. Here is old story (http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:zZYnXMAp6tgJ:www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/082999/new_marines.html+%22Capt.+Alison+Thompson%22&hl=en)
But war is not entertainment for the participants who share the risk and danger posed by an opponent who can shoot back with deadly weapons. Indeed, in the face of such a threat, we find a female helicopter pilot who has been reprimanded in Afghanistan for leaving the scene of action when a helicopter in her flight went down. A report states that after his re-supply helicopter crashed and exploded in Afghanistan, Marine Capt. Douglas V. Glasgow pulled his injured co-pilot … from the burning craft and then, despite back injuries, made several trips to rescue other injured crew members while the helicopter burned and ammunition began ‘cooking off.’ “But the report criticized Capt. Alison Thompson, commander of the lead helicopter, for flying back to base after incorrectly concluding there were no survivors. [She] made the decision to leave after determining it was too risky to land near the rocky crash site, according to the report. The survivors were spotted by cameras in an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and rescued by Army helicopters two hours later. Thompson’s decision was ‘contrary to training’ and prolong[ed] the suffering of the air crew survivors and expose[d] them to risk and capture,’ according to an addendum to the report, inserted by Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. A copy of the report will be sent to her superior officers. The Marine helicopter was on a re-supply mission for troops attempting to search for and destroy remaining Taliban and al Qaeda forces.”
Scroll down the page (http://www.libertynewsforum.com/proudvet/index.php)
Capt. Alison Thompson served also in Kosovo. Here is old story (http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:zZYnXMAp6tgJ:www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/082999/new_marines.html+%22Capt.+Alison+Thompson%22&hl=en)