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2008-07-30 09:04:26
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6802|the land of bourbon
anyone else see this episode on the national geographic channel?

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/s … 8/Overview

i was impressed, very good story and good suspense for a documentary.  i highly recommend seeing this if you get a chance.  the actual pilot recaps the story, the navy and marine officers who coordinated the rescue, and they even have the commander and an officer of the serb forces who were trying to capture him.  it really hit home when the marines came to save they guy, and he talked about how he felt when he saw the chinook coming in.

seems like the movie "behind enemy lines" is loosely based on this event (it had potential, owen wilson failed)
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2008-07-30 18:24:25
imortal
Member
+240|7086|Austin, TX
okay... I remember this when it happened, watching it on the news, and him making the talk show circuit afterwards.  Couple years later, I was stomping around Bosnia my own self.



Does that make me old?
2008-07-30 18:39:33
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6832|'Murka

Scott O'Grady was a numbnuts who got himself shot down by being stupid, then profited from his stupidity.

After he left active duty, he went to the Reserve unit at the base I was stationed at at the time. He didn't stay long, as the entire F-16 community (both active duty and reserves) disowned his incompetent ass.

His case is used as an example of what NOT to do, both prior to getting shot down and during the recovery op (ie, you don't stand up in the treeline and wave your gun in the air to get the heavily-armed PJ's attention).
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
2008-07-30 18:57:44
Home
Section.80
+447|7268|Seattle, Washington, USA

FEOS wrote:

Scott O'Grady was a numbnuts who got himself shot down by being stupid, then profited from his stupidity.

After he left active duty, he went to the Reserve unit at the base I was stationed at at the time. He didn't stay long, as the entire F-16 community (both active duty and reserves) disowned his incompetent ass.

His case is used as an example of what NOT to do, both prior to getting shot down and during the recovery op (ie, you don't stand up in the treeline and wave your gun in the air to get the heavily-armed PJ's attention).
Haha, funny to hear the other side of the story. I had only heard the "heroic survivor" side.

What exactly did he do wrong prior to getting shot down? (I don't really remember what happened)

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2008-07-30 19:51:43
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6914|Connecticut
I believe that was the birth of USMC T.R.A.P. , at least in a combat situation as far as I know.
Malloy must go
2008-07-30 20:47:17
san4
The Mas
+311|7109|NYC, a place to live

FEOS wrote:

Scott O'Grady was a numbnuts who got himself shot down by being stupid, then profited from his stupidity.

After he left active duty, he went to the Reserve unit at the base I was stationed at at the time. He didn't stay long, as the entire F-16 community (both active duty and reserves) disowned his incompetent ass.

His case is used as an example of what NOT to do, both prior to getting shot down and during the recovery op (ie, you don't stand up in the treeline and wave your gun in the air to get the heavily-armed PJ's attention).
I like how they sort of downplayed how the rescuers disarmed him by force, like that's routine.

 

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