Thursday, October 9, 2008

We Train Like We Fight

A video clip of some Humm-Vee training. We spent days driving around looking for bombs, practicing MedEvac procedures, and calling in EOD support. We even went through the HEAT Trainer, a simulator for a HummVee roll-over. There have been so many deaths in theater to rollovers and people being trapped or crushed that they incorporated this training into our pipeline. The LINK is to a video clip is not my exact training event, but shows what we did that day. It was more fun than anything. Butts and elbows all over the place but mostly it gave me an appreciation for keeping all four wheels on the ground because it's really hard to egress from this vehicle right side up, let alone upside down or in a ditch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gENgmhDmIAE


Here's a ride along with Greg Burkette on a Medical Evacuation (MedEvac) we did at Ft Dix.


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