Fri, 30 September 2005
The entire New York crew arrived on station and will soon be taking over the reins of this combat rescue operation from our folks. What’s interesting about our sister unit is their location on Long Island, New York. Many individuals possess a strong New York accent (i.e. “looongisland”) and in regular conversation it soon becomes clearly evident to anyone outside of our two organizations who is from California and who is from New York. My replacement loggie, Richard, has a strong accent as well. Inevitably, in our conversations I start to unconsciously pick up on his accent. A little ironic given that I am a native New Yorker myself…
The Perfect Storm
The New York combat rescue team possesses a few famous folks back at home station. Lt Col Dave Ruvola was the Duty Officer while we were both deployed together in Kuwait in 1993. I later discovered that he was also the pilot for the rescue helicopter that went down attempting to rescue a crew on a sinking ship in the monstrous October, 1991 storm – the same event which was featured in the book and movie, “The Perfect Storm.” Extraordinary men facing life-threatening conditions in an once-in-a-lifetime event.
Fallen Soldiers #11 and #12
Combat Rescue Saves #18, #19 and #20
P.S. – I got my third piece of mail today – thank you Locke!
Friday, October 07, 2005
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