MARINE ENTREPRENEUR: LtCol Curt Knowles & Momentum Training Center in San Marco CA
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In this show we a look at the first article in the series entitled “Infantry Entry-Level Training” which details Major Buckel’s argument for revamping and extending entry level training for Infantry Marines to almost a year.
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During the program Mike Musselman and I were talking about this exact incident whichI witnessed while the Executive Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Ranger, CV-61 in 1987. Rob Schwarz, LtCol USMC (ret)… aka “Montana Man” sent me this link.
It’s an amazing piece of flying by a ballsy pilot.
One thing that your guest stated was talking about the egress points of the MV-22, I would say that knowing your egress points are only moderately important since there is no saying that the bird will be in only one piece. People who have never been in a crash are only providing a second hand opinion, I say this because I have first hand experience in this.
We crashed Aug 29th, 1986.
The helo we were in broke into 5 pieces after we hit another helo on the flight deck, we had crossed into the Arctic Circle earlier that day and the water temperature was 42degrees. It is a tragedy to lose any Marine, to have only lost 3 out of 26 is truly a miracle. We lost 8 out of 21 on our crash…..
The Corps needs to do a much better job of preparing our Marines for these type of crashes.
Semper Fi