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We're here for WT I and we heard about

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the possibility of doing the lift and

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we had like decent information on the

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condition of the zone and the

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helicopter . But once we got there and

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like saw it the day before , I think

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the nerves went away and we all just

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kind of focused on what needed to be

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done .

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The kilo was kind of the go to aircraft

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for this mission because of our

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improved power performance . That's one

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thing . And then the additional

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improved advanced bike control system ,

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it took several days of site

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preparation . So a lot of land clearing

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in order to get clearance for the

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helicopter to be able to make it into

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the zone . And that involved using pack

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mules to move hundreds of pounds of

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cargo every day on a 10 mile round trip

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hike CBS to prepare the aircraft and do

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a little bit of disassembly and then

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HST rigging procedures and

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configuration inspections , things like

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that all leading up to that point prior

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to the mission , our final brief with

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the crew was , you know , stay focused ,

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you know , we've got 2 to 3 lifts in

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this area . And as soon as we got out

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there , you can tell the crew was

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completely locked on . We were in a

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very confined area with some terrain

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off the left hand side of the aircraft ,

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roughly 20 to 30 ft and then some trees

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off to the right hand side , we had to

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come in from a high hover and get into

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a precision hold and then basically all

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the aircraft down as we were flying

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pretty closely to some of those trees

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and terrain . So the precision hold was

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essential in order to complete this

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mission . It kind of shows or of what

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this thing can do to assist the Marine

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Corps .