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8220Ilooked up from the instrument panel in my
Huey helicopter to see the main rotor blade
strike a tree.The next sensation was one of
falling, hitting the side of the hill in
the Talladega National Forest in rural Alabama,
followed by a sudden stop. Well, dying was not as
bad as I thought it would be! Now, if someone
would only turn off that jet engine screeching in
the background. Wait a minute, I am not dead, but
if that engine keeps running, it could explode,
and the whole helicopter would go up in flames.
Great, survived the crash but died in the
fire.Welcome to the world of Naval Aviation.8221
8220Cold War Sailor8221takes you on one Navy
Pilot8217sjourney from the end of the
Vietnam War to the beginning of the Global War on
Terrorism. The U.S. Navy trained me to be a Naval
Aviator, taught me to think outside the narrow
confines of my education and upbringing, and
allowed me to explore the world. Service in the
Navy expanded my horizons both personally and
professionally. In return, I gave the U.S. Navy
thirty years of my life and got the better end of
the deal.I was a part of the expanding
missions and capabilities of the Navy Light
Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter
community with deployments to the Mediterranean,
Persian Gulf, and the Western Pacific. As one of
the first Joint Staff Officers in the Navy, I
spent eleven years in positions of increasing
responsibility in the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO), culminating as the Military
Assistant to the Deputy Chairman of the NATO
Military Committee.I commanded Helicopter
Anti-Squadron Light THREE SEVEN during DESERT
STORM in the Persian Gulf, and Naval Support
Activity Naples, Italy during operation DELIBERATE
FORCE in Kosovo, and deployed to
Bosnia Hercegovina for NATO8217sfirst out of
area operation with
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the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) Headquarters
as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of
Staff.An unusual military memoir that gives the
reader a view into the expansion and initial
combat operations of NATO. It also provides
background on the development and deployment of
the initial Navy Joint Staff Officer8217sin
response to the Goldwater-Nichols Act.I cannot
remember the specific incident, but I
will remember the moment forever.
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A Cold War Sailor A Military Memoir