nat of helicopter
landing@18:30 When the
Chinook helicopters come
in, 19:12 these soldiers
rush to get on board. But
this is not a simple
flight to move some of
the thousands of soldiers
taking part in an
extensive two week
training Operation known
as Lightning Forge. Lt.
Col hunter Marshall@21:23
"we evacuated them from a
field site on the north
shore and brought them
here to a ship to
replicate a shore to ship
evacuation" phillipines
file footage of typhoon A
ship to shore evacuation
could be used during a
humanitarian mission,
like responding to a
natural disaster. Col.
Ken hawley@26:26 "if you
take a look at the
Filipine disaster when
the typhoon went through,
the navy will be one of
the first ones there. And
having helicopters is
critical to move around a
disaster area" While
these soldiers load up
with military precision,
part of the training is
knowing that during a
real disaster conditions
and even evacuees may not
be as cooperative. 23:28
"we can expect people to
be highly cooperative to
not cooperative, because
what you're doing is
helping people leave
sometimes that they've
grown to love and live in
for a long period of
time" This drill could
benefit more than just
other countries dealing
with a natural disaster.
These soldiers could also
come to the rescue of
Hawaii residents.
21:48-21:57 "we can help
our foreign partners -
countries in need,
whether it is a hurricane
or tsunami as well as
here in Hawaii, should we
have some kind of
disaster" nat of
helicopter@14:50 To make
sure these evacuations
don't end in disaster
themselves, pilots have
been training for these
touchdowns. 27:30 "Being
able to land on a ship is
one of the more complex
missions that a pilot
will do" Pilots use a
decommissioned Navy
amphibious assault ship
anchored in Pearl Harbor
to prepare for the real
thing, video of the
helicopter repelling
video from DVIDS like
open ocean operations
that comes with even more
challenges. 49:58 This
training flight go off
without a hitch, and
we're safely flown back
to the North Shore. 51:55
Standup @ "While this
mission is wrapping up
between the navy and the
army, but the training
continues. They tell me
its nearly constant for
these soldiers." On the
North Shore, Paul Drewes
KITV 4 news.
Army soldiers are
