An Airborne Expeditionary Unit?

[Rifleman]

It's just that the drops generally -- all of them, necessary or not -- do get truly excessive publicity.....

I reckon that's true; yet, the MIKE Force operations in Vietnam got hardly any puplicity at all.

Incidently, one of my favorite (and one of the more obscure) jump stories comes from one of the MIKE Force jumps. Supposedly, some SF NCOs had to hook up some of the 'Yards. The little fellers just weren't tall enough to reach the anchor line cable! But when the green light came on they went out the door like big men! Nary a jump refusal.

Airborne!