Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
Gentleman,I would suggest that such a unit be Joint, and have armoured vehicles that can be air-dropped, and/or under-slung from CH-47. Unit personnel should be capable of rigging the vehicles for helicopter ops, as well as knowing all the tips and trick associated with long range vehicles operations. What ever levels of qualification exist for air and boat units should be adapted and made relevant to an armoured unit.
We have this already. The vehicles we have now are airtransportable in a c130 and can be slung under an MH 47. We don't really do airdrops anymore but I suppose we could if we needed to.


SFC W