OOPS

Somebody screwed up at the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Hohenfels, Germany the other day because I am relatively sure that an airdropped Humvee is not supposed to move towards the ground quite that quickly.

Comments

[The Pentagoon]

There's more where this came from!

[Head_Smashed_In]

Is a cow dropped from a helicopter still the fastest animal on earth though?

[funny man]

I thought they were supposed to airdrop food and water. And only to areas that needed such. Silly me.

[manual tomato]

The few. The proud.

[nursecindy]

manual tomato, that's the Marine's slogan. I have nothing against the Army. In fact I have an uncle who was a Green Beret but the Air Force would never have made this mistake. Go USAF! I can't help it. I'm a former Air Force brat.

[A Carlson]

As god as my witness I thought Humvees could fly.

[Steve K.]

As God is my witness, I thought HumVees could fly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

[wiredog]

Airborne!

[ligirl]

cameraman truly caught a shock & . . . aww, F*CK! moment

[RegularGuy55]

Not to worry. Every parachute comes with a guarantee. If it fails, bring it back for a free replacement.

[manual tomato]

nursecindy, I was never in the military, but my Dad who raised me was a Marine, First Marine Division, First Marine Expeditionary Force. He served on the ground in Korea during that war. He was wounded twice and received the Purple Heart. My Dad's job was to make contact with the enemy. Which He did on a regular basis. There was a lot of shooting at one another involved during these meetings. My Dad crawled around in the dirt a lot, but could occasionally stand up on rare occasions when He knew the bullets were being fired from out of range and were flying over his head missing by at much as six inches. He miscalculated once and was shot in the chest. Bones were broken. The bullet proof vest He was wearing was priceless. There is a song from the era called The Rotation Blues. Chosen men from my dad's company had to go out each night and probe the Chinese army. A few N. Koreans were also present. A rotation method was used to determine who went to probe the enemy on any given night. Probe means to go out and get shot at, then report back what happened and where exactly it occurred. How many were there and things like that. Did they have tanks? Every third night, He was in the rotation. As I'm sure your father was, my Dad was a great guy. If you asked to describe my Dad, I would say, He was a cross between John Wayne and Fred Flintstone. BTW we had a military Willy's jeep for decades. It was bent up really bad from dropping it a lot when we were drunk. Oh, one of my Dad's friends looked so much like Barney Rubble. My Dad was a real, true bigger than life American hero. I'm sure your dad was too.

[manual tomato]

Rotation Blues 1951.

I grew up in the mid fifties and early sixties listening to this. We had all the country greats like Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb and a host of others. I played these records over and over and learned to play guitar to some of the songs by the time I was nine. At that time, I really don't think I knew any other music existed.

Pretty cool song about the Korean war. We had the 45. I played it probably hundreds of times.

[655321]

As a former C-130 Load Master and airdrop rigger, I think I can see where the point of failure occurred. If I remember correctly, the HUMVEE is an item suspended load. In other words, the parachute is attached to the actual item and not the platform on which it rests. The debris you can see in the video as the parachute separates would be pieces of the HUMVEE. Best to fix that one with a bulldozer. Just cover the hole with dirt.

Salute to all the Vets and their families out there.

[Le Petomane]

I've always enjoyed being around professional pilots and admire them greatly. This incident reminded me of when I was working in Alaska, our helicopter pilot said he once had a woman passenger who was very nervous about flying in one. She asked meekly, " Do these things crash often?" The pilot grinned. " No Ma'am, usually just once."

[Meanie the Blue]

Did they at least hit the target? I presume that was the main objective.

[nursecindy]

manuel tomato, your dad sounds like a wonderful guy. I have a special place in my heart for ALL military personnel. Whenever I see a soldier, at the mall or at a restaurant, I always shake their hand and thank them for their service. This country would be in very sad shape if it weren't for their bravery and devotion.

[nursecindy]

One more thing. If any military, active or retired, is reading this, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your service.

[ErnieG]

That'll buff out.

[Tex]

When I retired from working overseas, my wife and I wanted to do more for our soldiers than put a bumper sticker on the cars. So For many years we "adopted" Marines deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. We sent them care packages and wrote them a lot They wrote back. For example, we adopted a Marine sniper through 3 Afghan deployments and a Marine aviator through two deployments there. Truly appreciative and gracious men.

[Not My Usual Alias]

One reason to practice airdrops is to have more vehicles survive a real drop.

Some loadmaster is going to have some 'splaining to do.