However, it's not just the skills that are the deciding factor of whether the maintainer advances. This list helps the supervisors determine who is ready to become a crew chief and who is not. Supervisors in the Delta companies and troops keep checklists of the skills each individual has mastered. That's where the maintainer gets the mechanic skills they need."Ĭhoosing the right person for a crew chief takes careful observation from supervisors. Also, they perform a lot of scheduled maintenance, different things in between, any kind of unscheduled stuff " if the aircraft breaks, they pass it on to Delta Company " big things, not little things. "In the maintenance platoon, they conduct phases, where they tear down the entire aircraft and build it back up. 1st Class Clinton Bruce, Task Force Thunder's enlisted standardization instructor. "In a perfect world, one should come out of AIT and go to a delta company maintenance platoon," said Sgt. Here, on the aircraft, rank and position are mutually exclusive.Īll crew chiefs initially join the Army as helicopter repairers, whether they are 15T " Blackhawk repairers, 15U " Chinook repairers, 15S " Kiowa repairers or 15R " Apache repairers. In the aviation community, crewmembers can move up in position, regardless of rank. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (May 25, 2011) " In the military, personnel move up in rank, depending on their time in and desire to do so. Johnathan Hudson (far left), an AH-60D Apache helicopter crew chief with Troop D, Task Force Palehorse (7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment), secures the base of a blade needing replacement as Pfc. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 22, 2011) - Pfc. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Luke Yetter, both with Troop D, Task Force Palehorse (7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment), remove a blade needing replace. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 22, 2011) - AH60D Apache helicopter crew chiefs Pfc. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – I think you may just have a whole new appreciation for the film.KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 22, 2011) - An AH60D Apache helicopter crew chief with Troop D, Task Force Palehorse (7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment), examines a blade to determine whether it needs repair or replacement here June 22. Those of you that have seen it, watch it again with the mindset previously described. Only then make a judgment on the quality of the film. So if you haven't seen the movie, rent it, watch it, then watch it again, and maybe a few more times, and look for all the generic parallels to everyday life.
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Again I must reiterate: I think FF Coppola did a bang-up job on this entire production, as did the cast and crew, but the sum of the movie exceeds the individual efforts ten-fold. The subtle sub-text that permeates the entire movie has way too much to it to have been planned and portrayed instead, it seems to have 'grown' itself, like some wild flower in the middle of a vegetable garden. Coppola, whom I believe is one of the best directors of all time, I think he transcended his original intent of the movie, and probably didn't even realize it until after the movie was released. Hmmmmmm.Draw any parallels between this and things you see every day? With the deepest respect to Mr.
They (Big Brother) sent him out to do the job, he does it too well, without adhering to the accepted "standards" of death and destruction (Am I the only one who's troubled by the fact that we have 'standards' for death and destruction?), so they send the "Conformity Police" out to eliminate the individual. Brando represents the individual that has his own way of getting the job done. The answer is this: Forget the war, forget the brutality.This is a classic story of society protecting itself from those that refuse to fall in line with the status quo. "Why would you like a film that's so confusing?" ask many of my associates. Having seen Apocalypse Now approximately 30 times, and having recently dissected it on DVD (how did we ever live without those magical digital machines?), I can say without hesitation that I am one of those who have a very special place in my heart for this film. Everyone either loves it, or they hate it. As I peruse through the hundreds of comments that loyal readers of the IMDB have posted on this film, I find it very interesting how few ,"middle of the road" comments there are.
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