ʻO Crew chiefs no ka CH-53E Super Stallions ke kuleana no ka noho maikaʻiʻana o ka mokulele i loko o ka holoʻana o nā moku, a me ka nānāʻana i kahi noho o nā pilolota ma luna.
"ʻO Crew nā aliʻi o ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻaʻia a me nā lele no ka poʻe helikopter," wahi a Capt.
ʻO Eric C. Palmer, luna NATOPS, Helicopter Helicopter Marine 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3 Marine Aircraft Wing. "Ke mālama nei lākou i nā hana a pau a nā pilolota i loaʻaʻole,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea a pau ma hope o ka mokulele."
Mālama nā aliʻi i ke kūpilikiʻi ma ke alanui o kahi pilolota,ʻoiaiʻaʻole hiki i ka pilolota keʻike i nā kiʻekiʻe he 180 ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua mai ka ihu o ka mokulele.
"ʻAʻole ka maikaʻi o ka nānā iā CH-53, no laila pono mākou e hilinaʻi i nā maka a me nā pepeiao o ka 'ōkai i ka wā o ka holoʻana," wahi a Palmer, kahi Endwell, NY. "ʻO ka hiki keʻike i nā mea i hikiʻole i ka pilolota ke kōkua,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea nui loa a ke aliʻi o nā luina."
Wahi a Lance Cpl. ʻO DL Chewey, ke aliʻi o ka moku, HMH-361, makemake lākou eʻike iki i nā mea a pau ma luna o ka moku.
"Pono nā aliʻi e hoʻopā i nā mea a pau o ka mokulele," wahi a Stilwell, Okla.,'ōiwi. "Pono mākou eʻike i kona mau palena.
Pono mākou eʻike i ko mākou mau palena. Aia mākou i laila e hoʻihoʻi i nā pilolota.
"Ke holo nei mākou, ua loaʻa iā mākou a pau i kahi misionari," wahi a Chewey. "ʻO kā mākouʻoihana he misionariʻo ia he hui, aia iāʻoeʻo kou pailota a me ka paikōkole, holo kekahi, aʻo kekahi e holo i ka hoʻokeleʻana, a laila, he aliʻi holokai ka mea e nānā a hoʻolohe i ka helikopter.
ʻO mākou kekahi o ka mokulele, a ke pāʻani nei mākou i kahi hanaʻole. "
Eia naʻe, ke hoʻololi ikiʻia ka hana a kekahi aliʻi o nā'aukele, e like paha me ka hana, kahi i hoʻolālāʻia ai.
"ʻOiai mākou e hoʻolālāʻia ana, aia mākou i ka hoʻomoeʻana i nā manawa a pau," i'ōlelo aiʻo Cpl. ʻO Fidel R. Florez, ke poʻo o ka 'ōkele, HMH-361. "E pili ana i keʻano pilikino ma waena o ka nohoʻana i ka pā kaua a ma Iraq paha, aia ma laila ma kā mākou mau mea kaua, nā mea kaua a me nāʻaoʻao e paʻa ai, a he mea hoʻonāwaliwali paha ia.
"Maanei, loaʻa iā mākou iʻehā a meʻelima mau hora e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka holoʻana," i kā Anthony, NM,'ōiwi, i hōʻuluʻuluʻia. "Ma laila, uaʻoi aku ka manawa ma mua o hoʻokahi hola e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka holo e hiki ke piʻi mai i kēlā me kēia manawa."
Wahi a Palmer, e lawe pū nā aliʻi o nā luina i nā kuleana'ē aʻe me kā lākou mau hana i ka manawa i hoʻolālāʻia.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o kā lākou mau hana e palekana ai i ka pilo e hana i ka mokulele, e like nō ia me ke kauʻana," wahi a Palmer. "He mau kuleana'ē aʻe ko lākou, e like me ka mālamaʻana i nā maka i nāʻenemi, a pēlā lākou e hana ai i nā pū kuni pū .50-caliber."
ʻO ka nui o ke koʻikoʻi o ka luina o nā luinaʻaʻole iʻike mauʻia, e Palmer.
"He kūpono loa nā Crew aliʻi," wahi a Palmer. "Ua hana lākou i nā mea he nui ma hope o ka mokulele a nā pilo e lawe wale nei no kaʻole.
Heʻike lākou i kaʻikeʻole o ka mokulele a he wahi waiwai nui loa ia o ka aircrew CH-53. "
Na Lance Cpl. ʻO James B. Hoke