sfb wrote:

Isn't the point demanding instant results when things take time and is
often the case, too much time.

We tend to forget many of the challenges like they can't work at night
because of the lack of lights. Driving at night is very dangerous
because of the destruction of stop signs and traffic signals.

People can't even agree on a time line. Katrina hit Monday and there is
video of the NG all over the New Orleans on Friday which seems closer to
four days than six.

Not only that, it's not like there was NO action between Monday and Friday.
For example:

I don't have all the details, but I do know an AF Combat Controller team
from Hurlburt (Happy Hurbie Airplane Patch to some of us) went in to New
Orleans Airport on Wednesday to open it up for relief flights. Here's the
news release on that, dated 31 August:

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Air Force Special Operations Command will fly an
MC-130 aircraft into New Orleans International Airport tonight with a small
team of special operations forces to work to reopen the runway.

A team of combat controllers and a small medical team will work to establish
operations at the airport, which has no electricity or air traffic control.
Combat controllers are certified air traffic controllers and special
operators who can open airfields deep behind enemy lines or in other
hazardous areas.

The combat controllers will set self-powered lights and other navigational
aids, then function as air traffic controllers with portable radios so that
other military aircraft can land and help evacuate around 2,500 ill, or
injured persons from the New Orleans area.

AFSOC has also flown more than 34 aircraft to Jackson, Miss., to support
Hurricane Katrina relief.

The deployed aircraft include 19 HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters
specifically designed to find and recover individuals in hazardous areas.
AFSOC has also deployed 11 C-130 aircraft with various special mission
capabilities, including helicopter refueling and the ability to operate
from dirt or unimproved airfields.

AFSOC has sent pararescuemen and combat controllers to Jackson to work in
conjunction with the aircraft. Pararescuemen are highly trained emergency
medical technician special operators. Combat controllers and pararescuemen
are accustomed to operating in the most difficult and hostile conditions
and are trained in numerous special operations skills such as SCUBA and
parachute operations.


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Saville

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