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<blockquote data-quote="Logar" data-source="post: 1625967" data-attributes="member: 31166"><p>Let's get something straight. I never led a Seal Team. I never said I did that.</p><p></p><p>The guy I replaced was a Canadian who refused to do the job. He went out to the site and returned the next day stating it was too dangerous. I volunteered.</p><p></p><p>The team consisted of 3 Canadians and 9 Americans. We are all still close today.</p><p></p><p>One is dead of cancer. Five others are fighting it right now. They are all honorable men and I love them dearly</p><p></p><p>However I did not start off on the ground.</p><p></p><p>I started as a pilot in the military - flew the Buffalo aircraft for 5 years in a Search and Rescue role. I was based in Comox on Vancouver Island. It is a dandy aircraft for that role.</p><p></p><p>Here is a short video of a short field landing on a windy day:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3-L5PQ7npI</p><p></p><p>Then I flew the F-5 for two years at 419 Squadron in Cold Lake Alberta. The video shows some of the typical things we did. All rockets are being fired on the live range at Cold Lake. </p><p></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY7MCcXMV78</p><p></p><p>From there I went to the F-18. I was on course 5. Our course was close to the first group to fly the Hornet in Canada and flew them until 1997. About ten years.</p><p></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SVQofofwU</p><p></p><p>I was injured flying that aircraft and maintained my pilot status and worked as a ground guy until I initially released in 1998.</p><p></p><p>I rejoined in 2007 and was stationed in Israel and then Lebanon and then Syria. From there I did my last tour on the front lines on the ground in Afghanistan as the Afghan Army Camp Commander in Logar Province just out side of Bagrami. A rather interesting mission in which I personally led more than 200 patrols outside the wire - most of them half and half missions - motor vehicle - to foot patrol and then returning by motor vehicle.</p><p></p><p>Yeah I have had an interesting career but now I have titanium rods on both sides of my spinal column - held in place with three and a half inch screws in each vertebra along the length of the rods. That is another story for another time. I am able to walk without a limp unless I walk real fast. If I try to run it is a bit of a joke - cannot do that very well.</p><p></p><p>Took a total of 13 hours on the operating table to put me back on my feet.</p><p></p><p>There are many things you do not know about me and the guys I worked with but I can say it was an adventure.</p><p></p><p>The person I respect the most is my wife. I left her home alone for nearly five years of tours and she hung in there. We will be 41 years married this month. We started out poor and I actually said these words on our wedding day because we could not afford rings;</p><p></p><p>"With this handshake I thee wed"</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I did.</p><p></p><p>Be safe. Happy Easter.</p><p></p><p>Best to all,</p><p></p><p>Logar (once known as Bez)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logar, post: 1625967, member: 31166"] Let's get something straight. I never led a Seal Team. I never said I did that. The guy I replaced was a Canadian who refused to do the job. He went out to the site and returned the next day stating it was too dangerous. I volunteered. The team consisted of 3 Canadians and 9 Americans. We are all still close today. One is dead of cancer. Five others are fighting it right now. They are all honorable men and I love them dearly However I did not start off on the ground. I started as a pilot in the military - flew the Buffalo aircraft for 5 years in a Search and Rescue role. I was based in Comox on Vancouver Island. It is a dandy aircraft for that role. Here is a short video of a short field landing on a windy day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3-L5PQ7npI Then I flew the F-5 for two years at 419 Squadron in Cold Lake Alberta. The video shows some of the typical things we did. All rockets are being fired on the live range at Cold Lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY7MCcXMV78 From there I went to the F-18. I was on course 5. Our course was close to the first group to fly the Hornet in Canada and flew them until 1997. About ten years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SVQofofwU I was injured flying that aircraft and maintained my pilot status and worked as a ground guy until I initially released in 1998. I rejoined in 2007 and was stationed in Israel and then Lebanon and then Syria. From there I did my last tour on the front lines on the ground in Afghanistan as the Afghan Army Camp Commander in Logar Province just out side of Bagrami. A rather interesting mission in which I personally led more than 200 patrols outside the wire - most of them half and half missions - motor vehicle - to foot patrol and then returning by motor vehicle. Yeah I have had an interesting career but now I have titanium rods on both sides of my spinal column - held in place with three and a half inch screws in each vertebra along the length of the rods. That is another story for another time. I am able to walk without a limp unless I walk real fast. If I try to run it is a bit of a joke - cannot do that very well. Took a total of 13 hours on the operating table to put me back on my feet. There are many things you do not know about me and the guys I worked with but I can say it was an adventure. The person I respect the most is my wife. I left her home alone for nearly five years of tours and she hung in there. We will be 41 years married this month. We started out poor and I actually said these words on our wedding day because we could not afford rings; "With this handshake I thee wed" Yeah, I did. Be safe. Happy Easter. Best to all, Logar (once known as Bez) [/QUOTE]
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