Capt. Mike Dargavell walks away from the Blackhawk helicopter that retrieved him after his Kiowa helicopter crashed. He suffered minor injuries and returned to duty days later. From Popular Mechanics:
PM's Joe Pappalardo is reporting from the frontlines in Afghanistan. Here, he gives a behind-the-scenes personal account as U.S. Army troops at Forward Operating Base Salerno grapple with simultaneous emergencies: A Special Forces-led rescue mission and a crashed helicopter.
"Choose your f***ing story," says Maj. Phillip Cain Baker, brushing past me on his way into the headquarters of Task Force Attack.
Maj. Baker has many talents and abilities—he's an Apache pilot with more than 600 combat hours and the executive officer of a task force comprised of hundreds of people—but he's also a master of concision. In a matter of seconds he's filled me in on the twin crises that have befallen his command this Wednesday afternoon in eastern Afghanistan: A Kiowa scout helicopter patrolling roads for signs of improvised explosive devices has crash-landed due to an engine malfunction and needs to be retrieved; in addition, Special Forces are asking his aviators for support in hunting for the recently kidnapped father of the Afghan minister of education.
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