January 9, 2007

Preparing to Walk The line

Michael Yon is back in Iraq and heading out to the FOBs to walk the lines.

As we began the descent, I asked the pilot if it would be okay to stay in the cockpit during landing. He said it would be fine, but also said the crew was going to wear body armor although I could make my own choice. I stepped down from the cockpit and returned with body armor and helmet. Behind the wide-open cockpit were passengers armed with assault weapons, pistols and knives. The pilots were letting me sit in the cockpit during landing but they were wearing body armor.

The rules are very different here.

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