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Huey Lewis & The News
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Hector the Pup
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| They're rescue choppers. Completely different animal. |
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Military exercises rattling nerves around LA
Army helicopters landing on Wilshire Boulevard and other military activities are turning parts of Los Angeles into scenes from a war movie this week.
The military is conducting training exercises, but they have caught many locals by surprise.
When a helicopter flew low in between buildings in downtown Los Angeles, it raised a few alarms.
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According to the LAPD it's all part of a U.S. Army training exercise to teach soldiers skills and how to operate in an urban environment.
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dont_be_a_wuss
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| There were some more drills in Long Beach tonight. The news says it is a week long urban readiness training that will run through Friday. |
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numero-ocho
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I just wonder what they're training for that a) is similar to downtown LA and b) requires stealth flying and fast insertion and/or extraction of a small number of soldiers. Is it a rescue or an assault?
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| numero-ocho wrote: | | I just wonder what they're training for that a) is similar to downtown LA and b) requires stealth flying and fast insertion and/or extraction of a small number of soldiers. Is it a rescue or an assault? |
Army special forces. They train for every environment. They have been doing this type of training for years.
It’s most likely a rescue and assault type of training. It’s how it usually goes. |
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emililadjet
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:39 am Post subject: Re: VIDEO - military chopper drills on Wilshire blvd today |
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It's only a few exercises, but I felt like it's a war against Terrorism
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