Amazing Movie About a Soldier Shot by a RPG
Read before clicking on link below: The story is about Channing Moss, who was impaled by a live RPG during a Taliban ambush while on patrol. Army protocol says that medivac choppers are never to carry anyone with a live round in him. Even though they feared it could explode, the flight crew said damn the protocol and flew him to the nearest aid station. Again, protocol said that in such a case the patient is to be put in a sandbagged area away from the surgical unit, given a shot of morphine and left to wait (and die) until others are treated. Again, the medical team ignored the protocol. Here's a short video put together by the Military Times, Posted on You Tube by "mooninsantacruz" which includes actual footage of the surgery where Dr. John Oh, a Korean immigrant who became a naturalized citizen and went to
Click: (263) RPG Embedded In Soldier, Surgery Of Removal - YouTube
(Editor's note: the original video was taken down, above is a summary version from the Military Times series posted on You Tube. Also, a video about Specialist Moss's recovery, below.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akA2tHo8E7A
This is a very interesting documentary about the USS John Stennis aircraft carrier.
A CNN Special posted on You Tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrNnXYeX60c&list=PLs3Cv5AuzL_ocKHlgA7uUydGH25Un05NE
From the US Navy (You Tube) Three Carriers
WESTERN PACIFIC (Nov. 12, 2017) The aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and their strike groups are underway, conducting operations, in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific region routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional security, stability and prosperity. (U.S. Navy video/Released)
(263) U.S. Navy Three Carrier Formation in Western Pacific Ocean - YouTube