When someone is seriously injured or wounded, the troops call for a DustOff. This ignites a series of events that is time critical. Overhead, the loud-speakers on the FOB (AKA “The Giant Voice”), announce an emergency code for the crew. In a split second they literally stop whatever they are doing and run at a flat out sprint to the birds. The engines are started, and the rotors begin to turn. Grid coordinates and mission essential information is transmitted. Within 10 minutes (and more often less), the team is ready to launch. This is the standard that they hold, and the team here takes serious pride in beating the standard every time.
