Special Guest Speaker: Mr. George Solhan, ONR
(Retired LTC, Marine Corps)
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- Mr Solhan stressed the importance of camaraderie: "Men fight for their buddy, not for national goals."
- "Intimacy with the terrain is very important to being a warrior" - exoskeleton mustn't diminish this.
- "The Predator, in the movie, takes off his exoskeleton to go mano-e-mano with Schwarzenegger, at the end - probably for good reasons."
- The pure aspects of battle are: your friends, your weapon.
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Special Guest Speaker: MSgt Tim Wilkinson, Air Force
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- MSgt Tim Wilkinson showed us an internal video report on the operation in Mogadishu, focusing on the loss of the helicopter, and the subsequent rescue in which he took part.
- The implications for such helicopter operations (MOUT), in terms of the protection of the SOF that undertake such operations, that exoskeletons represent, is something greatly to be valued.
- Rescue team, though they love their work, ultimately WANT to be out of a job.
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