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Joe Cunningham: I reclaim my time. Two classic examples. The helicopters that we lost in Kosovo, the pilots were not trained. They did…

On the recordJune 7, 2000
I reclaim my time. Two classic examples. The helicopters that we lost in Kosovo, the pilots were not trained. They did not get trained in night goggles. They did not get trained in combat wielded aircraft. Captain O'Grady that was shot down in Bosnia was not even qualified in combat maneuvering, because we did not have the money because of all the 149 deployments that the gentleman supported.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing military training issues related to deployments.

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