British Chinook CASEVAC's U.S. Rangers | October 2010
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- In October 2010, a Royal Air Force Chinook Helicopter, from No.18 Squadron, was scrambled from Camp Bastion, in Afghanistan, to conduct casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and medical support missions for a detachment of U.S. Rangers from the 1st Battalion, the 75th Ranger Regiment. The role the Chinook played during the mission exemplified why it was considered one of the most vital assets deployed in the Theatre and why it has since been dubbed the workhorse of Operation Herrick - the codename for British operations in Afghanistan.
This video is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant First Class Lance Vogeler.
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Great video. i love the way we work together, I was a British soldier and I was casevac’d by US forces in Afghanistan, the British MERT would have taken longer to get to me, it just happened a US medic unit was close by in Blackhawks and was able to get me to bastion 10-15 minutes faster than the MERT could have. That 10-15 minutes likely saved my life.
Thank you for your service sir.
Glad you made it. Someone is deffo looking over you.
I hope that you are doing well. I worked on the grey US Air Force rescue helicopters at Camp Bastion for a few tours. We competed with the MIRT for missions. FOB Inkerman, the patrol bases & Nadi Ali were the hotter spots while I was there. I’ll never forget it.
I got a question questions you could ask a vet
@@brianoswald1067 when was that? I was in Afghan in mid 2009, I was EOD so we went all over Helmand province, when not working with IEDs we were all team medics so would support the proper medics with treating casualties and loading them onto helicopters often Blackhawks, particularly in the south of the province where it was more kinetic and the contacts were heavy and frequent, I had some great footage of Blackhawks doing a hot landing to extract a casualty.
I was genuinely on this MERT mission as a RAF gunner in the back of that chinook. I was pleased to learn years ago that the pilot won a medal for his actions, and I’m glad there is finally a video made on it.
As for the mission It was an extremely hot LZ, we took a huge amount of incoming fire on the way in, flying just above treetop level. When we got on the ground I was the first guy out of the back of the chinook and I immediately hit the deck as it was open Ground all around us and there was a wall about 50m from me that was immediately blown to bits from the Apache I assume, that’s when I was like........... wow the taliban must have been really close ha ha
It was when we took off after picking the rangers up that I truly got anxious as I knew the taliban where ready for us. I remember hearing rounds hitting our chinook and I also remember watching RPG’s air-bursting all around us as we flew off … at the time I was thinking we’re gunna get hit by one of these in a minute …
luckily we weren’t 😅
On the way back to bastion I helped with the medical needs of both rangers that were wounded.
It was a truly horrific sight that has stayed with me for 11 years.
I remember changing one of the blood bags for SGT vogeler and I was just looking down at him and thinking to myself....
His parents/family are going to get a knock at the door in a few hours.
We did all we could for him, especially the brilliant RAF medics but it was unfortunately to late for him I feel, even before we got him on the chinook 😔
This was the mission that cemented my decision that after 2 tours of Afghanistan, I’d finally had enough and decided to leave the military about a year after this event.
I never knew his name for over 10 years, until this video was published.
RIP SGT vogeler 🇺🇸
Great video too 👏 Always a pleasure to watch them. ❤️
thank you for sharing sir. If you don't mind me asking, how has civilian life been?
@@nikoskostianis4973 tbh I took 2 tours pretty bad we lost 2 guys during this particular tour and had several wounded during our tour of Kandahar the year before..
I became a drug addict and went from shit job to shit job never really belonging…
After a few years I eventually got clean and got my act together, I ended up joining up again , 6 years after this event ,
This time it was with the Royal Navy, instead of the RAF
I joined up as an aircraft engineer, and did nearly 5 years and had a brilliant time
I ended up doing a tour of the east coast of the USA onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
I made peace with this event and put a lot of ghosts and thoughts to rest ….
I’m now recently a civilian again and have never felt or been better in my life.
I guess you’ve just gotta hold onto the belief that no matter how bad things get…. eventually they will get better… ❤️
Incredible bravery. Enough said.
RAF reg gunner?
Thank you for your service!
For the coment about American aircraft "given" to Brit Army, trained by Americans. The Chinooks are flown by the RAF, trained by the RAF brought by the RAF via MOD. I am an ex Chinook crewman, 2000 hrs, 18 Sqn B Flight. I served on this tour, and others with Mat and completed 8 tours in 7 years in Afghan totaling 2 years in country. We rescued all wounded and injured, no matter the nationality, civilian and enemy alike. I am here now, able to write this comment because of the awesome Chinook and it's survivability. I have landed safely after some horrendous experiences, with an aircraft shot up, on fumes, unserviceable and on one engine. I thank the yanks for the amazing Chinook but don't get too up yourself buddy......we fly it the best, with the best trained crews. Animo et Fida (With courage and Faith)
Per Ardua Ad Astra 🇬🇧
Been on the chinook a few times, but got ride with the sf pilots in Jordan, never thought you could be so scared and excited at the same time! But I've heard them pedro yanks are on another level of crazy!
Pedro do a good job, but their care of casualty's can sometimes be lacking. They are all about recovery, not treatment. As with all American aviation, they don't train for low level and tactics. The worst place you can be in a high threat environment is above 100', we fly everywhere at 100' when unless transiting for instrument purposes. During the run in to a grid we would fly at 50', to limit groundfire opportunities. Because of this RAF crews are very comfortable at low-level, US crews tend to transit at 500' making themselves an awesome target. The stats wiegh heavily in our favour when you look at the number of surface to air fire (Safire) events and aircraft hits/loses.
@@andybennett2036 The pedro guys are pretty American in their attitude, but they are pretty much all about recovery and not treatment, if you make it onto a mert with a flicker of life your in the best combat medical hands in the world bar none. But it's the one airframe above all others you can't risk in a hot lz!
I have been into grids with enemy all around......surpressing them with the M134 whilst on the ground! We went into "hot lz's" long before Pedro turned up....and continued long after buddy!
Thank you cousins from across the pond!🇬🇧. Always appreciate you mates! Cheers🍻. Stay calm and carry on 👑. Mark in Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇸
Yanks we watch your backs as you watch ours. A true alliance UKUS.
UNITED Kingdom-UNITED States, we're UNITED.
Dude has balls of steel dragging his chopper down constantly yet every statement he gives is about how good the guys on the ground are, the guys on the ramp are, the guys who built his bird are. True brit
Thanks Brits from a grateful American
There were many times when US black hawks flew into contacts to pick up injured brits and A10s would always be happy to give air support so thank you from a grateful Brit
@@MA-hd6iw And we’ve had our shared failures of communication which resulted in friendly fire on both sides,., hope that both militaries are still trying to resolve that issue.
We are family Eric, just separated by a rather large puddle.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Nobody pointed any fingers. He said on both sides.
So much respect for our uk and the us services. Brothers in arms.
And Blood. Attack either, there'll be hell to pay.
Amen, sir. I am grateful to have had the privilege of serving alongside UK forces a number of times at home, deployed to the sandbox, and on an amazing 3-year-long tour to RAF Menwith Hill. The brotherhood our forces share is such that it’s hard to think that we’re actually not the same nation sometimes!
Crazy to think we were enemies 300 years ago
@@virtualpaladin3507 from enemy's to buddy's
@@jmiddlefinger Love you Americans, can’t wait to serve alongside you someday 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
To the British thank you. You guys are amazing and took the fight head on to help us. To the rangers that lost brothers just remember “Rangers lead the way”. All of you did an amazing job and I’m thankful for you.
RIP to Lance. So very sad to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. I know Matt, fantastic guy, very humble. I had the pleasure serving with him for a number of years. Took the piss out of him a lot but that’s a different story.....
>:(
"Grandpa, were you a hero during the war? No but I served in a company of heroes." - Major Richard "Dick" Winters (Ret.)
I'm amazed that the squadron leader and his crew that day could get in the chinook, with balls that big. Well everyone involved a job very well done.
My only question were they brass, or tungsten, and do they make a jock that supports that much weight.
@@Ripper13F1V Kevlar undies mate.
Lots of love for the medivac birds. They pulled me and some brothers out of a sticky situation & probably saved one of their lives.
YES! more modern ones please! the ww2 stuff is cool, but its a flooded market. not many people doing ones like this.
U have a fair point fam
My thoughts exactly
Agreed, there are many story’s of such acts from across numerous nations I like to hear about. And as a Brit we don’t hear about many of of colleagues across the pond and their bravery and sacrifice apart from the very rare cases when someone would earn a MOH, or a film is made about it.
Totally agree with you
I like a mix of the both, but more modern ones I would say
We were always grateful to the British casevac pilots when we were in Sangin. They were some of the greatest pilots I've ever seen and would land anywhere we asked them.
Those MERT crews were as brave as anyone I saw in theatre.
The Dr's and Nurses in the back rode in that bullet magnet every day and never once flinched from doing their duty.
Utter heroes.
The port side minigun gunner probably told the pilot, no worries mate, I’ll cover this side with my SA80!
Who h would’ve subsequently jammed as well
If it's an A1 then yeah
@@stevenfeser4907 the A2 never jammed on me once in 3 years and 6 tours
Twelve tours in less than ten years. Respect ✊🏻
U.K. MERT, best in the world, I had the privilege to be a part of the team💪🏼👌👍
You Brits are something else. We had a divorce once but have since become best friends... Thank you for rescuing and taking care of our boys! ❤️🇺🇸
If you like us we like you!
Us Americans, British, Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders have the best relationship in the world. Five eyes..
@@dickburt69 Yes:)
@@dickburt69 anglo brotherhood
Brothers in arms
Beautifully done just telling the story of RAF pilots doing their job with grit just the same way our US cousins would. And amazing respect shown for SFC Vogeler. We thank him for his service. May he rest in peace 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I have many reasons why EVERY politician should serve in the military.
Freedom isn't free, anyone who knows the cost wouldn't take it away piece by piece.
Brilliant as usual! Absolute balls of steel the Chinook pilots.
Great video again and makes you extremely grateful & proud of our two great nations. 🇬🇧🇺🇸. God bless all our armed forces personnel and Sergeant First Class Lance Vogeler.
The WW2 super team leads the way.
12 tours is incredible, what an amazing warrior, may his memory live on and he rest in peace
Yeah, it's a perpetual rotation of coming home... debriefing... retraining and going back out. He was an awesome guy. I knew him personally.
Op herrick 7 veteran here, was in Afghanistan camp bastion from August 2007, until February 2008
Back around 2010 the aviation society I am a committee member of, had for its monthly presentation a chinook pilot who flew the MERT flights in Iraq. The first half of the meeting covered his RAF career and some stories of the chinook. The second half was about such a mission, two British squaddies (unnamed) were injured and they were evacuated by his MERT Chinook. He talked all about the urgency of getting the troops to the hospital, to sadly having one of them dying within sight of the hospital. The other made a recovery.
After the meeting ended and a lot of the audience had stepped up to thank the pilot and shake his hand, the pilot chatted with the few of us that where left, and he thanked us for allowing him to talk through that particular mission as he had PTSD and he needed to sit down and talk it through, he said it had made him feel better, but that he still remembered seeing the blood on the deck of the chinook.
Thanks for this video.
A very respectful tribute to brave men who have to live with bitter memories. And men who made the ultimate sacrifice, not to forget the family left behind.
RIP Sergeant Lance Vogeler 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Great video as always
Chinooks are marvelous aircraft. They rank alongside Spitfires, B52 and C-130 as classics.
It’s lovely to see the Chinnock‘s, living near Yeovilton and Salisbury Plains I see them often.
Well hear them first, I always look up even after all these years.
God bless all involved here and over seas, thank you 🙏🏻
Keeping calm, and carrying on.
12 tours? Good god, Lance Vogeler was a true warrior no doubt! Rest well fallen one, I hope you were proud of my brothers in the RAF and their attempt at your rescue!
brilliant video. rip sergeant 1st class lance vogeler
Thank you UK 🇬🇧
This channel does such an amazing job of being insightful, respectful and enthralling through its video style. RIP to all fallen soldiers, and congratulations on another brilliant video.
Loving your work mate, top notch. RIP SFC Vogeler.
I remember a Chinook flying really low to the ground near our house as a kid, it was so close we could see the pilots!
Gods speed Sergeant First Class Lance Vogeler. See you on the Green.
Thank you to our very close British forces. God Bless
Such classy narration, handling a tough situation beautifully, with grace and dignity.
Rangers lead the way.
All the way
Marine Corp Raiders!!!
not this time, the RAF did.
Shepard? No?
@@anonymous2513456 It’s a shared effort,., “leaders lead the way” is the Ranger way,. incase you didn’t know
One of the few youtubers who i watch every time they upload. Awesome work as usual 👌
You got yourself a subscription. Excellent video, with just the right amount of content. Rest Easy Sgt 1st Class Lance Vogeler
This is one of the best channels on CZcams. Thank you for telling these stories and keeping the memory of those involved alive. People that take part in these moments in history often don't tell the stories themselves to a broader audience.
Brothers from across the pond 🇺🇸🇬🇧💪
I have so much respect for our armed forces. They take on the greatest of challenges and I thank them for that. Genuine heroes
Very nice. Great job from that chinook's crew. It takes a lot of cold blood to do things like that. Thanks for the video.
Joining RAF as a WSOp looking to be streamed into helicopters and be a Chinook or Puma Crewman. Inspiring Video and story.
Good luck; best wishes from across the pond 🇺🇸, from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🧀🍻
Good luck mate, it's a very long road, but stick with it 👌
Good luck, having done the CBAT Test I know how fried your head would have been after that 😂 Very jealous too, I passed CBAT but I was deemed unfit for the role due to not having grade 1 hearing
Great job, I love your videos. Thank you. (from France) ❤️
Thank you to those who step forward like this
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you guys for serving.
Great channel. A video about Major Mark Hammond DFC (Royal Marines) flying the Chinook in Afghanistan would be interesting. His book 'Immediate Response' tells a great story.
Good to see more frequent uploads recently :-) More videos is great for us and will hopefully help the channel grow as well.
Thanks for the story. Much respect SFC! Ready, for these wars to end! To many valuable assets, put at risk. To many valuable assets, paying all, leaving hurt that never heals!
That's awesome you show these guys respect and honor them. Good on you.
Was having a conversation on FB about MERT with a former US military medic, he said that during his first tour he learned early on that if he had a casualty who was in a very poor condition to ask if MERT was available just because it got that casualty into the hands of a trauma doctor and nurse in the back of a chinook with space and equipment to do stuff that the US helos simply cannot do,his isn't a criticism of the US rescue crews but a function of the space available
Yeah... early surgery to stop internal bleeding fast is a precious resource.
Again I give thanks to the narrator, and staff of this channel, for the dignity and tact with which they honor our fallen service men.
Don't stop what you are doing. As we work towards a world wherein war will have become an outdated and obsolete concept. Until then we will have war. Freedom and liberty must be defended.
Peace.
Despite our past, the US and UK are like peanut and jelly. Brothers 🙏🏿
Thanks for all of your service and R.I.P brother...
When RAF Stafford was operational chinooks would sometimes do low level training flights in local countryside, one day i was driving to a business meeting “cross country scenic route (its a ford thing lol)” out of nowhere a chinook popped up out of a dip in terrain about a 100 metres on my right, the wind changed direction causing that distinctive “whoop whoop whoop” of the rotors, the loadmaster was leaning out of side checking for hazards he gave me a quick wave Awsome flying 👍🇬🇧
I was on these on Herrick (don’t want to say which tour to remain anonymous), it’s worth noting that due to the weight of the armour, it only covered up to the bottom of the windows, meaning that when we took direct contact, it was advised to keep your head down. We also often had to outrun Apache escorts as the chinook is faster than these, and with a time critical patient the decision was often made to fly tactically literally just above the ground.
Some areas were more potent with contacts than others, it was a very high tempo job and our previous trade officer Flt Lt Sanderson pushed for better mental health support for all troops, but in particular MERT medics.
Great video, great channel.
Love the channel 👍
Being a former British Soldier, I always thought that the RAF helicopter pilots didn’t get the recognition they deserved for their bravery! RIP Ranger
He (Lance) was a friend of mine from 1st Ranger Batt... i had gotten shot a couple times and medically retired years before this occurred.. but i can say... he was a great guy with a great sense of humor. I was so depressed when i heard he had been KIA.
God bless our cousins in the United Kingdom. Sua Sponte, RLTW!
Excellent video 👍
Charlie - Mike Amazing job for the whole team!
I love it when a plan comes together.
Thank you Sir
Amazing story and expertly delivered video. Thank you
Loving the profile pic lol
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire you too mate. I'm not even from Wessex :D
@@tillytilford2158 no matter, I'm a Devon boy lol
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Wiltshire at the moment but always been interested in Alfred the Great hence the Wyvern. I've not long set it up.
@@tillytilford2158 well you're in the Westcountry so you're alright by me
Subscribed!
Amazing video, you should do one about hostage crisis in Japanase embassy in Peru. Great job
The modern ones are amazing. These boys are coming home. These are our WW2 heroes. We must honor them.
Love the videos! You should check out Hadar Goldin’s story from operation protective edge would love to see a video about that.
Hi mate you should do a video on the Siege of CIMIC house during the iraq war.
Brothers in arms ✌️🇬🇧 🇺🇸
cheers 🍻 from america to our foreign counterparts, especially the brits and the aussies. rah.
SOoooo...great stuff here...true heroism. RIP Lance. What decorations did the other Chinook crew receive...and what decorations did the medical crews receive?
Freedom is so precious.
Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.
My father, a 3 war veteran, is buried at Arlington. Every time I went to visit him at Arlington there were a couple of young families burying their husbands/fathers from Afghanistan. It was heartbreaking. Thank you to the British Chinook pilots and crew for everything you did, and for all who served the cause of freedom there.
Of course we Americans call it the ShiNUK. But after that display, you can call it any damn thing you want to...
The Chinook is a beast of a machine. A BEAST.
Allies help each other
🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
Indeed
As an American I pretty much consider British Solders and American soldiers two parts of the same team
An M134 jammed. What a shock
Respect !!!
Great vid, like always. Always bothers me though when people say we were fighting for freedom though as that’s obviously not true.
They must feel so gutted when they make all that effort and the guy does not make it. Great to see UK and USA forces working together.
God bless you boys.
Keep up the good fight, stay in the shadows and waist no rounds!!
God bless these real men. No men like that can be found these days sadly..
Great team.
God bless his family.
Those Birds have been indispensable in all facets of Combat.
AATW Brothers across the pond
I got some stuff on my feed few days ago about US servicemen getting an award for the rescue of German soldiers, any video covering that? I want some details
RIP Lance
You should do a video on Joshua Leakey VC.
🇺🇸 + 🇬🇧 = 💪🏻
God bless all