to be up in the air and respond to in progress calls, we are able to get over a house if there is a berea occurring and we can get over the house and respond within about 17 seconds. that is our average response time. when your overhead we might see the bad guys going in or out of a house or jumping in a car and taking off and that is where we become really important >> of this helicopter was up allot in 2009 and it made a big difference in the way you interact with ground units. >> we were able to assist them and get their act, even if we did not see a bad guy when we got there we could give them a feel of the lay of the land, what is happening, which house is it, are other witnesses, there are a lot of things we can see. >> $10,000 going to about 80 more hours of flight time will be a big difference for the city of oakland and its residents. we're live at oakland airport. >> apparently our lieutenant governor is not too hot on sacramento. in between segments during a taping of his tv show, gavin newsom was asked my friend how much time he spends in sacramento. the former's may reply was

terry martell, and terry martell was a -- i believe an rotc lieutenant from berea, ohio. my other lieutenant was jim patswa, and he's from baltimore. i had one platoon that was commanded by a non-commissioned officer. his name for whatever reason -- i haven't been able to -- and last night when we were talking, i kept trying to get these guys to refresh my memory so that when i did this interview with you today, i would be up to speed on who was there. and then i had my -- which was an unusual scenario. my x.o. was also on the ground with us. and his name is don adams, and don's from atlanta. >> and your radio operator? >> radio operators, again, hirsch from allentown, pennsylvania, and jimmy smith from albomars, north carolina. >> so you all move out that day. and a lot of people said you were weighted down, the whole group was weighted down with a lot of -- moving a lot of materials. >> a lot of -- i wouldn't say "a lot," but we had equipment that normally -- anticipating being flown out, soldiers carry a lot more stuff than they would if they had the -- to pack it. we

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