Different in concept. The mission of Air Cav units at the time was armed aerial recon and quick reaction force for downed aircraft for the most part. We also worked a lot with long range patrols (LRP/Recon), did sensor drops and other misc. trash.

Assault Helicopter Companies (AHC) were primarily involved in combat assaults (CA), resupply and so forth. Their guns were organic to the unit and used primarily to support CA ops. As the Cav units had odds 'n ends to tend to, so too did AHC units. One of their better ones would have been toting USO tours around. We were too crude, violent and filthy to have fine, clean, all American girls on board our choppers.

The term CA is fairly represented by the movie "We were soldiers". Hauling grunts in, pickin' up the pieces later. Not all missions were like the Ia Drang, nor were they all sleepers. Your BIL may have already clued you in to that?



I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain