More: Blue Angels schedule for 2018 air show season and practices at Pensacola NAS More: Corry Station warrant officer puts Navy training into action, saves neighbor’s life More: USS Lexington wreckage discovery celebrated at National Naval Aviation Museum "I got a call saying we had a collision with a house," Crowder said to laughter from the crowd gathered in the museum's Blue Angels Atrium. Lawrence Burt, who assisted Crowder during the emergency humanitarian mission.Īmong the unusual things the sailors had to deal with was the Lincoln hitting a house that had floated 50 miles out to sea one night. They had military law established because the civilian government was wiped out," said retired Navy Capt. "As we flew in, there was complete chaos. in the region, was complicated by the destruction on the ground. The mission, which has long been credited with changing attitudes about the U.S. military presence on the ground.Ĭrowder sent about 100 sailors out in helicopters each day to deliver supplies, provide medical help and get the city's main airport ready to receive and distribute aid shipments. had limited relations with the Muslim country where there was heavy support for Osama bin Laden, Crowder said he didn't want to project a major U.S. The group, comprised of more than 6,500 sailors, began reaching out to local military leaders and assessing the needs in the region, where more than 200,000 were dead or missing.Ĭrowder, who showed a photo of the Lincoln off the shore of Banda Aceh, said he wanted the people in the hard-hit region to see the ship and know that help had arrived.īecause the U.S. "It was important that we had the flexibility of both the air wing and the ship so that we could start the mission on the day we arrived," Crowder said during the panel discussion on leadership under adversity. A short time later, Crowder and his team were making their way to Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Crowder and his leadership team were spending Christmas in Hong Kong when he got the call that they might need to respond to the humanitarian disaster that was unfolding.
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