Breaking The Chain with General Dick Cody
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Join me on this episode as we welcome special guest speaker - General Richard A Cody to the program to discuss his lessons learned while serving in the US Army and applicable concepts to aviation safety. #aviation #avgeek #generalaviation #army #armyaviation
A special thanks to the Smithsonian Channel for their interview of General Cody's discussion of TF Normandy.
One of the best, if not THE best, Officers I ever had the pleasure of working under!
He is indeed a phenomenal officer and mentor!
The absolute best!
In 1981 my first duty station as a brand new Cobra crew chief was in 2/9th Air Cav at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah Georgia. This video states Cody was CO, but when I was there he was a platoon leader and not yet the CO. I was only in that unit for 6 months or so because I was accepted into West Point Prep.
Since we were a cavalry unit we were allowed to wear Stetson hats but the only person in the entire company who wore a Stetson hat was Cpt. Cody. Captain Cody sort of stuck out from the crowd with his Stetson hat and bright silk ascot. Whenever he mentioned himself he was always sure to add "West Point class of '72". I really didn't know what to make of this guy. I thought he was strange, but I now know he was confident and secure with who he was and who he would be.
In this video General Cody talks about the formation of the 150th and the Little Birds. Believe it or not, I had a direct hand in that.
One day in 1981 an OH-6 showed up in our hangar. I heard it came from Fort Campbell and it had been mothballed since Vietnam and still had the shiny green paint. I was tasked with draining the old fuel out of the tank. It was a simple task of draining fuel into a bucket, a little at a time, and dumping it into a 100 gallon waste fuel drum on the flight line. After getting all the fuel out of the tank, I was ready to put the drain plug back in but couldn't find the drain plug.
I figured it couldn't have gone very far away, but I couldn't find it to save my life. The only place left to look was in that waste fuel drum. I pulled my flight suit down to my waste and stuck my entire upper torso into that nasty tank of jet fuel on a very hot Savannah day. I took care not to cause any sparks as I pulled safety wire, glass, rocks, nuts and bolts, and who knows whatelse out of that drum until there was nothing but sand at the bottom. No drain plug to be found. At this point I'm really sweating bullets because this was a one-of-a-kind part that was obviously critical.
I decided to take one more look in the bucket and lo-and-behold the drain plug was in the bucket (duh)! I didn't tell a soul, for fear of having my West Point Prep assignment taken away.
I flew on the check ride of that OH-6 with Captain Cody. Technically, that was literally the very first flight of 160th aviation.
It's so fun hearing about those times from General Cody's perspective . I also wish he could hear about that drain plug episode.
My Battalion Commander in Desert Shield/Storm. I've known him since he was a Major in S-3, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion. Without question the best Commander I served with in my 20 years of service.
Thanks for you kind comment and watching. I agree - he is a legend.
In 1981 my first duty station as a brand new Cobra crew chief was in 2/9th Air Cav at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah Georgia. This video states Cody was CO, but when I was there he was a platoon leader and not yet the CO. I was only in that unit for 6 months or so because I was accepted into West Point Prep.
Since we were a cavalry unit we were allowed to wear Stetson hats but the only person in the entire company who wore a Stetson hat was Cpt. Cody. Captain Cody sort of stuck out from the crowd with his Stetson hat and bright silk ascot. Whenever he mentioned himself he was always sure to add "West Point class of '72". I really didn't know what to make of this guy. I thought he was strange, but I now know he was confident and secure with who he was and who he would be.
In this video General Cody talks about the formation of the 150th and the Little Birds. Believe it or not, I had a direct hand in that.
One day in 1981 an OH-6 showed up in our hangar. I heard it came from Fort Campbell and it had been mothballed since Vietnam and still had the shiny green paint. I was tasked with draining the old fuel out of the tank. It was a simple task of draining fuel into a bucket, a little at a time, and dumping it into a 100 gallon waste fuel drum on the flight line. After getting all the fuel out of the tank, I was ready to put the drain plug back in but couldn't find the drain plug.
I figured it couldn't have gone very far away, but I couldn't find it to save my life. The only place left to look was in that waste fuel drum. I pulled my flight suit down to my waste and stuck my entire upper torso into that nasty tank of jet fuel on a very hot Savannah day. I took care not to cause any sparks as I pulled safety wire, glass, rocks, nuts and bolts, and who knows whatelse out of that drum until there was nothing but sand at the bottom. No drain plug to be found. At this point I'm really sweating bullets because this was a one-of-a-kind part that was obviously critical.
I decided to take one more look in the bucket and lo-and-behold the drain plug was in the bucket (duh)! I didn't tell a soul, for fear of having my West Point Prep assignment taken away.
I flew on the check ride of that OH-6 with Captain Cody. Technically, that was literally the very first flight of 160th aviation.
It's so fun hearing about those times from General Cody's perspective . I also wish he could hear about that drain plug episode.
In 1981 my first duty station as a brand new Cobra crew chief was in 2/9th Air Cav at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah Georgia. This video states Cody was CO, but when I was there he was a platoon leader and not yet the CO. I was only in that unit for 6 months or so because I was accepted into West Point Prep.
Since we were a cavalry unit we were allowed to wear Stetson hats but the only person in the entire company who wore a Stetson hat was Cpt. Cody. Captain Cody sort of stuck out from the crowd with his Stetson hat and bright silk ascot. Whenever he mentioned himself he was always sure to add "West Point class of '72". I really didn't know what to make of this guy. I thought he was strange, but I now know he was confident and secure with who he was and who he would be.
In this video General Cody talks about the formation of the 150th and the Little Birds. Believe it or not, I had a direct hand in that.
One day in 1981 an OH-6 showed up in our hangar. I heard it came from Fort Campbell and it had been mothballed since Vietnam and still had the shiny green paint. I was tasked with draining the old fuel out of the tank. It was a simple task of draining fuel into a bucket, a little at a time, and dumping it into a 100 gallon waste fuel drum on the flight line. After getting all the fuel out of the tank, I was ready to put the drain plug back in but couldn't find the drain plug.
I figured it couldn't have gone very far away, but I couldn't find it to save my life. The only place left to look was in that waste fuel drum. I pulled my flight suit down to my waste and stuck my entire upper torso into that nasty tank of jet fuel on a very hot Savannah day. I took care not to cause any sparks as I pulled safety wire, glass, rocks, nuts and bolts, and who knows whatelse out of that drum until there was nothing but sand at the bottom. No drain plug to be found. At this point I'm really sweating bullets because this was a one-of-a-kind part that was obviously critical.
I decided to take one more look in the bucket and lo-and-behold the drain plug was in the bucket (duh)! I didn't tell a soul, for fear of having my West Point Prep assignment taken away.
I flew on the check ride of that OH-6 with Captain Cody. Technically, that was literally the very first flight of 160th aviation.
It's so fun hearing about those times from General Cody's perspective . I also wish he could hear about that drain plug episode.
Thanks for watching and for sharing your story!
Expect No Mercy! Watch his cup! If you are still talking when it's empty, there will be hell to pay!
Awesome! Explains please!
Every day at the PC Meeting at 1/101 Aviation, we all knew to be concise in what we said. "Meetings are how we organize what we do, not WHAT we do! " Get it out and done with so we could get back to the mission and back to work! If his cup went empty and we were still talking, we were wrong! You knew how long the PC Meeting would be by looking at how much coffee was still in his cup! Loved that, because we all hated being stuck in a meeting... sort of like how a racoon hates being stuck in a trap.... naw a leg off! @@AllAmericanAviation
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I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!