My grandpa signed papers to go into the army when he was 171/2, just as the
Vietnam war was ending. He was out of boot
camp by the time he was
18 years old.
When he was 19, he was already a
helicopter crew chief. Being a crew chief is a
super dangerous job. Once, while he was
flying in front, both hydraulic systems failed
and a power fail. So he had to auto rotate, which means he had to free fall out of
the sky. A $30 million cobra helicopter destroyed, but he limped away from it.