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5.11 Tactical - Spring/Summer 2018.
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RESCUE<br />
GLOBAL<br />
“September to November 2017 will be the most<br />
memorable 3 months in my long career as a pilot.”<br />
When we first deployed to the Caribbean in response to Hurricanes Irma and then Maria, it was immediately<br />
apparent that having aviation capabilities was going to be vital to connect disaster-ravaged communities<br />
with the aid and relief workers that they so badly needed. Over the weeks that followed, I personally took<br />
off and landed 156 times, carried hundreds of doctors out to disaster zones and brought people back who needed<br />
medical care. The plane I fly - a King Air c90 - also carried all kinds of humanitarian cargo - from food, water, candles<br />
and hygiene supplies, to bloods, vaccines and insulin.<br />
The pace was intense, flying 6 days out of every 7, and flying from dawn until dusk (no night flights permitted on<br />
the small airfields we were flying into), and in some very challenging conditions. Our most common destination<br />
was Canefield airfield in Dominica, a small airstrip with an infamously difficult landing approach. This, coupled with<br />
intense thunderstorms and high winds - it is, after all, the hurricane season in the region - made for some memorable<br />
piloting experiences.<br />
I joined Rescue Global to be able to put my background of both a firefighter with the London Fire Brigade and a pilot to<br />
good use. Being able to have such a direct positive impact in the Caribbean after these two category 5 hurricanes, is the<br />
greatest reward I could hope for.<br />
Captain David Sexton, Rescue Global Pilot<br />
Rescue Global is an international non-profit organisation, working in disaster risk reduction and response worldwide. With a simple mission: to save life, they do this by empowering those<br />
decision-makers, before, during, and after disasters. With highly skilled teams, Rescue Global works to increase resilience in countries vulnerable to disasters, operating in some of the<br />
world’s toughest environments. <strong>5.11</strong> Tactical partners with Rescue Global, and provides them with essential kit and equipment.<br />
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