By parachute preferably.
Fake parachute.
That’s cruel. But no static line, give them a chance at least. That is more than their ilk are willing to give their victims.
The Russians have a similar method, they just forego the parachute
Back in the early 90s I was Chief Engineer on the ferry Pride of Canterbury when we spent a couple of nights charging up and down the English Channel being boarded by the SBS and SAS from small boats and helicopters. It was all most impressive, apart from the poor bugger who was dropped down one of the main engine uptakes. He was whipped out pretty jolly quickly and the military denied that it had happened. However, inspection in daylight showed a number of large boot prints on the spark arresting mesh a few feet down the uptake! Members of Kent police were paid to act as terrorists and they were treated pretty badly by the soldiers and Marines, who seemed to bear some sort of grudge! We lost our Donkeyman for a few hours. He was found locked on a wardrobe, having forgotten that he should have been wearing a hi viz vest to show he was crew, not a terrorist, when he was out of the engine room.
On my first boarding evolution we had been waiting hour after hour for it to start and everything being quiet, I figured it was ok to make a quick run to the galley without a vest. It was a mistake.
PS There was a funny aftermath to that boarding. One the mates was a big Swede. Being that we were a creative crew, we called him Swede. The SEALs had used red paintballs during the boarding and there were several intact ones rolling on the bridge deck. Somebody had the forethought to pick them up and put them in a bowl on the chart table. Swede, who had an insatiable appetite for sweets came to the wheelhouse for his watch, scooped up a couple of the red balls thinking they were candy and popped them into his mouth and bit. His reaction was priceless and caused much hilarity among the crew for the rest of the hitch.
Your neighbor is exactly correct.
If the embarrassing outcome had one upside, it was that the lessons learned spurred the creation of SOCOM.
A certain General Beckwith (I believe that’s his name) asked to check his sidearm before the mission. Put the web of his palm between the firing pin and pulled the trigger. Some tough birds on that mission. My guy was a helo expert, stripped them of every weight they could to conserve fuel. Went to his retirement off the “Guam”, some damn spooky guys there.
Please relate what REALLY happened on MAERSK ALABAMA and Captain Phillips.
They shot the fuckers.
I’m sensing a trend.
Southampton is ok I guess but not really worth getting excited about.
You can spit from the Nave Andromeda on the Swedish Wilhelmsen ship. Bizarre.
A new trend perhaps?
I have to restate/correct my post on the Iran mission. Saw my neighbor at the mailbox today. Beckwith was not a general at the time, but a Colonel.