> Peter is correct. We flew air rescue and Search and Rescue in Washington > at a time when the local authorities did not have access to the resources > available to the US Military. Thus after Vietnam, MAST was born: Military > Assistance to Safety and Traffic. In some areas, there was such demand for the services of this organization that a second organization had to be formed -- the Benevolent Association for Traffic Extrication (BATE). Thus, if you were in trouble you had an option: MAST or BATE. Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 04 2000 - 06:40:41 PDT
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