Col. Morgan-real American hero... / Bell Helicopter...get a freaking clue.

Big Time Apologies to Col Morgan.

Big Time Hat Tip to SMSGT MAC for getting me the article and his citation.

Bell Helicopter get a freaking clue.

I ran an earlier post here, where I questioned what Col Morgan was doing at the Bell Helicopter plant in the context of the US Army about to run a competition for their next generation scout helicopter and whether his appearing in the video amounted to product endorsement.

Bell Helicopter deceived me.  Either intentionally or unintentionally.  The results were the same.

They used a real life American hero for an advertisement when he was there to simply thank them for their product that he used to save lives.

Excerpts from the narrative that accompanied Lt. Col. Mike Morgan’s Silver Star:
“His heroic actions and those of the aircrews he led were singularly responsible for saving American lives that were on the brink of being overrun by a determined enemy insurgents of numerically superior force.”

“LTC Morgan’s quick reaction, skillful employment of his and other attack weapon systems, and mastery coordinating multiple aircraft over a target simultaneously resulted in a confirmed three insurgents confirmed killed and an estimated 20-30 unconfirmed.”

“LTC Morgan, with his aircraft munitions expended, determined that American lives were at risk. He quickly decided to make two additional direct passes with his team, enabling his copilots to use their M4 rifles to suppress insurgents attempting to maneuver and over-take the pinned down route clearance team lead vehicle. His actions provided critical time and space to enable the vehicle to maneuver out of the kill zone and back to the north.”