{"id":10586,"date":"2018-02-21T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:19:59","slug":"check-six-hiarng-soldiers-helped-rescue-stranded-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2018\/02\/21\/check-six-hiarng-soldiers-helped-rescue-stranded-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six &#8211; 2008: HIARNG Rescue 3 Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><em>During the Hawaii Army National Guard deployment to Afghanistan&#8230;.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Senator&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a style=\"color:#0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kerry\">John Kerry<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;of Massachusetts was fairly nonchalant about the U.S. military helicopter he was in having to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the mountains of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Black Hawks were forced down by bad weather on February&nbsp;21. Kerry and two other senators, fellow Democrat&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a style=\"color:#0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\">Joseph Biden<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>of Delaware and Republican&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a style=\"color:#0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/bios\/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=365\">Chuck Hagel<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;of Nebraska, had been visiting some forward operating bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a style=\"color:#0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/the.honoluluadvertiser.com\/article\/2008\/Mar\/10\/ln\/hawaii803100313.html\">Continue reading<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. 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