The landing drill continued until the cliffs of Rame were sliding beneath the cab.

The six-day training maneuver, known as Imminent Thunder, is by far the largest and most ambitious of three amphibious landing drills that American forces have conducted since they were sent to the gulf.

Although it was a million-to-one chance that there was a terrorist within five miles of the LZ, still the landing drill was second nature to all of them.

Hastily, she unbuckled her webbing, realizing that she was holding up the landing drill.

Check the windsock, follow the landing drill exactly and join the downwind leg at 800 feet, reduce speed and look for other planes, turn base, chop the power and descend to 400 feet.

More landing drills followed, after which the transport got underway in convoy for Okinawa 21 March.

Also, the President has been forced to order that a navy marine landing drill was cancelled as a result of this storm.

"Another hot landing drill," Joe cautioned his men once he had recovered from the sensation of falling three-hundred meters.

The landing drill went smoothly.

Howard and the men linked arms and brought their knees up, following normal landing drill.