When I was living in North Carolina the local papers had big stories about the V-22 Titanium hydraulic piping problems,
and once that information was out in the public,
current and ex military members of the Carolina Canoe Club felt “released”
and started telling stories around campfires during trips
about what their superiors had told them to be silent about.

When the V-22 has had “fixes” and is getting the hours of maintenance it requires,
it is indeed a “game changing” piece of equipment.

One Marine joked:

“Come on Marines, Ya think your gonna live forever! “

was what 1917 NonComs would yell to get
a WW-I charge across No Man’s Land started
toward enemy machine guns set in interlocking fields of fire.

Today we yell that
to get Marines to quickly board V-22s.