Christian Ruf

I coach driven leaders and place special operators in businesses @uncommon_elite. Prior special operations helicopter driver. 160th SOAR.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

You don’t grow a mustache like this without doing some serious shit.

Shane Barnes did bad things to some bad people as a 160th Nightstalker.

Most notable- an operation a couple years back that killed the top ISIS leader.

Shane didn’t miss.

He took my spot on that operation, and I stayed home. The result was a bad dude dead and the birth of my daughter 9 months later.

He pushed me- and I pushed him. The type of relationship that accelerates your life.

Shane was killed when the force positioned across the world to help our allies.

He left behind a very young family.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

Shootin specks of dust with the boys

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

10/10 formation.

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

160th SOAR MH-6 Little Birds flying from rooftop to rooftop in downtown Los Angeles.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

About to spend $120 on gas to drive to the nearest Arby’s for a free sandwich.

Happy Veterans Day!

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@Billy7534138997 10

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

Two unwritten rules in aviation

1. CCR for all assault helicopter videos
2. AC/DC for all attack helicopter videos

[Kaarsty @kaarstyyy]

@nayibbukele @ThompsonNee You gotta do it with the proper soundtrack man!

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

Good example of contingency planning as a basic.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯 @japan_nobunaga]

Six weeks ago, the captain of a Japanese container ship was hit by severe abdominal pain in the North Pacific. The nearest U.S. rescue helicopter was more than 1,000 miles away.

His ship, the One Majesty, was 58 miles south of Adak, Alaska. He was 58 years old and he needed a hospital.

There was no hospital. There was ocean in every direction.

The U.S. Coast Guard in Kodiak launched an MH-60 Jayhawk anyway.

A thousand miles is Tampa to New York. No helicopter flies that in one hop.

So the Jayhawk hopped down the Aleutian Islands, refueling at Dutch Harbor and again at Adak.

That solved the fuel. It did not solve the crew. Nobody should fly a thousand miles through Aleutian weather and then hold a hover over a moving ship.

So the Alaska Air National Guard sent an HC-130J. It carried a fresh Coast Guard helicopter crew and two pararescuemen out to Adak to take over.

And if that one helicopter broke down out there?

A second Jayhawk flew to Cold Bay just to stand by.

The fresh crew flew the last 58 miles over open water with the HC-130J watching from above. They lowered the hoist to the deck and lifted the captain off.

Back at Adak he was moved onto the HC-130J and flown to Anchorage.

Two Coast Guard helicopters. One Air Guard rescue plane. A relief crew. Two pararescuemen. More than a thousand miles.

All of it for one Japanese sailor none of them had ever met.

From Japan: we saw this. Thank you.

[Dan @dmbkparker]

It’s been a long day without you my friend. And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.

CW2 Shane Barnes died in a DAP crash three years ago today. He was an incredible person, pilot, and warrior.

I serve with the memory and pride of those who have gone before me. For they loved to fight, fought to win, and would rather die than quit.

Miss you every day Shane. Watch out for the boys from up above. I can’t wait to see you again someday.

LND DRMF NSDQ

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@jason_mangone 😂

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

I fell below the Pilot in Command hours requirement when I assessed

Come to find out they waived it for me because they had never seen better power points.

I spent my entire time there as a Platoon Leader because they wanted those power point skills as close to the target as possible.

[Task & Purpose @TaskandPurpose]

The Army wants more pilots to apply for its special operations helicopter regiment. Here’s why https://t.co/1mtCXmtPms

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@zachary_ashburn @dmbkparker You got this

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@StrongpointRich Rich, please call me right now.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@guessworkinvest I did the same

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

If you have dealt with an hexagonal HAAR track, I believe in you.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@JerimiahLee still watiing to hear back

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@jamesonhaslam you could be a deck company recruiter

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

You guys are in some tough industries

[Casey McDaniel - Pest Control Guy @pestctrlguy]

You guys are in some tough industries.

We keep one month’s expenses in the bank, grow at 80-100% a year, and still have 25-30% net margins.

We have never worried about not having cash in the bank, needing a credit line, or missing payroll.

Grateful to be in pest control every day.

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@CoFoundersNik I might hire one myself

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@Brittonnorth @trentjhughes They can be

[Christian Ruf @pinpulleddrmf]

@TheBuddyCSM ok but I did see a CSM do this....