
American soldier trained Ukraine marines on Javelins: no practice and a 'Hail Mary' to fight the Russians
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The Ukrainian engineers and Hayward had to put together a prototype rechargeable battery or face the tightest of restrictions on the use of their Command Launch Units.
Mark Hayward about to power up a $100,000 Command Launch Unit (CLU) with an untested $200 DIY external rechargeable battery. (Courtesy Mark Hayward) Javelin Command Launch Unit (CLU) training with DIY battery pack (version 3.0) (Courtesy Mark Hayward) Missile load/unload drills with live $80,000 missiles (because no other training equpiment) (Courtesy Mark Hayward)
Hayward, former Special Forces soldier, left the army in 2007 but traveled to Ukraine in 2022 to join up with the Foreign Legion there and assist the war effort when his friend suggested that he might be the right guy to teach the Ukrainian territorial defense how to use the Next Generation Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW).