Posted on Aug 25, 2020
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I almost have my USPA A License, and am not Airborne Qualified, can I let that waived since I already have Free Fall experience?
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SFC Joseph Bosley
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I'm not sure what the rules are now, its been quite a few years since I was on jump status. When I was at Bragg, if you had a civilian class A license AND could get into MFF, you could skip the initial training and go directly to the combat equipment portion. If you successfully made it you got your HALO wings. I had a 1SG that did it. But like I said, that was a while ago and SOCOM is SOCOM. Rules change, It's probable different now.
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LCpl Brad Gross
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Nope never not going to happen ever
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CSM Michael Chavaree
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Not likely, what unit would you go to that strictly does only MFF operations as a SPC communicator?
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None, only SOF Units really even do MFF, like RRC, and ODA's, but i really would like the badge
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CSM Michael Chavaree
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Bro, dont be a badge chaser. This isnt the biy scouts. Your motication should be a person not a uniform decoration. Good luck with that mentality. SPC (Join to see)
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CSM Michael Chavaree
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Sorry for the typos, cell phone and fat fingers. CSM Michael Chavaree
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SSG Roger Ayscue
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NO NO NO....
Free fall is NOTHING like a static line jump. You are used to having a few fellow jumpers. On a Combat Mass Tactical Jump, you may have over a thousand jumpers and as a Jumpmaster you may have less than 60 seconds of green light to exit an entire C-17 on one single pass. And that will almost ALWAYS be at night!
That means that you have less than a one second interval exiting Jumpers. A jumper in your experience flies his parachute to the landing point, if you try that on a MASS TAC you become a "Sky Shark" run into fellow jumpers and at the least draw a helmet to the side of your head on the DZ from a totally innocent jumper that you stole his air by running under him, or that you got tangled up in a set of suspension lines..Saying that you are likely to EAT a MICH Helmet because a Sky Shark is a walking talking injury machine....One cost me a Jump ending injury...

There is an old saying that I will let you know...
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