Posted on Aug 28, 2014
Have You Jumped Out Of A Perfectly Good Airplane?
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I never had an opportunity to go airborne. I managed air assault at Ft. Campbell, but never airborne. As a WWII history fanatic, all I read about was the 82nd Airborne, the 101st Airborne and the less famous but equally courageous 11th, 13th, and 17th Airborne. What was it like to go knees in the breeze? Was air assault even close as a challenge? If you have pictures, that would be AWESOME!!! AIRBORNE RESPECT!!!
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First jump was Benning in 1994... Did one year in an Airborne unit. Spent the next 12 as a leg before going to 1st Group... that first knees in the breeze after 12 years, 1500' from a chinook ramp... Jumpmaster said I was white as a ghost... Didn't stop me from handing off the lanyard and walking off though...
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Nice CW2 Joseph Evans . I was a "leg" for 10 years and received orders to go "Airborne" in combination with my OCS orders. I never signed up for it, but I am glad I that I went Airborne. It's was a great experience. First cherry jump as at Fort Bragg upon redeployment from Iraq in 2011.
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SGT Craig Knutson
I had a similar experience to you Mark. I wanted to go to jump school after AIT and be assigned to an ABN unit. My Dad was with the 101st in Vietnam and the 82nd stateside, so I was gung ho on airborne. I got assigned to the 101st and did AA school but never got to go to jump school. I did finally get to parachute from a small cesna when I was in college, but I know it wasn't the same thing. I still got to fall from a perfectly good airplane.
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SFC Mark Merino I keep seeing the title of this thread and it makes me chuckle. A guy I work with is a former Submariner, and asked me one day why I would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
I replied with "That's a heck of a question from a guy that signed up to spend 6 years on a boat that sinks on purpose"
I replied with "That's a heck of a question from a guy that signed up to spend 6 years on a boat that sinks on purpose"
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SrA Marc Haynes
Let me know when they build a perfectly good airplane & I won't want to jump out of it!
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SGT Richard H.
Guys! I suggest we take notice of the comment from SrA Marc Haynes When the Air Force says there's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane, it's time everyone gets jump qualified!
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Those submariners are just crazy. No way, no how would I ever want to live under 500 feet of water.
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My first jump was in May 2006, Yea I am a 5 jump chump, my Basic Training 1SG was a former RTB, and Jumpmaster when I was a Drill Sgt. He called me Drill, but it was always Airborne everything. It made my time on the trail thus, much better. My first jump, I went up in the Air instead of down. Its called a hot pocket. The most challenging arial school of all time. The commadant of Airborne gave everybody a pep talk which motivated me to go all the Way.....Airborne
May 2006, Fort Benning, Georgia
ADVICE: Keep your head and eyes on the horizon and "its between you and God" on your descent.
May 2006, Fort Benning, Georgia
ADVICE: Keep your head and eyes on the horizon and "its between you and God" on your descent.
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LTC Stephen C.
No such thing as a 5 jump chump in my book, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL! You made the leaps, have the silver wings and you're an airborne trooper!
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
LTC Stephen C. Well said I appreciate the brotherhood thread! Airborne!
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