How do I get over my fears of jumping out of a plane?

I'm honestly shocked you're getting a second chance, but that's great to hear you want to overcome your fear. I was afraid too when I went. The thing is, when you're in the plane you're not really faced with any of that. You don't even see the door until you're standing in front of it and you get about half a second to take that in before you're out the door. You just look at the pack tray of the guy in front of you and keep reciting to yourself, "Hand my static line TO the Safety", so you don't end up getting your caught up in a static line and detached. You make eye contact with the safety, you turn and face the door and take one or two steps. You don't even see the door until the static line is out your hands. If you hesitate in the door you JM will "assist" you out the door.

Fear is normal. You have to have courage in order to over come the fear. Courage is choosing to confront the fear, pain or hardship. Jumping is easy, landing is hard, lol. Just follow the trooper in front of you and next thing you know you are out the door. Worked for me, until on my 4th jump and I was first jumper, luckily the jump master helps you out. You already know you can make it through the training now choose to earn your silver wings, you will not regret it.

Only way to get over the fear is to do it. I hate heights, but love being a Jumpmaster and hanging out the door. The more you jump the more comfortable you get with it. If you jump enough you can feel the static line pulling free of its stows on your back and it's pretty incredible.

SGT Espana, you'll be OK. If you can rappel out of a Blackhawk and jump from the 34-foot and 250-foot towers at Fort Benning, then you can do your first jump. After you've done that first one, the rest are far easier.

And you want to know what got you the first time you went to Airborne School ? It was that damn weekend between Tower Week and Jump Week, and you're not the only Airborne student that happened to. That dead time over the weekend gives you too much time to think about it and start to worry, when there's no need to worry because our parachutes and Airborne training are second to none. I've always thought that Airborne School should be a non-stop 15 day course, because a lot of folks get psyched out over that second weekend. Anyway, this time around you'll know that weekend is coming, and you can always find things to do so it doesn't get to you. You could even spend the whole weekend helping out the Chaplain, because no doubt he's a Paratrooper too!

You can do it! ALL THE WAY!

Afraid of adrenaline? Son, adrenaline is your friend. What you are really afraid of is that spike you get at the moment of perceived danger. Accept it. Love it. It's what keeps you alive.

Totally normal to be scared man. Trust your equipment and remember your training. After your first jump, you’ll see that it’s not all so bad. Youll most likely go right back into an aircraft and jump the same day. By then end of the week you won’t have those nerves anymore.

Just remember why you’re there. For me, it was witnessing the 2nd plane hit live and the people above the wreckage jumping for a quick death. Do what you’ve got to do and take yourself out of the equation mentally. Follow through with your decision. If you don’t like it, you’re in the wrong line of work.

Sgt, I share your issues with anxiety and I've found the only way for me to overcome it was to push it, the anxiety, down deep inside, focus on the procedures and do it the first time. Now, I can't relate to jumping out of a plane (yet), but the subconscious fears EVERYBODY has, is something we can all relate. You don't have to be an adrenaline junky to get your job done. Maybe think of it as nothing more than your job. Just a thought.

Do you want the honest answer, or the Infantry one?

FEAR is a good thing and at times fear keeps you alive when dealing with the enemy! You are afraid but you have to protect your fellow combat members. The only FEAR does is make sure you know your double checking that the shoot is going to open.
I was scared out of my mind the first day I did K9 school and was bit by a re-trained sentry dog. He bit through the wrap like it was paper and once called off I was asked if I wanted to go to the hospital? My response .... "HELL NO! THIS IS A WAR STORY" and I was right, it was a great story to tell and I had the scar to prove it. I did SRT training and repelled out of a 7 story building. SCARED OUT OF MY MIND, BUT AGAIN I DID IT AND KEPT DOING IT TILL THE END OF THE DAY OF TRAINING.

My point is, you can have fear and still do the best job!