XVIII Airborne Corps, US Army Forces Command
XVIII Airborne Corps, US Army Forces Command
Posted on Oct 5, 2020
Schutzenschnur or foreign jump wings? If you had both, which would you wear?
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100% Jump Wings
Anyone who shows up can compete for the GPB, but only Paratroopers can earn foreign wings. Plus, it’s more fun earning the jump wings.
Anyone who shows up can compete for the GPB, but only Paratroopers can earn foreign wings. Plus, it’s more fun earning the jump wings.
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I can agree. When I jumped with the Italians in Pisa, it was my first time jumping the T-10 since jump school. They were great hosts when we learned their jump commands you really got that sense of brotherhood between allied forces.
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I'm inclined to agree. Foreign wings are one of the few ways aside from senior/master wings to show that you were a paratrooper and not a 5-jump chump
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I enjoy my Schützenschnur more.
But the most fun I had was during the Nijmegen however, it doesn’t matter since Nijmegen is a foreign decoration not a medal so you can wear it at the same time.
But the most fun I had was during the Nijmegen however, it doesn’t matter since Nijmegen is a foreign decoration not a medal so you can wear it at the same time.
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SFC Kenneth Hunnell
Did you buy a new pair of feet after it. My brother went on that same March when Carter was president
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I earned the golden shutzenschnur in 2005 in Afghanistan from the German Special Forces. I earned it before I ever had a set of foreign jump wings and I never wore it. I’m not a big fan of it. Just an opportunity. Once I earned them, I always wore the Colombian HALO wings. Out of the six foreign jump wings I’ve ever earned.
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CW2 (Join to see) - I was under the impession that the term "grunt" came from the noises we made as we labored under our rucks
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SFC (Join to see) - Amazing how definitions can be ignored and words can change.......
Also, as I'm sure you've seen, those grunting and sucking under their rucks are usually the ones that we now call "POGs".
Also, as I'm sure you've seen, those grunting and sucking under their rucks are usually the ones that we now call "POGs".
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SPC John Tacetta
CW2 (Join to see) - I would beg to differ. Grunt have been around since first man picked up a stick.
Since around 1900, "grunt" has been a word for a low-level worker or laborer. This is the likely origin of the term "grunt work," referring to a job that is thankless, boring and exhausting but necessary. There is no record of how this word became applied to infantrymen though it is indisputable that infantrymen often engage in grunt work.
https://www.reference.com/world-view/military-grunt-2f0faa7ac3711ceb
The military branches love to label themselves and one another with made-up acronyms, or backronyms. For this reason, it's sometimes jokingly claimed that "grunt" stands for either "Government Reject Unfit for Naval Training" or "Ground Replacement Unit, Not Trained."
Since around 1900, "grunt" has been a word for a low-level worker or laborer. This is the likely origin of the term "grunt work," referring to a job that is thankless, boring and exhausting but necessary. There is no record of how this word became applied to infantrymen though it is indisputable that infantrymen often engage in grunt work.
https://www.reference.com/world-view/military-grunt-2f0faa7ac3711ceb
The military branches love to label themselves and one another with made-up acronyms, or backronyms. For this reason, it's sometimes jokingly claimed that "grunt" stands for either "Government Reject Unfit for Naval Training" or "Ground Replacement Unit, Not Trained."
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