BIGUN 1,488 #1 March 21, 2005 http://www.infantry.army.mil/videos/video05/index.htm You can tell who the freeflyers are... Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 March 21, 2005 Yeah, looked like a few went out in a sit, huh? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #3 March 21, 2005 Nothing but respect for those guys.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #4 March 21, 2005 Bad memories..........BAD MEMORIES!!!!!!!! I THINK that was Mother Sicily at Ft Bragg. It was one of those big sandy DZ's. Glad I don't have to do that crap anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #5 March 21, 2005 Crashes my browser...odd."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,488 #6 March 21, 2005 QuoteBAD MEMORIES!!!!!!!! The bad memories are the N/CT jumps at 800' and the MACO briefing including the word "water." Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #7 March 21, 2005 Must be the low alt. ....but how fast is the plane going???? Here comes the spot....shit there it goes.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #8 March 21, 2005 leave it to the military to remove all the fun out of jumping from of airplanes... dont miss it at all... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie13 324 #9 March 21, 2005 about 150 kts. if i watch that again, i may have to go re-enlist. i'm still current til mid-april. god, i miss that shit, and it did kinda look like sicily, i say kinda cuz i've only seen it in the daylight once._________________________________________ Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #10 March 21, 2005 Quote Must be the low alt. ....but how fast is the plane going???? 128 Knts +/- 5. Training jumps are at 1200 Ft or so and combat jumps can be LOW. I had a friend that jumped into Panama at 495 Ft. The Brits have a system where you can get out at about 200 Ft but the jump run is REALLY fast. I think around 200 Knts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #11 March 21, 2005 jesus, it looks like half the battle would be trying to regroup after the jumprun spreads you out all over hell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #12 March 21, 2005 it is... and only 80% of you are expected to remain combat effective after the drop....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 March 21, 2005 Quote jesus, it looks like half the battle would be trying to regroup after the jumprun spreads you out all over hell. Heheheheheee..........My FIRST jump with the 82nd Emperial Airborne Division........Night, Mass Tac, putting a Task Force sized element onto Sicily. (About 1300 people with all the trucks and arty tubes and other crap too.) I land......walk about 1/2-3/4 of a mile to the TACC rally point. Pic up my spot in the clock defense. Lean against my ruck. For the next 4-5 hours I listened to the command element trying to get everything squared away. The absolute funniest one was the S-4 (Supply Officer) He kept calling his guys... S-4- "Say status of the heavy drops" (Trucks that they had dropped) NCO- We found one and are de-rigging it. We're still looking for the other one. That in and of itself isn't that funny........but the conversation went EXACTLY the same for the next 4-5 hours. Never changed. God was I relieved when we finally got off our asses and walked out! So..........yes...........Conventional force jumps are basically the world's LARGEST cluster fuck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #14 March 21, 2005 cluster... that and you can only slip a -10... rather have a -1b, -1c or a sf10A....Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #15 March 21, 2005 I "heard" there were some high-speed exits at 175' during Grenada ops........? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #16 March 22, 2005 there are alot of things you hear if you listen...Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #17 March 22, 2005 Oh shit, your right... Oh wait, your not Clay.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 March 22, 2005 Quote I "heard" there were some high-speed exits at 175' during Grenada ops........? I don't know a whole lot about that one. Other than the SEAL debacles and it was the first combat use of the ETAC program. (Enlisted guys controlling air strikes.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #19 March 22, 2005 Had a friend in the Rangers, broke his back from a streamer. Fully recovered but they released him on disability. Spent two years in the civilian life then went back in. This joke may be beat (or a scud) anyways... "How many jumps does a combat parachutist have to make until he's combat ready?" Every one. You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrflyPimpDaddy 0 #20 March 22, 2005 Congrats to the Army. I never knew it was possible to make skydiving look boring. What a long, repetitive movie. (But honestly, nothin but respect for the guys jumping in to the sh*t) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbarry 0 #21 March 22, 2005 Looks like trooper #8 probably had some decent line twists to kick out, with all that spinnin'... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougjumper 0 #22 March 22, 2005 Super Dooper Paratroopers..doing their thang. Gosh, Memories Memories.. Hey I did get to Jump the 250fters during Jump School and no I didnt get the chance to get caught up in the Tower by the Winds.. The glass is half full or half empty doesn't matter. Let go and have the Lord guide your path. He will take care of it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #23 March 23, 2005 Looks like a BMF mud puddle on the DZ. Hope they don't land in that muck! Yuck! R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
