173rd preparing for their jump the other night

[Beerlight 0]

Someone make it a clicky for me..........

http://www.173rdairborne.com/iraq.htm

[f1freak 0]

http://www.173rdairborne.com/iraq.htm

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[TitaniumLegs 8]

Clickety-click

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[skydiverbob 0]

Nice pictures, to bad it wasn't set up as a slide show.

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[ladyskydiver 0]

And, I thought my gear was heavy. Would not want to have all that gear on and try to jump. Wow! Impressive.

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Anybody else see the hooks on the CO's boots?

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[DaGimp 0]

i know the 82nd was pissed about not getting the mustard stain on their jump wings!

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[steve1 5]

Cool pictures. I wonder what altitude they went out at. Snag points in the military static line jumps are less of a problem than in skydiving, but can still pose some problems. I went through Army jumpmaster school, way back when, and I don't recall much emphasis being placed on snag pts. Maybe more emphasis should have been though. The important part was checking that the static line was routed correctly and everything was fastened properly (in terms of gear, harness, helmet, weapons, and reserve). Years ago soldiers were jumping M-14's with the muzzles up, over their shoulders. Some static lines would wrap around these on exit causing problems. I jumped M-16's this way lot's of times. They were less of a problem because they were shorter. Now I think most weapons are placed in a container. Correct me if I'm wrong on any of this. Being an old fart, my memory is about gone. These pictures do get me pumped up to make a military jump again though!.......Steve1