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Discussion in 'Military' started by Airborne09, Feb 10, 2012.

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  1. Feb 16, 2012 at 1:23 AM
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    Ohh Ya, I remember my first jum.......wait...nope, Just a leg here. I'll stick to humping everything except a parachute
     
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  2. Feb 18, 2012 at 9:06 AM
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    March 2003 with the 173D Able Co. 2/503D ABN IN into Northern Iraq, got my mustard stain. Nice flight from Italy and in-flight rig. People say the DZ was secure...those people weren't there. It definitely wasn't Panama, but we received some small arms fire...and we didn't know what we were getting into. I ran into a chute on the way down. What was impressive was the amount of C-17s...never seen that many before and this was my 84th jump. When I got out I had just over 100 static and 24 free fall...and my knees are shot at 32. lol good times
    Airborne!

    Sky Soldiers!!!

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    TriageBAE, Feb 18, 2012
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  3. Feb 18, 2012 at 12:38 PM
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    WOW!!!! man that is badass, seriously i am jealous, I remember hearing about that when it happened.
     
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  4. Feb 18, 2012 at 12:44 PM
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    Awesome. Good to see you fucking snake eaters on here.
    Airborne!
     
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  5. Feb 18, 2012 at 1:38 PM
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    absolutely agree with this 100%!!
     
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  6. Feb 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM
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    ROGER THAT!!!
     
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  7. Feb 20, 2012 at 11:57 AM
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    LGOPs

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  8. Feb 26, 2012 at 4:37 AM
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    LGOPS for the win!
    My 1SG has LGOP posters everywhere, its his favorite saying lol
     
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  9. Mar 4, 2012 at 3:50 PM
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    I have not been to Airborne school. However I collect Halo pay and have around 1,000 jumps, the vast majority of those jumps are out of military aircraft. Here's a pic from a training jump we did last Friday.



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    Now, before you unleash the hounds , I have 12 Years TIS, several deployments and 2 years Drill Sgt time. But I am deffinately a dirty nasty 19D "leg" at heart.
     
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  10. Mar 5, 2012 at 1:06 PM
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    And one we did a couple hours ago.
    Flags are US and POW



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  11. Mar 5, 2012 at 5:29 PM
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    a guy in my last unit was a golden knight before going to germany.
     
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  12. Mar 6, 2012 at 9:42 PM
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    Nice! I did DZ coverage at Bragg for some Golden Knights, and they almost had me ready to try out. Looking to get my civilian license now.
     
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  13. Mar 7, 2012 at 6:46 AM
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    I didn't know you could be a Golden Knight and not be ABN....
    And 1,000 jumps? You guys really jump that much?
     
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  14. Mar 7, 2012 at 11:23 AM
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    Yeah, we jump a lot. I've done 16 training jumps in a day. You do have to be Airborne or "willing to attend Abn School" After 2 years on the team I'm finaly going at the end of March. Not looking forward to static line :(

    We are always looking for good teamates. Check out armygk.com, there is a Tryout link towards the top with all the info you need. The normal tour is 4 years, it used to be 3 but we struggled to keep slots full, then it's back down to the trenches.
     
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  15. Mar 8, 2012 at 4:14 AM
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    Static line ain't bad. I love the rush that you get as soon as the jump doors open and everyone is yanking on their static lines making the cable jump up and down, then as soon as you exit the bird and every thing is quiet. Nothing beats that feeling, in my opinion.
    And being the #1 jumper watching the ground fly by like that, those jumps are the best, especially since you don't gotta worry about the guy in front of you screwing you over lol
     
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  16. Mar 8, 2012 at 4:16 AM
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    Yea, I've always heard that Air Assault is more challenging, both physically and mentally. Airborne school just makes your side hurt from falling so damn much lol.
    But hopefully once I get back from this deployment, I can get a slot at Air Assault. At least that's what I'm hoping for.
     
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  17. Mar 8, 2012 at 9:47 PM
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    Yea I have two of my good buddies that are Air Assault and they always rag on me for not being it yet, (even though we're in an Airborne unit) so I wanna go just to see what all the hype is about. Plus its a free trip to hawaii, can't complain about that lol
     
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  18. Mar 8, 2012 at 9:48 PM
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    Tell me about it, I jumped every week while I was in Ak then i deployed and haven't jumped since October. It's killing me lol
     
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  19. Mar 10, 2012 at 7:53 PM
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    Table Salt!!!!
     
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  20. Mar 15, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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    I ship to basic in May, Airborne after AIT :D
     
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