Off to Airborne...

[PatrioticWhisky]

Well, I'm off to Fort Benning GA for Airborne School. Slightly nervous but I've made it through most stuff up until now.

All the shaving stuff is packed up and hopefully I'll have time in the evenings to get clean.

Wish me luck. Hopefully my parachute opens.

Imagine though. Proraso on the face then falling through the sky. Talk about brisk.

 

[Jim]

Best of luck to you! Keep in touch when you can.

 

[flylot]

If your it doesn't open, you can ask for a refund from the rigger!

Enjoy the the journey and don't forget that Indian's name!

......I dunno about jumping out of perfectly good airplanes... it just ain't natural............. (wore two sets of wings, one jump, one fly...)

an ol' warhorse

 

[Alacrity59]

Sounds like fun and hard work is in your future. Best of luck!

 

[TimmyBoston]

Best of luck to you, Thanks for serving!

 

[Unknownsoldier]

Bit of advice I was given by a FFL parachute instructor: "If your chute doesn't ope, spread out yours and cross your legs......." I asked "why? does that help?", he replied "no, but they can unscrew you from the ground easier" ;-) Good luck mate, you're about to join the "Airborne Brotherhood". You'll find (if US para's are like their Brit counterparts) they have a certain 'Grim' humour. .

You'll pass into a family, with a proud history, including many of the most famous battles from WW2 onwards.

Sure others here will wish you good luck too, keep at it, and enjoy the scenery, guessing most of your exits will be static line???

Best of luck mate,
Tom

"They have jumped from the air and conquered fear. They are proud of their honour and never failed in any task, they are in fact men apart, Every Man an Emperor"

"Whenever the maroon beret is seen on the battlefield, it at once inspires confidence, for its wearers are known to be good men and true"

 

[soapbox]

Well, I'm off to Fort Benning GA for Airborne School. Slightly nervous but I've made it through most stuff up until now.

Dad is a retired Jumpmaster. He jumped out of nearly everything that flew near the North Vietnamese border except for a Skycrane, which would have been a bad idea anyway. I think he enjoyed airborne school training more than anything else in the Army. You'll do fine.

Wish me luck. Hopefully my parachute opens.

They train you for your primary chute not opening. It happens. That's why you train for it! (He tells a story about one guy who had to activate the reserve chute, made it to the ground fine, then stood up and wet himself, but I don't think anyone blamed him!)

Best wishes!

 

[machine99703]

Good luck Airborne! I made it through you can too.
Don't worry about your chute, trust your equipment! Just remember to keep a TIGHT body position and you will be fine, don't get all floppy up there or you will hurt yourself. This is a goot time to go too, I went during the summer and it was ungodly hot.

Most of your evenings are free so you will have time to shave. Stand tall on those cables!
Airborne!

 

[Gruder]

Best of luck, and many thanks for your service.

 

[airplanedoc]

Only one thing I can think of that is better than when that cold blast of air hits you in the face, and you take that one long step

 

[13ALPHA]

Have fun while you are there, watch out for the black hats. Maybe you will be lucky enough to get Delta ROCK! Airborne Airborne everyday....

 

[blackfoot]

Bit of advice I was given by a FFL parachute instructor: "If your chute doesn't ope, spread out yours and cross your legs......." I asked "why? does that help?", he replied "no, but they can unscrew you from the ground easier" ;-) Good luck mate, you're about to join the "Airborne Brotherhood". You'll find (if US para's are like their Brit counterparts) they have a certain 'Grim' humour. .

You'll pass into a family, with a proud history, including many of the most famous battles from WW2 onwards.

Sure others here will wish you good luck too, keep at it, and enjoy the scenery, guessing most of your exits will be static line???

Best of luck mate,
Tom

"They have jumped from the air and conquered fear. They are proud of their honour and never failed in any task, they are in fact men apart, Every Man an Emperor"

"Whenever the maroon beret is seen on the battlefield, it at once inspires confidence, for its wearers are known to be good men and true"

There is nothing I can say that compares to this, so I'm quoting it. Good luck!

(He tells a story about one guy who had to activate the reserve chute, made it to the ground fine, then stood up and wet himself, but I don't think anyone blamed him!)

Best wishes!

I don't!

 

[Spivey]

Best of luck! Thank you for your service to our fine country!

 

[Hawkeye5]

I recall very well my thoughts following my first jump some 41 years ago: "Is that all there is to it?"
While only three weeks, the training is so good that you will be prepared.

 

[SmoovD]

Good luck, do well and keep in touch.

 

[tlanning]

Best wishes, ENJOY, hang tight

 

[wilson]

It's a cake walk man. Trust the training and the equipement.

C

 

[Telecaster52]

You're a better man than me, i get vertigo on a ladder... Thanks for serving!

 

[J.B. Books]

God speed, be safe and thank you for your service.

 

[azmark]

God speed.