re: Post if you are Airborne with 20 or more jumps.

How old are you now? Still a chance to direct commission as an OT in the USAR.

I've got 22 jumps. I would have had more but Desert Shield / Storm kept me from jumping for a while.

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My graduation date is Aug 2018.

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Hooah brother. Understand completely. Drop me a line if you are ever interested. I am a COL 70H AGR in USAR. Can defnitely lend you a hand.

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1st Coscom

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He missed the "11th Hour" reference but I was on your side of Bragg Boulevard (44th MEDCOM) so I knew who you were referring to.

When that date gets closer or if I get licensed first. I'll let you know.

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dcrews What did your dad die from? A lot of us are dying from Nam related diseases

God Bless him

Part of 10th GRP is at Ft Carson.

Basil L. Plumley American Badass

How about this animal. He had trouble walking with those basketball-size balls he had. R.I.P.




Basil L. Plumley (January 1, 1920 – October 10, 2012[1]) was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. A veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he is most famous for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.
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1 Military career
2 Personal life
3 In popular culture
4 Awards and decorations
5 See also
6 References


Military career[edit]
Plumley enlisted in the United States Army as a private on March 31, 1942. He was a gliderman of the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. He saw action during the Invasion of Normandy, and Operation Market Garden.


Plumley participated in two glider assaults in the European Theater. His first was on June 6, 1944, during the Invasion of Normandy, and his second was for Operation Market Garden on Sept. 18, 1944.
Plumley was shot in the hand the same day for which he received the Purple Heart and was awarded multiple decorations for his service in World War II.


Basil Plumley was stationed between 1951 through February 26, 1953 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky then he went to serve in Germany. He then fought in Korea during the final months of the Korean War, where he served at The Battle of Old Baldy, as well as the Battle of Porkchop Hill. For serving in Korea, Plumley received his 2nd Combat Infantryman Badge in 1953.


He fought in Vietnam with the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment. He participated in the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam in 1965, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, who praised Plumley as an outstanding NCO and leader in the 1992 book about this battle, We Were Soldiers Once...And Young. The book was the basis for the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, in which Plumley was played by actor Sam Elliott. Plumley was known affectionately by his soldiers as "Old Iron Jaw". Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley served in the Republic of Korea between 1972 and 1973.


He retired as a command sergeant major on December 31, 1974, having been awarded 28 different personal, unit, campaign and service awards and decorations in almost 33 years of military service, spanning World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. After his retirement, he worked 15 more years for the army as a civilian in administration at Martin Army Community Hospital and at various medical clinics around Fort Benning (Fort Benning, Georgia), retiring again in 1990.[4]

Is it hard to fail Army jump school?