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re: To my fellow paratroopers, past and present...
Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:51 pm to Mud_Bone
Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:51 pm to Mud_Bone
quote:Their entire training program failed them. The only time they could have addressed proper actions in the aircraft was during pre-jump. Once they are going off the ramp you cannot interfere with their actions upon exit unless you want to cause further safety issues.
As a "jumpmaster" you should recognize that THEIR jumpmaster failed them....
It is clear those are not US paratroopers. They are very (VERY) poorly trained.
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Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:52 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:Right across the bay (Skyway Bridge) from me
St. Pete.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:53 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
Bradenton/Sarasota area.
might have to look you up and buy you a beer or five, baw
Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:55 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Would enjoy it brother
might have to look you up and buy you a beer or five, baw
This post was edited on 8/23/22 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 8/23/22 at 10:58 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
Would enjoy it brother
have a lot of friends in Bradenton, we usually try to go down for New Year's Eve, a buddy has a big party in his back yard and Dicky Betts plays just about every year
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:00 pm to 777Tiger
Let me know. Would enjoy it. We are going to be here through at least May of next year and then make the decision to stay here or move back to our house in Fayetteville (outside of Fort Bragg). Really love it here.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:01 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
Fayetteville
Fayettenam!!!
ETA: will definitely try to coordinate that if we make for this year's party
This post was edited on 8/23/22 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:05 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:28 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:
make the decision to stay here or move back to our house in Fayetteville
We're deciding whether to spend the winter after Christmas in Florida or NC (sister is in Raleigh area and have a lot of friends around Lejeune).
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:31 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:Not going to lie, I have fallen in love with this state.
Florida
Posted on 8/23/22 at 11:37 pm to Wolfhound45
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Not going to lie, I have fallen in love with this state.
I definitely still prefer Montana, but if I could get 300+ acres on the Gulf somewhere, I might change my mind.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 12:33 am to Wolfhound45
I was coscom rigger from 97-2000. Five or six of us are getting together in Tampa later. Would love to have you join us for drinks.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 5:20 am to charlesmartinmike
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I was coscom rigger from 97-2000. Five or six of us are getting together in Tampa later. Would love to have you join us for drinks.
One of the guys in my squad swapped MOS’s and became a rigger. He should have been in COSCOM about that time. His last name was Hale, you may have known him.
He went on to spend the rest of his career jumping and became and Airborne test force jumper at Yuma proving grounds.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 6:05 am to charlesmartinmike
Would enjoy that. If you have Twitter you can reach me there through DM. Or I can post an email address.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:24 am to DisplacedBuckeye
Being the social recluse that I am (in real life), I probably would prefer Montana too. But I am not about that cold weather.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:45 am to LSUA 75
"Towed paratrooper-is that a black mark for the jump master"
No, it's a black mark for the Parachute rigger
My best friend from NGC was a towed jumper is SF school, with a full load and had to be strapped to the outside of the plane for the landing. Normally they cut the main line and let the jumper deploy their reserve or they pull you back in the aircraft. He was bleeding too much to be cut and he weighed too much to be pulled back in.
No, it's a black mark for the Parachute rigger
My best friend from NGC was a towed jumper is SF school, with a full load and had to be strapped to the outside of the plane for the landing. Normally they cut the main line and let the jumper deploy their reserve or they pull you back in the aircraft. He was bleeding too much to be cut and he weighed too much to be pulled back in.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:48 am to Wolfhound45
That's why we generally spend fall and winter in Florida.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:58 am to Wolfhound45
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make the decision to stay here or move back to our house in Fayetteville
Damn, Bawlonel.
You can put that boat in, and be on the redfish in aboot 20 minutes, from launch if you stay in FL. If you sell your FL house, it is worth almost $300k more than you paid for it, and Pocohontas will want that money. 
Posted on 8/24/22 at 10:04 am to Hangit
We really want to stay. But we came from Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio) to Central Florida with the intention of this being my terminal (retirement) assignment. After that we would move back to our home in North Carolina (which is nearly paid off). Hence we never purchased a home here. So we are definitely in a quandary, waiting for the market to re-adjust.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 11:03 am to Wolfhound45
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It is, for all involved (individual jumper, jumpmaster team, Air Force load master).
Don't forget the front enders. I was lucky and never had any real malfunctions or injuries out of the 8-12K folks I've dropped.
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