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Any of the old Army folks in here have the opportunity to go to Airborne school? I'm here right now and just made my first two jumps today! Unlike anything I've experienced before, especially the anxiousness while I was in the plane hearing the countdowns and all that. I'm still pretty amped up and decided to spread the news.
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Went through way back in '87, one of the best experiences in my life. Only made my 5 jumps to get my wings though. Went straight to Air Assualt school after Jump school.
Great experiences, both of them. Night Jump was the scariest and the best rush !!!!!!!!!!
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went to airborne school back in 96 en route to ranger then pathfinder/air assault...also a proud vet of 101st and 2nd ranger, but had the most fun with the 101 chickens...Airborne is a blast..I had over 350 jumps when i got out...enjoy it man, after you get out you long for the fun you had when you didn't realize you were having fun..lol
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Went through in 87' then went on to Italy with the 82nd . Some of the best times in my life were jumping out of various aircraft . Have fun .
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Did they have planes or did you just jump out of trees? 
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Good luck TI84 and God Bless you for your service young man. 
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Water, who was the pilot Wilbur or Orville ? 
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At Benning I assume ? Do they still have those God awful jump towers ? I was more scared doing that than any of the jumps I ever made . We had a guy run into the tower break his leg and get stuck about 100 feet up. They had to climb up and stretcher him to the ground all the while the poor guy was screaming bloody murder. Took a 15 min. break then guess who got to make the next trip up ? I hope you get the chance to do a Huey blast or even a Chinook assuming they still have those in service.
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Very Cool 
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My little sister wants to do this, I'm just not sure when/if she will exactly. She was just sworn into the Army a few weeks ago and ships out January 9th. She said she's looking forward to it more than anything, and I think she's crazy. Good luck with that 
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+1 if you thought this topic was about the 1993 film starring a young Seth Green and Jack Black.
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Any of the old Army folks in here have the opportunity to go to Airborne school?
Had the opportunity to do it when I was the regimental schools NCO for the 29th Infantry Regiment in Ft Benning. I did the paperwork for all courses, and could have put myself through any school. Knew I was getting out of the service on my next ETS though and didn't want to tie up a slot and was a little hesitant to jump out of an airplane that wasn't on fire. 
Wish now that I had done it as well as Air Assault school.
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I'm here right now and just made my first two jumps today! Unlike anything I've experienced before, especially the anxiousness while I was in the plane hearing the countdowns and all that. I'm still pretty amped up and decided to spread the news.
That's cooler than hell.........props to you to be able to shuffle to the door and jump right out and count to four...........(cadence stays with you for life)
That just may be another thread........Army cadence songs....hmmm......
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Knew I would get it as soon as I posted .. DC.... Really tall trees , think Redwoods ..
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Wow.....20 years and I still knew the words. Good times.....looking back on it.
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ha, i still have a bunch of cadence on my ipod for when i'm running..one of my favorite parts of PT was running division runs with a strong cadence caller.. I liked to get out and do it myself too. that cadence is a staple
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