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Old 09-20-2011, 21:02   #4
Papa Zero Three
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It won't be overnight that this ends up at the group level. It will be more along the lines of the path that the military Cypres(EAAD) was introduced and eventually fielded to the 7 groups. Hopefully though, it won't take as long as the EAAD as a lot of the data and training materials required have already been collected so I wouldn't be surprised to see some fast tracking in some areas. In fact, the IPT is scheduled for early October so its more a matter of when than if IMO.

It is very probably we will see this system used by non HALO qualified individuals in the dual bag static line mode at some point in time, much like we saw the MC-5 in dual bag static line mode used in 7th group back in the 90s. The training management package was reviewed several years back,updated, and a plan on how to implement it exists and utilizes the same RATT (Ram Air Training Team) concept at the group level. It's quiet possible that at some time in the future all ODAs will have a RAM air HAHO infil capability and not just HALO teams. This is a long overdue upgrade to the now obsolete MC-4 system that's been used for way too long.
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