11-05-2011, 13:26
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Jump School
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11-05-2011, 13:31
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Guerrilla Chief
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They're still showing that (as of June). They played that for hours in the harness shed after we were JMPI'd waiting for air.
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11-05-2011, 13:37
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The hardest job for me was being "rope man"........ 
Big Teddy 
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11-05-2011, 14:52
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BAC in the early 70s pre-co-ed - pretty much the way we looked in Jan 71 except we had no C-130 jumps - jump week was 4 x C-119 and 1 x C-141.
Richard
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11-05-2011, 15:03
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Normandy DZ Ft Bragg!!
Somebody dumped this link, so here goes!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DZPIGhL3bY
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11-05-2011, 16:16
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Richard- Did you have to jump the C-119 that landed with one engine on fire? I had no problem un-assing that aircraft....
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11-05-2011, 17:15
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Every time I think of running all of those miles in leather combat boots on concrete and asphalt, I wonder how any of us ever made it. 
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11-05-2011, 17:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobob
Every time I think of running all of those miles in leather combat boots on concrete and asphalt, I wonder how any of us ever made it. |
We made it because we had too......... 
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11-05-2011, 17:27
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OLD FILM? Showing the Glamor of Airborne School?
The green fatigues, (not the BDU's or ACU's) the old style pot that weighed a ton, the "Black Hats" screaming & cursing, permissable in the early 1960's @ the Cuban Missle Crisis, the 4 week jump school, they forgot to tell you about the 18 hour/day KP for 1 week, Sat & Sun included. The easy part was the Cony Island Parachute ride, Tower Week was the best; Sound off with your name and tower number- than jump & if the black hat was not satisfied you ran back up the stairs and got to be first in line to do it to you got it right, After that week I think I would have jumped out of the C-119 with out a chute! Good Memories, I would not trade that experience for spring break at Padre Island,TX with all the co-eds from Texas,Alabama, and OL MIss....Regard's, TK
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11-05-2011, 18:22
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It would have been more fun if they had played music all the time. 
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11-05-2011, 19:31
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I was in 45th Company, and our sister company (49th) was made up of USAFA cadets and cadre. They called the 'Dollar Nineteen' the 'Flying Deathtrap' and I was always anxious to get out of it (though it was akin to falling out of bed). Our 5th jump, like Richard's, was a C-141. (Getting to Bragg and being introduced to a C-130 was quite an experience - I realized why they emphasized a 'vigorous' exit, and good body position.)
I never ran, in formation or PT Test, in ANYthing BUT boots, even with the PT uniform. We also did all those now 'bad' exercises. No wonder over half the guys at my SFA meeting today hobbled in.
You are right, Big Teddy. Being 'Rope Man' sucked! I watched our class leader take on the job by contradicting a Black Hat who was making the Rope Man 'beat his boots' over and over again. Papa Alpha 25 took his place. I learned a lot about leadership that day, just by watching.
I'd do it all again, even though I know I'd never make it now. It would be fun to try!
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11-05-2011, 19:39
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5 C119 jumps...the 141 broke down. Can't remember anything too much about Jump School tho except that I thought it was a piece of cake....over hyped
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11-05-2011, 19:45
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I ran Cross Country in HS and college (for 2 years), and felt that BAC was pretty easy - physically... but that damned PLF Pit nearly killed me. (I found it SO much easier to do a PLF in actuality, than in practice. Maybe that was the point!)
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11-05-2011, 20:00
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I was in Infantry OCS from Oct 72 to Apr 73 next door to the 250 foot towers and everyday we would see some poor bugger steer into the towers and cling for dear life to that damn tower. When the winds were gusting a little, it would happen several times a day. After having the weekend off after commissioning, most of us started our Airborne class. Blackhats didn't like us much because there was little they could do to intimidate us. After 6 months of OCS bullshit and physical training, there wasn't much in the form of harassment that we hadn't already seen and their running pace was a lot less than we were used to. Remember running around the track across from the entrance to Infantry Hall for hours, daytime/nighttime, didn't matter. Only good memories of Airborne School. 2LT pay was much better than E-5 pay and as an officer there was no KP.
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11-05-2011, 20:48
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KP sucked! Younger troops have NO idea. I'd sleep in and end up as "back sink man" - greasy pots and pans all day... and no one messing with you.
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