tom kelly
Some slight changes to your original post,but so very close needing just some miner modifications....... How many parachute jumps with PAE bags, (with 300 lbs. & supplies) main chute + reserve + weapon & basic load of ammo 240 rounds, 2 canteens of water & helmet" steel pot") Total wgt. incl. your own body wgt.(mine was 165 lbs.,mine was 240lbs)was close to 570 lbs.+ hitting the ground at 27 Ft./sec. DID the Spartans make? The main concern was not the hard impact but getting twisted up to the connector link; which would likely cause a malfunction with the main chute and probably the reserve. Fortunately I did not have to make very many of these jumps......I did approx. 7 of them and all with the 11th ABN Div....... They jumped us with full gear on every f**ken jump we made........ They were so damn gung-ho,and one of the toughest outfit I ever served in.......... 
Big Teddy 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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