The best hardest achievement was earning my silver Airborne wings and my maroon beret.
@airbornegrandpaw63662 жыл бұрын
To be 18 again. 3yrs 82nd , 2 yrs 11th SFG Reserve Jump School 1972 ,still AIRBORNE just not on jump status. AALW
@charly193 жыл бұрын
At what altitude you jumping?
@tomuss20823 жыл бұрын
About 1000feet, for training 500feet in combat.
@charly193 жыл бұрын
@@tomuss2082 Thank's
@thomaslaldridgeii41643 жыл бұрын
I only had 3 friends that were not Airborne 97% of my friends were paratroopers and you will make friends for life; I jumped 9 1/2 years before I became a conventional soldier again but it was the best and hardest time of my career and thing else was easy after that.
@shakamakana84924 жыл бұрын
'69, jump school, P32 😀 11B4P, 173rd Airborne 👍😎👍 All the Way!
@aapex14 жыл бұрын
DAMN that's a big ass plane! Biggest I ever jumped was a C141 Starlifter. Never did a C5 but that C17 is just F'n YUGE!
@formerparatrooper5 жыл бұрын
March 1980, Ft. Benning GA. I was 40 years old at the time. The video really brings back the memories, I can almost smell the aircraft.......
@Oldag755 жыл бұрын
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar. Class 6, 1973 here. Trivia question: Why are the static lines bright yellow/gold?
@rickames8465 жыл бұрын
Lol did they laugh about putting the last guy in the trees?
@formerparatrooper5 жыл бұрын
Man does this bring up some memories. I went to Airborne school in the spring of 1980 at 40 years old. I served 6.5 years with the 389th MI CO of the 11th Special Forces Group at Louisville KY. I can actually smell the aircraft and the quietness of the canopy flapping lightly in the air. A great job Jessie. AIRBORNE!
@allenshepherd59627 жыл бұрын
Very nice
@soreintou7 жыл бұрын
Good jump but we don't use Pathfinder's anymore.. There's something out there called GPS ( Global Positioning Satellite) perhaps you've heard of it.
@herbertkelly8477 жыл бұрын
There's a thing called Human Intel. Perhaps you've heard of that? Like when a previously cleared LZ suddenly goes hot. I suppose your GPS calls you up and tells you it's a No-Go. Happy trails.
@douglasreeves99387 жыл бұрын
BS there are still two pathfinder schools every year.
@DEMONX626 жыл бұрын
Not sure GPSs can direct air traffic and set up airfields Or jump in to recover air crew after a crash
@isidorebranham53275 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!! No need for the music!!!
@MartinRodriguez-ox7vh5 жыл бұрын
Was You Ever In The Military, Jason McDonald ? I Don't Remember Seeing YOU @ Airborne, Pathfinder Or Ranger School @ Fort Benning, Georgia . But You Have Something To Say ?.
@soreintou7 жыл бұрын
I'd be driving around the landing zone area in an ice cream truck and making $$$$$$$$$$. No shortage of customer's.
@gamerking52828 жыл бұрын
I had the door position last jump before graduation, it's the best position your hands are on the skin of the aircraft you really get to push yourself out and away from the plane. I was caught counting the jumpers in the stick the jump master caught me and motioned for me to sit next to him , I knew I had been had. Just make you sure you remember what you have been taught especially the landings .
@PatrickE7 жыл бұрын
Hands on the skin of the aircraft? When did you go to jump school?
@lonesoldier39212 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickE yeah lol
@jasonserna96919 жыл бұрын
Does the yellow cord pull the chute when you drop
@kaoticfreeriders16949 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jasonserna96919 жыл бұрын
Oh thank god
@cwhussey54329 жыл бұрын
AHHH Knees in the Breeze!!!!!
@devinkiser12569 жыл бұрын
US Army Rangers don't go through the training Recon marines do. They don't go through any training. As soon ad Ranger school is over they are deployable. Ranger school and pipeline are side by side as far as challenging goes, but the Marines have to do more in the water and on land. Marine recon is tougher than Ranger school because of the water and length of Recon Training
@woLFpaCK031319 жыл бұрын
Devin Kiser I hope you are referring to RASP when you say Ranger school. Big difference between the two..lol Ranger school is a leadership course and RASP is for the 75th. You obviously don't know what you're talking about.
@andrewv10676 жыл бұрын
Get your facts right dude
@chrisgerrald266910 жыл бұрын
Marines are full of shit US Army Rangers lead the way hooah!!!
@djblackruss10 жыл бұрын
Riding thoes thermals
@karmuism10 жыл бұрын
The anticipation would kill me
@MrJamtrini9 жыл бұрын
***** what should my attitude be going to jump school. I read your comment earlier, where u said you was scared. I'm not a scared of height but this would be my first time. Any advice
@MrJamtrini9 жыл бұрын
***** thank you. I really appreciate it. I know and I can promise I will not quit. I won't stop until I'm done!!
@tghetto59 жыл бұрын
***** What does the free fall feel like? Is it like a dip on a roller coaster? Also, is your first jump alone or with someone on your back?
@tghetto57 жыл бұрын
Corrssia Perry I think I had an Airborne 68W contract when I wrote that but they took it away from me at MEPS like a few days later. I ended up joining as a 25N with no airborne. They did have option 40 at my A.I.T and I qualified for it but never sought after it. Wish I would have gotten that 68W with airborne cause this signal stuff is boring. Anyway, thanks for the response.Also, good job on passing jump school! I hope you have a successful Army Career!
@ObamaSaidHeLikesMe6 жыл бұрын
Corrssia Perry hey man would you say DON'T do this if you have somewhat easy motion sickness?
@jasonjohnson343610 жыл бұрын
wonder if the SSG kept his sunglasses after jumping
@tekdavid9910 жыл бұрын
Us army <3
@Strewgle10 жыл бұрын
Don't feel the aircraft, let the ground feel you!
@R3cruity11 жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna lie... I don't know if I could do this lol... I'm petrified of heights.
@Blazekid19067 жыл бұрын
R3cruity alot of those guys are
@ssegars111 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to get that airborne tab !
@vince381111 жыл бұрын
bird shit in the air
@danny113306611 жыл бұрын
What altitude?
@ericlane32565 жыл бұрын
danny1133066 Standard airborne drops are done in the vicinity of 1200 feet but since the helicopter has to rise in altitude due to its slow speed compared to a C-130 or C-17 you’re probably jumping out at 1500-1800 feet. This was a pretty long fall.
@DumbHonkie111 жыл бұрын
When I went to the jump school a long time ago, there were 4 recon marines in my platoon, one recon marine couldn't keep up with the run and another recon marine refused to jump out of the aircraft( c-130). So only 2 of the recon marines made it through the jump school.
@marcuspayne97444 жыл бұрын
That sounds about right. They're more mouth than anything else.
@DumbHonkie111 жыл бұрын
The marines DO NOT have regular Airborne units such as the 82nd Airborne in the Army. The marines only have special- op Airborne units such as MARSOC and Force Recon. If you are in good physical shape and have no fear of heights, then you wouldn't have problem passing the jump school. But the dropout rate at the jump school is still about 30%. On the other hand, the dropout rate at the marine boot camp is only about 11%. I saw quite a few recon marines failing the jump School.
@mikegrant84903 жыл бұрын
Your observation of the Marines in jump school is spot on. I went through in July 71 and we had it seems, about 8 or 10 Marines. I think there was 3 or 4 that graduated. They were all Force Recon/ LRRP s ( long range reconnaissance patrol) Marines.
@DumbHonkie13 жыл бұрын
@@mikegrant8490 Today's jump school is lot easier than in the olden times. When I went to the jump school in 1967, only 1 out of 3 made it. As you and I are old timers , we know that the jump school at the time was almost brutal. It was three weeks of pure hell.
@mikegrant84903 жыл бұрын
@@DumbHonkie1 At least the Black Hats encouraged us to eat salt tablets and drink water from those old canvas water buffalos. In a bit of down time during tower week, I got talking to one of the senior Black Hats and mentioned I had heard that the 82nd was back from Nam and was rebuilding the Division. He told me if I got to the 82nd to look up his brother, a First Sgt.... I didn't have to look very far, his brother was my Top at C- 3/325. Small world. Good people.
@NickmanC3111 жыл бұрын
i mean witch one do you join to get into the airborne
@NickmanC3111 жыл бұрын
is army airborne right or marines
@ManuelGarcia-zv2bi11 жыл бұрын
yes marines can go to airborne school
@ManuelGarcia-zv2bi11 жыл бұрын
This shit is heart pumping!!!. Fuck yeah. Again!
@MsLollerskates11 жыл бұрын
ROTC lol
@LegacyPball11 жыл бұрын
fuck it, looks like i'm doing airborne. Off to ROTC I go.
@blazechristensen277511 жыл бұрын
marines can but there are very few.. i was there with about at most 10 out of 300
@narutovssasuke11711 жыл бұрын
can marines be airborne im joining the marines but i want to know can i be airborne i would really like to do it but i thought only recon could be airborne ?