RAW VIDEO: See paratrooper's POV as he steps into the air

See what it looks like for a paratrooper to step into thin air over a drop zone in this footage of a recent jump in the Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of WWII's Operation Market Garden. Army Jumpmaster Staff Sgt. Paul O'Brien of the 82nd Airborne Division provides the footage. (Army / DVIDS)

[@leokimvideo]

Imagine doing this in a war, your a target while your floating down and still a target until you find cover

[@dellwright1407]

Thats why they do this in unoccupied areas or at night.

[@frank9ek9]

It would be a war crime reference to the Geneva Conventions

[@zacharyhicks6237]

​@@frank9ek9 It's lawful to shoot down paratroopers.

[@frank9ek9]

@@zacharyhicks6237 my bad sorry you’re right, I misread it first time and went back to clarify myself!

[@Ranstone]

Pull!

[@brownie1341]

Graduated jump school in 1973. November will be 50 years ago. Served in the 82nd Airborne. Other than the new gear, helmets, and square chutes this jump is just as I remember. Now I'm old and fat. But even after all these years, when I see the 82nd being reported - my reaction is that this is MY unit. Those are MY boys.

[@DeathFromAbove_5.56]

AATW

[@davidcat1455]

Thank you for your service, sir. From a grateful Australian who will always consider Americans our friends and allies.🇺🇸👍

[@metaglypto]

Graduated Class 21-73, February '73. Airborne, All the Way B 1/325

[@jakub8659]

Thank you for your service. Good to have YOUR boys here in Poland in case some tankies completely loose their mind.

[@johndouglas4528]

Me too. 1971. Leonard B. Scott was my company commander...

[@jeffjoles742]

1. the balls of the feet 2. the side of the calf 3. the side of the thigh 4. the side of the hip, or buttocks 5. the side of the back These are the five points of contact for a good PLF (Parachute Landing Fall), as taught at Army Airborne School. Sometimes, you get only three points of contact as demonstrated in this video: feet, ass, head. But, as any jumper will tell you: any jump you walk away from is a good jump.

[@heywoodjablome7834]

The push up muscle is the 5th POC there Hooah

[@EchoTangoSuitcase]

I love that with this crowd I can say that someone has his head up his 4th point of contact without having to explain myself. 😁

[@philiproseel3506]

What was referred to in my time as a Polish PLF was feet knees and face. Of course, the Poles are prized allies and no one uses that term anymore, I hope.

[@johndouglas4528]

I saw that, too.

[@atatat54321]

Or...as often happens, heels, ass, head.

[@00andrescab00]

Like our platoon sergeant use to say: you jump out out the right way, and you let the Almighty to the rest.

[@michaellee7933]

My sergeant airborne says "you jump out thd right way and let gravity do the rest"

[@Baltimoreborn]

@@rockwellrhodes7703 😂💯

[@LOOSEbowelz]

doesn't make sense lmao 😭

[@taskforceicarus]

Sounds like how a platoon sergeant would say it.

[@mrsmithmrssmith6280]

My sergeant platoon leader told me to tell you to shut up!!

[@72launchpad]

Jumping is the most violent, noisiest thing ,,,, followed by the most peaceful and calming thing till hitting the ground................

[@williamschroeder3070]

That's what I remember. The C-130's were very noisy, especially when the door opened. C-141's a little better. But once I was out the door, it got so quiet so fast, I couldn't believe it.

[@StMediaNL]

@@williamschroeder3070 I envy you guys still.

[@Lermabeans]

Thats what my buddy and I realized in Airborne School...the only time the Black Hats weren't yelling at us was when we were "knees in the breeze." So peaceful and quiet floating down. Until we landed and the Black Hats were yelling at us again

[@dano3523]

It's been about 34 years since my last jump with the 82nd. I smile and get a bit of that feeling back whenever I watch these videos. Thanks for the ride. AATW.

[@MyBack_04]

any hard landings?

[@dano3523]

@@MyBack_04 lol. Yep. One in the trees and one where I couldn't get my ruck to drop. That one got me a ride off of the DZ.

[@MyBack_04]

@@dano3523 gotta love them trees

[@CanadianPatriot224]

Thank you for your service from Canada! 🇨🇦

[@user-sf9ck9yx2f]

No we thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[@whodat3644]

Both my dad and I are Airborne. My dad’s first time to ever fly on an airplane was during Jump Week.

[@exodeus7959]

Ok. Now that is another level of mentally strong. Never flying and then doing this would be such a mind overload.

[@vulture-6]

Seems cool

[@heartbeatsdrum]

Same! First plane I was ever in, I jumped out of it at Benning, lol.

[@dominus6224]

@@exodeus7959 Not really. Flying isn’t scary; even for the first time

[@gaynbriansquire1115]

@@heartbeatsdrum Mate, that is funny.

[@leonardtan2]

To think those brave men jumped off those planes over 70 years ago in complete darkness with flak rounds and bullets whizzing by. Thank you to both past and present soldiers for all you have done to keep the world save.

[@andrehuth8747]

Yes Operation Merkur was tough work!

[@fatdoggolovespizza]

And imagine, they had no idea what to expect. Pioneers, really the first of their kind to take on such a feat! Incredible.

[@justaman3817]

Night full combat jumps are badass everytime but I cannot imagine how insane it must have been in the past.

[@clydewmorgan]

It’s easier in the dark. Bullets not so easy

[@YdoIneedahandle869]

Yes sir!

[@Daniel-hv2gv]

As a german paratrooper i did this 20x. In snow, by night, with 25 kg epuipment and in desert. Never regret it. Now i'm a papertiger.😅

[@93_Silverado]

Did the snow ever cushion the fall? Or were they all kind of a sudden hit like in the video? And cool story btw

[@CuttySobz]

I find it profoundly easier in a psychological sense to walk off the plane instead of having to jump out.

[@_ndless]

You have to jump out the plane in order to get a good distance away from the body of the plane. If you hit the door or the plane it’s not gonna be a good day.

[@plzclapjeb4112]

@@_ndless not when you jump chinook.. walk right off the back ramp holding your static line near your lower back. I actually smacked the doorframe on my first jump in jump school (c130) not expecting the wind to shove as early as it did. I looked past my feet as the parachute was deploying and saw the plane behind them, so I was somewhat upside down or maybe horizontal. Luckily my chute deployed fine minus a few twists I shook out.

[@tnatola1]

On a jet in my case a C141 in the 80s-90s we had to just step out on an angle, no jumping like on a C130 prop plane. You don't want to jump out on a 141 as that jet wash will have you wrapped up in you suspension lines. 141 openings were always brutal with your juevos crushed by your harness down below vs a 130.

[@tnatola1]

​@@plzclapjeb4112 Hollywood Chinook jumps beside a huey were the smoothest fun jumps I liked the most, especially into the warm tropical waters down in Antigua my unit had the best month of TDY. Nothing like wearing shorts on a jump. Sure miss those days.

[@valentinerusski]

you are not very psycholigally sensible then.

[@jumboJetPilot]

Well, at least I’ve flown paratroopers, SEALs, various other Special Ops forces, and more equipment than I could possibly recount, to and from various theaters. But jumping out? These guys are braver than I am.

[@lexwaldez]

Staying IN the airplane is the dangerous bit. You're the brave guy if you ask me. 👍

[@radioactive9861]

Damn straight we are braver than you(tongue in cheek)...but knowing the plane I was flying in was being piloted by air force pilots I WANTED to jump out!!!!!!!(I kid/joke because I care)...

[@jumboJetPilot]

@@rockwellrhodes7703 the easiest way to get people to overcome their fear of flying - go out and take an introductory flight lesson. In just one lesson people will learn a lot about the motions, sounds, sensations, etc. that are a normal part of every flight. I used to instruct at Air Forde JSUPT. You’d be surprised how many student pilots would show up to pilot training deathly afraid to fly! I was able to get all but one to overcome their fear of flying. But one young gal - I couldn’t help her. But she became a physical therapist and so it all ended well for her.

[@jumboJetPilot]

@@lexwaldez Ha ha!

[@jumboJetPilot]

@@radioactive9861 it takes balls to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!

[@Paul_Wetor]

This is impressive to see. Not only the POV of the jumper, but seeing all those other parachutes in the sky.

[@Robert_Douglass]

Oh, man, this takes me back. My first jump onto Fryar Army Airfield, I did just about everything wrong. Luckily during Jump Week all you had to do to get a GO for each jump was to be able to walk away from it. My first landing, I got dragged by my chute nearly a hundred feet, the wind was so strong. I screwed up and popped BOTH my canopy release assemblies when I should have just popped one, and I had to go chasing after my canopy 🤣. I also remember limping for about a week, but I'd never felt better or happier in my life except for having my two kids. My second jump, upon landing, I just laid there and laughed. The jumpmasters and the medic on the LZ looked at me funny and I heard one of them say I was delirious, and I straight-up said "No, I'm not!". I said something else to prove I was lucid and I was just happy as a pig in slop at having experienced not only a parachute jump, but one that went right, meaning I remembered to pop only one canopy release assembly and collapse my chute. The other three jumps went as smooth as they were expected to, and I eventually graduated from Jump School and reported to my unit at Fort Bragg.

[@avinavdutta9336]

Careful guys, we have a hero here among us

[@Robert_Douglass]

@@avinavdutta9336🤣 I finished Jump School, that doesn't make me any sort of a hero. I haven't even been in combat.

[@tnatola1]

So true brings back to August 1984, 17 yrs old 4 weeks outta basic and getting my knees in the breeze over Fryar. AATW

[@Robert_Douglass]

@@tnatola1 All the way and then some.

[@breezy3154]

@@Robert_Douglass How does it feel jumping for the 1st time?

[@francescocalzolari9193]

All my military jumps have been long before GoPro was invented... Nice to see other people living those strong emotions I will never forget.

[@rickb3288]

My father was in the 82nd in WWII and was a part of this. "Devils In Baggy Pants," is what a German soldier called them. There's a book by that name about the 82nd and my dad is mentioned by name in it.

[@dellalderman8011]

I read that book many years ago. I still have it somewhere. Paperback. Great read!! I was in the 8th grade in 1973.

[@frankrodgers2634]

I have that book as the centerpiece of my Bookshelf. My BDE Commander signed it for me as well. 1BCT / 504 Devils in baggy pants. AATW! 🪂

[@iandamianluciferwilson7385]

Takes me back some. First time I went on vacation with my wife she couldn't understand why I was excited to be going on a plane. She said "You have flown hundreds of times". I replied "Yeah but I have never landed in one" It's not as much fun though.

[@scottcraig7871]

Brings back great memories for me….19 years old, Canadian Airborne training, the number 1 jumper on my side of the C130, 1000 feet AGL, watching the countryside go by, waiting for the green jump light! What a rush!!

[@wills.5762]

Damn near joined airborne in the CAF, recruiter talked me out of it though lmao

[@savage_pilotgregg3908]

When you first jump out, do you feel a “belly drop” like a rollercoaster?

[@Twinkiiman1]

honestly no the breeze takes all feelings away. By the time you count to 6,000 you'll hear nothing but silence.

[@shaolin40]

No

[@Sam-Edwards636]

More of a feeling if you get thrown off a tube on a lake and you skip across the top of the water.

[@LOL_DREAMZ]

Lol, never felt a belly roll once jumping out. All I would feel is turbulence and then being thrown back. Then your chute would deploy and you would level out. You hear 5 seconds of the c17 or ac130 engines and then complete silence. If it windy enough, you can hear the wind ripping through the rip cord. As you get closer to the ground, then you start hearing regular noises.

[@MartianV2GG]

Its actually really peaceful beside the strong wind against you for a around 5-6 seconds then it just peaceful and quiet

[@mrannonymous4822]

Hats off to the heroes who did this over Normandy we will never see their like again

[@redneckraconteur]

I've always had an extreme fear of heights (still do). Jump school taught me to rely on training, and trust my equipment. Every jump I made at Bragg I "looked at the horizon" and went!

[@TheGreatWasian_]

I want to be a pilot one day but I just realized that I have a slight fear of heights 🤣🤣it makes me feel better knowing that you had an extreme fear of heights but became a freaking paratrooper

[@lmAIone]

Honestly thanks for sharing, i hope to accomplish what you have buddy.

[@alexcuriel2950]

Me to...still to this day my fear of heights has not changed, but spent 7 years in the Airborne...

[@fanore8109]

Bless you brother

[@HistorianDude]

Old paratrooper here. Charlie Battery, 1 BN (ABN) 319th FA. It's been more than 40 years since my last door check. Well done, jumpmaster!

[@Mrslykid1992]

Whats a door check?

[@soap5393]

@@Mrslykid1992I think it's what the jump master does before saying, "stand up - - hook up."

[@Christopher_D_]

I was in Charlie also of the 1-319 AFAR but in 96-97. Then we switched to 1-321 AFAR

[@eddieBoxer]

Retired 82d Infantryman / Ranger, B-co 2D BN 504th PIR, 20 years active service, now retired 100% disabled vet. P%T. 5 bilateral knee implants, knees wore out.

[@conan6869]

ive been retired for 20 years and havent jumped in 25 yet i STILL miss jumping from a perfectly good airplane more then anything else i did. For those still in the harness ...despite the agony of prejump ...packed in a plane for hours ... and bouncing around with tons of gear on.....enjoy the time you have...FEW on planet earth can do what we did and are still doing

[@malcolmkeith816]

did you do any combat? just wondering

[@ubmuhkehcubol]

Exit, descent, landing. Fear, relief, panic. Will never forget the ground rush.

[@alphabravo8703]

yup

[@malcolmkeith816]

fear? what were you scared of unless it was in a combat zone@@alphabravo8703

[@chemicalcorrosion]

I was in the Netherlands for the 50th anniversary of Operation Market Garden! Had just made my E5 and was put in charge of a burial detail of a glider pilot who died in the war. We(82nd) never jumped though. Winds were too high. The 101st did jump however. A couple soldiers received souvenir broken legs. Amazing trip though.

[@AndyML3883]

I just want to thank the people that have done things like this in the name of my safety and liberty. Any good society needs brave and patriotic people to function.

[@Rowsey63]

I love seeing that full color 82nd patch. ❤ It reminds me of the paratroopers of WWII. My Dad and I both wore that patch about 30 years apart. I was a Combat Engineer and he was a Pathfinder.

[@jamesparthemer6883]

C-130 jumps. The exhaust, cramped, standing on the seats, small jump platform. Fun!

[@andrewvillanueva3722]

I have so much respect for all our military personnel!!!! God bless all them!!!!

[@heleti0000]

I get vertigo standing next to a cliff or building edge but strangely, I fly (Private and Aerobatic Licence) and have made a few jumps with no problems at all. Before I landed on my first jump, I was already shouting down to the ground crew to arrange an immediate second jump. Hats off to the “Paras” for their skill and courage - thank you all for what you do on behalf of the rest of us 👍🇦🇺

[@seanroberts381]

Same. 25 jumps. Planes I'm good. I hate cliffs.

[@mezmerya5130]

to feel vertigo you need point of reference. in the air you dont even feel that you are flying like 300 km\hour lol, because our brain cant' comprehend what's going on, and all you see isnt' abyss, but flat image. Also when i jump, i personally 100% focused at doing checklist, and 1k jump doesnt really gets much else to think about, and im not certified to solo higher ones. it's like, push with feet that spins you that way so you can see cupolas that jumped before you, count to five, ring, make sure you havent' lost ring, check cupola, check if suspension is normal, disarm spare cupola timer, judge your speed and decide if you need to break in some direction (breaking with trooper cupola is hard), look around so you dont land somewhere you dont want to land, make posture, feel fear when your brain realises how fast you are because some gust of wind pushed you, say prayer that there is no marmot hole in the field, roll the impact, get dragged, extinguish cupola that drags you, signal that you are okay to observers, pack the cupola, walk to airstrip. very fun indeed.

[@theregalproletariat]

Well, vertigo comes from a fear of falling, no? But if you have a parachute, falling's not gonna hurt you.

[@CommodusSPQR]

I'm the same, although I've never done a parachute jump. When I went to the highest floor that's open to the sky at the Empire State Building in New York I had no problem at all with looking over the edge etc, yet climbing to the top of one of the 100ft towers and going outside of Durham Cathedral here in the UK practically turned me into jello (jelly in the UK).

[@pentachronic]

@@CommodusSPQR It’s about reference.

[@user-bj8bk7fv1x]

A trip down memory lane.

[@mrpeaches218]

You’ll never forget your first jump, it’s still very fresh in my mind

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Lol I don’t remember my first jump at all. It’s just flashes of fml what am I doing…. I remember maybe 6-7 jumps clearly of the 52 I did and it was the really good ones and the really really bad ones. I never stopped being terrified of jumping, ever. Even watching it makes me sick.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Agreed and mine was 50 years ago.

[@grimcity]

I love how you can see the other plane with other soldiers jumping right after he steps out... the shot itself looked like it could have come from a movie. Awesome.

[@TheTuscaloosa]

My son is in 82nd. Can not believe it. He was to scared using a roller coaster or even a skateboeard as a kid. Not bad for a german born in Tuscaloosa 🤣

[@chadmiller8019]

My grandfather spent his whole career in the 101st. I'll never understand why he enjoyed it so much. He literally signed up for it. Just watching this made my stomach turn

[@ErrorOptik]

Is it weird that my heart still races when I hear “1 minute!” It’s been 10 years..

[@YouCareMoreThanMe]

Always was a dream of mine to do this. I know it’ll never happen, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Wonderful to watch and admire for sure

[@shinmalphur2734]

Watching this made my legs feel like they were filled with lead. Mad respect to these guys.

[@LakesWalkerUK]

Thank you for this great video!

[@niconestra]

Thanks so much! Brought me right back to July 1993..

[@1371gabriela]

That was awesome, thank you

[@Prindad]

My dad and I were both jumpers here in Canada, with the Canadian Armed Forces. 43 years ago now for me (he did his jump course in 1950). I still dream of what it felt like to stand in the door and jump some nights (it felt great). Now I wonder how the hell I ever did it! Glad I did though.

[@KahinAhmed72]

Too bad that the airborne regiment of the Canadian Army got disbanded in 1995. Which sucks because I want to wear jump boots too. Those troops looked so stylish. 😞

[@geographyinaction7814]

@@KahinAhmed72 Officially yes, but the Canadians still have the capability.

[@alphabravo8703]

We went for cold weather training in Petawawa. I jumped five times there. Parachuting during a snow storm was an experience I'll never forget. Edit: The landing was nice and soft.

[@floridauser9368]

@@alphabravo8703 Yup got my Canadian wings there too, Canadian battle school. 82nd-504, 11B2P. I was there in the spring and nearly landed on a cow, just missed the barb wire fence, the best! Jumped from a C7 Caribou.

[@philbo2152]

The waiting isn’t pleasant, the jumpy out bit sh!ts you up, the floaty down bit is brilliant, the landy bit you never get used to. Then you spend the day working out if you enjoyed it or if you never want to do it again.

[@rickobrien7961]

My last jump was in 1981 and this brought me right back to my last hump!

[@mickeykreg]

I got to my unit at the 82d in Dec '88 (Charlie Co. 2/325 AIR). I was immediately assigned to carry the M60. We flew to Wisconsin on C141s out of Pope AFB in January and did a night jump. My assistant gunner was Arthur Luna from San Antonio, was the first time he'd ever seen the snow. We landed about the same time prob 50 feet apart. He jumped up like he never hit the ground, all tangled in his risers, freaking out in the light of the moon. I laughed so hard and still do. Been a long time Luna, where you at? I'd love to touch base someday.

[@jameseberhard871]

I was with the 3/504 PIR back in 90s miss doing this.

[@Bayan1905]

My Grandfather jumped in to Normandy the night before D-Day with the 82nd Airborne. Trying to imagine jumping at night and under fire and not being able to see anything below until you run into it. That's real courage, God bless them.

[@woodsman12345]

Way cool -- Thank you for sharing and THANK YOU for your service!

[@lordsircocktheviijr.4622]

That was a horrible PLF. I'm glad you didn't get hurt but God damn

[@fracchia1720]

90% of paratroopers land like this, guaranteed

[@Inviting1word]

He just did it back wards no biggie, could have tucked his head better. Bet he saw some stars when that helmet bounced. 10/10 would push him out again.

[@Mich7ace]

Didn't see a slight bend in his knees and his feet weren't together. Definitely lucky for sure.

[@plzclapjeb4112]

A little harder to PLF properly with zero drift. That's why his canopy landed on top of him..

[@sebikelifeusvetparatrooper]

My worst land was when I could not get my weapon dropped and somehow came down on it and it chipped out my front tooth in the late 90's. My front tooth was fixed and looks like nothing ever happened nowadays 👊😎.

[@tysonl79]

I went to jump school at 19 years old in the late 90s and ended up in the 82nd for 6 years. In my mid 40s now and I can't say that I miss it.

[@101jumper8]

Nothing more relieving than to look up and see that beautiful canopy open big and wide.

[@vikingmike8139]

These men have true grit. Absolutely commendable.

[@tom9281]

I do miss this.

[@VodkaUSMC]

Now imagine how the skies looked back in DDay. Unreal.

[@lexwaldez]

That would be so terrifying your brain probably just couldn't process it all.

[@angelescityvids]

Proud to say I was the recipient of the William T Ryder award (Iron Mike trophy) as honor graduate of my class in August 1990. AATW!

[@mike247worldwide]

Alpha battery, 2nd bn (Airborne) 321st Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division- 1973-75. Glory days!

[@gnarnrawsteezem5894]

My granddaddy was in the army and he says "that was the first and last time I jump out of perfectly good airplane". Then he switched jobs. Gunboat in Korea if I remember correctly.

[@lestergoff1135]

Those were the days! I miss it, but my knees don't! Great video though. Like doing it all over again. Thanks!!

[@tioswift3676]

I was gonna say it looked like he hit pretty hard. Guess that’s normal

[@miguelm6195]

I wish I could experience this. If only I wasn’t so deeply scared of heights. Awesome video!

[@lovepeace8918]

Conquer your fear buddy, just go to a high building, and jump !

[@Silent-sm3lq]

Its awesome when you're falling, being on the plane sucks a bit and the landing hurts most of the time.

[@snuffles2]

Just remember that there's no such a thing as fear of heights, only fear of falling from high places :)

[@siryukira]

The only way to handle fears is to face them. If you start getting frightened of them, then you make it worse, because you project onto it all kinds of bogies and threats which don't exist in at all.

[@8654ZuluFoxtrot]

Honest truth....most people who are afraid of heights have no issues jumping from planes static line or freefall because you are so high you don't get that same feeling due to nothing to reference the height to. It literally looks like you are jumping into a picture. You also have no sensation of falling, because of the same thing, nothing to reference the appearance of falling. The scariest part of it all is the anticipation leading up to the jump.

[@d3vilman69]

Beautiful view to see them parachutes in the sky. And that silence during the drop.

[@blitz21]

Being ex Air Force I could never understand anyone jumping out of a serviceable aircraft.

[@marty5300]

I'll never forget the sound of those doors opening and you know for sure you're going out the door. Although after sitting for hours in those jump seats with the bars digging into the back of your knees and the risers crushing your collarbones, getting out of that bird is the only thing you want to do.

[@clydewmorgan]

Seriously like any fear was over come by wanting to get out of that plane that stunk like JP five

[@satanpuncher06]

Never had bars in the back of my knees (way too tall) I always had the bars about halfway down my thigh making my legs numb. Not sure if that’s worse than being hooked up and racetracking forever though.

[@redghost3170]

18th Airborne Corp here. Man this brings back memories.

[@a_soldierz_genetics]

Some of the best times of my life!

[@russefrance4869]

Nice. Those were quite rare jump conditions. Zero wind makes it hard to do a proper PLF and then you have the fun of the canopy and lines just collapsing on top of you and wrapping themselves around every bit of kit you're wearing😅

[@Daniel-yq5dy]

Friday of my first week at airborne school, nervous but so excited for jump week

[@bufferbridge]

Remember doing a jump like this in 1984,just had the Saturday training,then Sunday up we went to 3250ft and climbed out onto the landing gear,two hands on the wing strut, thumbs up from instructor and away! Loved it

[@johnsteele2986]

"Oh man, I'm going backwards again!" I feel you buddy and my neck does to!!! I liked that little post jump adrenaline laugh as well, I always have a little chuckle after I land and realise I'm still in one piece!

[@j4pp1n3]

isn't there literally any way to rotate that thing in the air? He was pulling the right side harness with two hands and nothing.

[@johnsteele2986]

@@j4pp1n3 unfortunately no! The T11 is a very basic parachute and the most you can hope to do is make the parachute drift in a certain direction by pulling down on the risers, which distorts the shape of the canopy and causes air to spill our and create drift. In the video before he is about to hit the ground at about 30 meters he is pulling down on the riser opposite to his direction of drift, in this case backwards. He's doing this on an attempt to cancel out his drift created by the winds on the drop zone and have a near as possible to vertical landing. Here in Australia use the British method where we pull down on either both front of both rear risers, which I find more responsive. Truth be told the T11 is really to large for any of these inputs to have much affect so they normally come down wherever they want!

[@geob0324]

My heart is thumping and I'm not the one jumping.

[@dianecandoflamtaps3688]

“We’re gonna stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door!” Great video, thanks for sharing! 👍👍

[@lukepeters6346]

Man I miss this!!!!! Loved pulling PJ/AJ duties.....

[@jpturner171]

Wow, it’s been a long time! 👍🏽 Semper Fi to ALL Special Forces!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@alphabravo8703]

2nd ANGLICO... Ooh Rah.

[@jpturner171]

@@alphabravo8703 ❤️👍🏽🇺🇸

[@12thFan23]

I served in the Navy and the Army National Guard in a Combat Engineer unit. But if I had to do it all over again I'd go Army Airborne in a heartbeat despite being afraid of heights! Who-uh!

[@floridauser9368]

Thank you Sgt. O'Brien, 11B2P,-504, missing it!

[@platinumencasedpenile4812]

When my father was in the 82nd and stationed in the panama canal zone in the late 70s. He told me he was on reactionary and he had to do an unexpected jump but he had taken LSD and aparently was tripping balls when he jumped. Ill never amount to the man that he was, boomers were built different. Absolute madlad.

[@stephenhaney9337]

Just did my first jump onto fryar dz the scariest and most fun thing I've done in my life, also the smoothest landing imaginable here's to many more

[@zayb7803]

what’s up squints lol

[@silntstl]

If all your jumps are smooth landings then you are a Hollywood day jumper.

[@dojocho1894]

Im former Spec Ops.... was a master blaster...of all the years and all the jumps never got a scratch. I prayed to the Lord b4 every jump...the day I left the service..I was offered jumps from civilian and other military exhibitions...I turned them all down...he lord kept me safe...time to walk away.....

[@moelester1784]

why you lie

[@dojocho1894]

@@moelester1784 Got my DD214 next to me son.... did you tell your mom you finally got a job as a troll?

[@katherinedavis2152]

Held my breath the whole time but was calm until he had to escape and gather his parachute! Loved it! The next best thing to stepping out myself.

[@TomSwift-wy1gx]

OUTSTANDING. Thanks.

[@Roska1195]

im paratrooper vet myself. jumped hundreds of battles in arma2 and arma3. best days of my life! Big respect to you my brothers! unfortunately needed to retire because to much work in office hahaha :D

[@randycheow4268]

“He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright, he checked on his equipment and made sure his pack was tight”

[@Ferndalien]

That descent can be so quiet and calm, so serene that you can forget to pay attention to the ground coming up at you. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!

[@alphabravo8703]

yup It's amazing how quiet it is after exiting the aircraft.

[@suasponte4968]

Pretty cool pov. Even for a daytime no ruck Hollywood jump lol well done Airborne! 👍

[@abrums2284]

I wanna be a marine because the recruiter was nicer to me than the army recruiter was but i wanna do the cool jumping out of planes stuff

[@edand69others65]

Marines can do that too

[@georgepottasium3133]

@@edand69others65 Yea 1 out of every 1,000 marines lol. Don’t think they even do jumps at their unit, probably just at Airborne School.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

The Marines only send their best to US Army Airborne School. Meaning either Force Recon or ANGLICO. Those spots are hard to get in the Marines. You have to compete for those billets. The Army is Option 40 from enlistment for an Airborne or Ranger contract which means you get it at enlistment. You have to pass Basic and AIT first along with great PT Scores to fulfill your obligation before you get to Airborne School. Then it's up to you there if you make it or not either you perform badly mostly in PT or motivation which they will kick you out. The Black Hats will watch everyone everyday just to kick someone out if you don't make the daily grade in anything. 🙄🙄🙄

[@Rickybobby1342]

@@reddevilparatrooper gentleman we're all on the same team here. My first tandem was with a golden Knight who laid his life down in Afghanistan for us

[@idk4772]

@@reddevilparatrooper if you get kicked out do you still have the option of doing regular infantry?

[@human8589]

Fun fact: I your parachute fails mid air, you have to go down and file a complaint. You’ll be provided a second one free of charge.

[@deskpop4149]

I like the non subdued unit patches. Looks sharp.

[@silntstl]

My first blast on Fryar I landed like a feather. In fact I had to throw myself into a PLF just to keep the Blackhats from screaming at me through the bull horns. I thought to myself, wow is that it? First and last time that ever happened. The rest I always landed like a sack of cement and discovered the real PLF, Feet, Ass, Head.

[@robertmosher7418]

Man he took a long time to get to the ground. I always fell hard and fast! AIRBORNE!

[@kevinshipman7668]

I always hit the ground like a sack of shit 💩

[@dahvyee]

That shot of him looking up and seeing the other chutes opening was awesome

[@robingilmore1444]

I am very thankful for you cats who do this, but I'm not sure I could even if the plane was on fire. Thank you from my heart for your service.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Fuck that! I would never do a rear or front PLF. 😳🙄

[@z0phi3l]

Yeah, should have been pulling a slips way sooner to generate some side movement, plus he might want to actually perform a PLF

[@reddevilparatrooper]

@@z0phi3l Yeah no shit unless he was still trying to avoid other jumpers. 🙄🙄

[@CuttySobz]

So many "experts" in the comment section..

[@dennislock3415]

I think a few of these guys are speaking from experience.

[@CuttySobz]

@@dennislock3415 I'm sure there's a few. I thought that was obvious.

[@dennislock3415]

@@CuttySobz You're the one that made the comment dude, in quotes no less,have you ever done it yourself? That would make your comment a bit more understandable if you had.

[@CuttySobz]

@@dennislock3415 Yes because I wasn't referring to the few who have actually been airborne dude.. It's obvious that there are a few who actually know what they are talking about but there were also a ton of guys talking as if they've been there and done that and know it all arguing in the comment sections. " ,have you ever done it yourself? That would make your comment a bit more understandable if you had." That's exactly the point of my comment which you seem to have an issue with lol. Are you okay dude?

[@dennislock3415]

@@CuttySobz Apparently I've misunderstood,apologies.

[@MPerfect92]

I remember watching this video before I attended airborne school and wondered “I wonder how I’ll react when it’s my turn”. Graduated with my five jumps. A couple went smooth, a couple did not. The worst part is the fear you have on the plane beforehand. After you jump it’s basically just all muscle memory and focusing on landing. Jumping from an airplane is an experience. One I will never forget.

[@UkrainianPaulie]

"-35 jumpmaster". Automatic Fail. "Failure to inspect the jump platform!". - Retired Black Hat.

[@oculosprudentium8486]

So how does it feels when you are doing a parachute drop with a heavy load vs a normal load? I'd think you run a far greater risk of breaking your legs with a heavier load.

[@agr9432]

Do you mean with equipment? You fall faster but it depends on the weather, drop zone, etc.

[@brendanrichardson3743]

you drop your equipment 100ish feet in the air you hear it hit the ground that’s how you know the ground is coming😂

[@stevenhouston5429]

1. Clean fatigue is easy as there is no pressure. 2. Heavy load, Support Coy, Gunners, Signals, and must-go loads are back-breaking when you get the call to 'Stand up, fit equipment', you think your spine is going to pop add into that PLP & body armor it is not funny, it is hard work. That jump 'Holland'? I think - 1000feet, clean fatigue easy jump... Jumped with the 82nd, 101st & the Rangers. Brendan Richards: As for dropping your equipment at 100 - complete & utter pish, you do not have a clue what you are talking about! You will break your weapon, night vision, radio & then throw in a night jump on a Brigade lob & go try & find your kit... You would only jettison your equipment in an emergency as a 70kg container hitting someone at 100 would kill them! Stick to the PlayStation.

[@DickRemington1]

@@stevenhouston5429 100 feet is what they teach the new paratroopers in airborne school to drop at nowadays

[@stevenhouston5429]

@@DickRemington1 No they do not! They might wait till at 100 to release their suspension rope NOBODY drops their container by jettison NOBODY! LLP which I have jumped with you are at 300 when your canopy deploys container goes as soon as! BUT dropping your kit no!

[@solidsnake2021]

A. that slip was useless and B. this is how i got 90% disability folks

[@brandonlovelace9149]

Most slips are useless unless you got some good wind.

[@jonharper4478]

Was a great time of my life then. Nowadays everything hurts and it's largely attributed to my Jump days. Would still recommend.

[@jeffpadilla9891]

I served on ships that sink, rather be closer to the ground. Thank God for men like you who do what other can’t.

[@fasthracing]

Don't want to be pedantic but if you were Navy you were very far from the ground, in fact further than most jumpers.

[@ram64man]

Just another day at the office with the beautiful infantry man, I miss that so much

[@Roger-il8iw]

Makes me think of d day every time. Those guys were amazing

[@Taycore9]

301st PSYOP Airborne and over 9 jumps logged not counting a tandem jump before airborne. It never gets old. So fun. First night jump with nods, and combat equipment next weekend! Day jump in June.